The movie was the center of a tabloid panic on its British release, with one newspaper - The Sun - even demanding copies be burned. Journalists claimed the film had influenced two young boys in their murder of a younger child, two-year-old James Bulger, although it was later determined that neither had actually seen this film.
John Ritter was originally supposed to appear as a security guard at the Good Guy Doll Factory in a sequence where some kids sneak into the factory and discuss the Chucky myth.
When Andy falls to the floor with his food tray, a lot of food falls on the floor. When it cuts to a wide shot all the food is gone from the floor. Also the tray has moved closer to Andy.
When Chucky is in the barbers chair, the hair on his forehead changes between shots. There's a wisp of hair in several shots and it is combed back in others.
At the point when the Scythe cuts Chucky's face off, when it cuts to the shot of the scythe and Chucky's decapitated skin, you can see the camera, reflected off the scythe.