John Lafia (April 2, 1957 – April 29, 2020) was an American film director and screenwriter. He was best known for co-writing the slasher film Child's Play...

directed by Tom Holland, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Don Mancini and John Lafia, and a story by Mancini. The film stars Catherine Hicks and Chris Sarandon...

the Chucky TV series. Directed by Tom Holland from a story by Holland, John Lafia, and Don Mancini, Child's Play was released on November 9, 1988. It was...

direct sequel to Child's Play, written by Don Mancini and directed by John Lafia, one of the co-writers of the first film. It is the second installment...

5: Apocalypse is a 2006 television miniseries written and directed by John Lafia. A sequel to 2004's 10.5, the show follows a series of catastrophic seismic...

enemies, being an outlet for Andy's suppressed rage. However, writer John Lafia later rewrote Mancini's original script and created the character of Charles...

film, directed and written by John Lafia. It stars Ally Sheedy, Lance Henriksen, Robert Costanzo, Frederic Lehne, John Cassini, and J. D. Daniels. It...

The Blue Iguana is a 1988 American crime comedy film directed by John Lafia and starring Dylan McDermott, Jessica Harper, Pamela Gidley and James Russo...

the same time, writer/director John Lafia had written and submitted his own draft to the studio. The storyline for Lafia's draft focused on a schoolteacher...

10.5 is a 2004 American disaster film directed by John Lafia which aired as a television miniseries in the United States on May 2, 2004, and May 3, 2004...

franchise. She appears as Laura in the episode "Love Stinks", directed by John Lafia and co-starring Jeffrey Combs. She also appeared on the primetime soap...

the New Chucky Was Created". ScreenRant. Retrieved May 21, 2019. Squires, John (April 30, 2019). "New 'Child's Play' Poster Has a Little Fun With the Shared...

Muir, John Kenneth (January 27, 2012). "John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: The Films of 1982: Class of 1984". John Kenneth...

which the staff of Babylon 5 believe to have been an assassination. Captain John Sheridan assumes the military governance of the station after Sinclair is...

American made-for-TV horror film written by Frank Deasy and directed by John Lafia, loosely based on the novel of the same name by James Herbert. The plot...

Nominated work Result Saturn Awards Best Writing (with Tom Holland and John Lafia) Child's Play (1988) Nominated Best Writing Bride of Chucky (1998) Nominated...

prepare for a raid on Hellman's compound) and medicine to recover health. John Lafia directed the live-action footage,[citation needed] which was filmed on...

Indonesian film), an Indonesian thriller film Monster!, a 1999 TV film by John Lafia Monster, a 2005 short film by Jennifer Kent that was the precursor to...

Long Haul Mario Paulo Thiago 1988 The Blue Iguana Detective Carl Strick John Lafia 1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream Howard Hughes Francis Ford Coppola...

older cop who seems to have a grudge against young citizens. The 1999 John Lafia film Monster! includes a theater scene apparently inspired by The Blob's...

water when she gives her callers bad advice. 9 9 "Rebel Without a Car" John Lafia Christopher Trumbo December 10, 1988 (1988-12-10) Alex (Craig Hurley)...

Retrieved August 6, 2011. Muir, John Kenneth (2011). Horror Films of the 1990s. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786484805. Muir, John Kenneth (2011). Horror Films of...

Jack McGee, Don S. Davis, Ron Lynch 9 Child's Play 2 Universal Pictures John Lafia (director); Don Mancini (screenplay); Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Gerrit...

" Kelly Cochrane. Gunn later starred for three seasons as Cassandra St. John in Silk Stalkings, another Crimetime After Primetime drama, after it had...

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Graeme Revell | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 April 2020. John Bush. "Lustmord | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 March 2017...

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Komogorov, 92, Russian diplomat, Soviet ambassador to Mauritania (1986–1990). John Lafia, 63, American screenwriter (Child's Play), suicide by hanging. Martin...