Spook spotlight: Meet Chucky

Some kids like to cuddle up at night to a teddy bear or a Tickle Me Elmo. But one urchin you won't want to get tucked in with you at night is this Cabbage Patch Doll of the damned. Chucky got only two settings above his battery compartment: Evil and Evil-er (relax, grammarians: little kids don't even know the latter is not a word).

• Secret shame: Has made millions in merchandising royalties, but still sleeps in a cardboard box
• Little known fact: Once lost a fight to Mini Me
• Voted in high school: Are you kidding? This half-pint never made it past preschool.