14-05-2025
Internet Stunned at What Girl, 5, Picks As Bedtime Plushie: 'Obsessed'
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A 5-year-old girl with an adorable collection of plushies has chosen a rather terrifying bedtime companion—a life-sized Chucky doll.
Katelyn McCormick Nevin (@katelynnevin), 23, from Monaghan, Ireland, shared footage of her daughter, Georgia McCormick, cuddled up with the infamous horror character, drawing over 59,400 likes and 650,200 views on TikTok.
The mom, a professional makeup artist who specializes in SFX makeup, explained that she has a long-standing obsession with Halloween, one she's clearly passed on to Georgia. In October 2019, she took part in a challenge to create a different Halloween makeup look every day.
"On day 12, I had created the look of the nun Valak from The Conjuring.. Day 12 being the day Georgia was born, so as you can see Georgia being a Halloween baby herself and growing up with me being her mum one day and possibly being Freddy Krueger or Michael Myers the next, that's where her obsession began," she told Newsweek.
A split image showing Georgia cuddling Chucky the doll.
A split image showing Georgia cuddling Chucky the doll.
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For context, Freddy Krueger is the claw-gloved dream stalker from A Nightmare on Elm Street, while Michael Myers is the masked killer at the center of the Halloween film franchise.
Georgia's attachment to Chucky, however, has stood out above the rest.
"It has mainly been Chucky she has really clung to, every Halloween she HAS to be Chucky, Chucky birthday cakes, and even when she was 2 for a good six months she wouldn't let me bath her unless the water was 'Chucky water,' (which was a dash of orange facepaint in the bath)," she added.
In the video, Nevin pans across Georgia's bed, which is filled with soft toys including Dumbo, Stitch, a unicorn, and several cuddly bears. Nestled among them is Georgia, fast asleep with her arms tightly wrapped around her Chucky doll. Nevin clarified that her daughter has never seen the films.
Chucky, originally introduced in the 1988 film Child's Play, is a possessed Good Guy doll inhabited by the spirit of serial killer Charles Lee Ray.
Though he looks like an ordinary children's toy, Chucky is known for his foul mouth, wild red hair, and violent tendencies—making him one of horror's most renowned villains.
"Many don't agree with her having the doll which I understand to a certain extent, but all it is is a little girl with a little more out there obsession and no fear which I think is great," said Nevin.
Her daughter's horror obsession struck a chord with fellow TikTokers, who flooded the comments with similar stories.
"My daughter used to sleep with Abomination... way before social media arrived lol," said Shannen.
"My son's obsessed with horrors at 7 he's starting with FNAF," said another user, referring to Five Nights at Freddy's, a survival horror video game featuring haunted animatronics.
"My daughter sleeps with an Annabelle doll," shared another viewer, referencing the haunted doll from The Conjuring universe.
"He makes her feel safe and she knows no monster is a match. Love it," said Misaki.
"I used to be obsessed with Chucky whenever I went for a sleepover at my grandmas house I would always sleep with Chucky even when I was insanely young," said Hollie.
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