There are lots of horror movies out there, but none of them scared me like Child’s Play. Of course, I was just a kid and was easily startled by all horror movies (even Michael Jackon’s Thriller scared me). BUT, did you see how Chucky slaughtered those people in the movie? Wow, man… Anyways, aside from it being, in my opinion, one of the scariest movies ever made, it was also famous for the Chucky voodoo spell. …how did it go again?
According to the subtitles of the Child’s Play 2 DVD, the chant goes like:
Ade Due Damballa. Give me the power, I beg of you.
Leveau mercier du bois chaloitte.
Secoise entienne mais pois de morte.
Morteisma lieu de vocuier de mieu vochette.
Endelieu pour du boisette damballa (x3)
This is different from the original Chucky chant which comes in different verions:
Version 1:
Ade due damballa. Give me the power I beg of you.
Secoise entienne mais pois de morte.
Morteisma lieu de vocuier de mieu vochette.
Endonline pour de boisette damballa!
Secoise entienne mais pois de morte.
Endelieu pour de boisette damballa! (x4)
Version 2:
Ade due damballa. Valinchella santeria. Oya shungo yenya macumba.
Give me the power, I beg of you.
Leveau mercier du bois chio.
Secoise entienne mais pois de morte.
Morteisme lieu de vocuier de mieu vochette.
Endelieu pour de boisette damballa! (x3)
Devoted fans believe the chant roughly translates as;
To the almighty Damballa, give me the power I beg of you!
To the mercy of my soul.
To the point of my death.
Hear me out of from my condemned voice.
*no proper reference to confirm this translation
The chant may appear French at a glance, but it’s not proper French. It appears to be closer to Haitian Creole which is losely based off of French but has been subject to and modified by other languages. Further evidence that points to its Haitian origins is the use of “Damballa,” a reference to Haitian Voodoo religion. Damballa is a snake-god and lives in the trees near springs and hence is also known as the Draper of Wood. However, all of these claims are based on speculation. Nobody knows the true translation or the meaning of Chucky’s chant. It could just be gibberish.
Here’s the voodoo spell in action. Check out this video clip from the opening scene of the Child’s Play:
SOURCE: The Chucky Source, Official Halloween Message Board, Killer Doll Factory, Wikipedia, Encyclopedia Mythica, Rage Zone
Ah the memories… I need to sit down one of these weekends and watch them all in one sitting…
haha, yea yea! “Child’s Play” marathon night!!! ah~ Damballa~
Awesome, thanx for posting!
Taylor: hey hey hey! thanx for the nice comment, and stopping by American Otaku!
hey some of the words in here are italian like
morte= death or dead
entienne= spot corn
even look on a translator
shite the chant did not m=work lol
ade damballa i love chucie lil pysho ass bro ima ne juss like him
Everybody I do speak many languages. And I speak all the ones chuckys spell involves. The true meaning that he says is ” I beg of you to help me gods.” Give the power I beg of you” “If you help me I shall return the favor” Give me the power I beg of you” “AWAKE”
@graehme: you’re right! it does sound like italian! thanx for sharing your insight
@lol: hahahaha, yeah, chant didn’t work for me either
@ben: me too! Me love the psycho Chuckie! I think there’s Chuckie in all of us, hahaha
@airyka: Woah! really? It’s amazing to know so many languages, and being able to understand Chucky’s spell. I can speak Japanese and Korean, but obviously that doesn’t help here
once again, thanx for sharing your insight!
you can find real voodoo spells!
yeah i love them
add me on facebook if you are selling a good guy chucky doll “:D Rachel Cossar 
ILOVECHUCKY<3 <3 <3
cOoL..!Thanks for posting it,:) I really LovE cHuCkY!!
Yeah, Chucky is cool! Even though I was scared of him as a kiddo…
i love chucky dude
@Steve-o: Dude, chucky is Awesome!
i try the retual and it works for me and i also got witness too!!!
i’m from jamaica =)