The masked stranger turned out to be a 5-year-old boy who likes to wear his Halloween costume from 1988's "Child's Play"

He’s back — The possessed, murderous doll that terrorized moviegoers in the 1988 hit "Child’s Play," is now roaming the streets of an Alabama neighborhood as photos of a "real-life Chucky" have gone viral.

The human Chucky seen in photos standing on the side of the road of a residential neighborhood in Pinson, Alabama, waiting for cars to pass, was actually a 5-year-old boy named Jackson, who brought fear and laughter to people in his community.

"Dear parents of the little boy in the Chucky costume in Pinson," Kendra Walden, a resident who witnessed the boy, wrote on Facebook, "Get your kid. I almost had a heart attack."

"We took some pictures of him," she added. "We thought it was so funny."

And, she wasn't the only one who enjoyed the faux horror as the photos she posted received more than 15K comments and 103K shares.

"Could you imagine seeing this in person?" one user responded.

"This is terrifying while at the same time brilliant," another said.

Jackson’s mom, Britnee Reed, told WDHN that Jackson was Chucky for Halloween and that he often wears his costume around the house and around the community.

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