When Child’s Play proved to be a big hit with horror fans, Lafia returned behind the camera for Child’s Play 2 in 1990, this time as the director.
Known to horror fans for co-writing the very first Child’s Play movie and directing the fan favorite sequel Child’s Play 2, Lafia is credited as the person to coin the name Chucky for the movie’s famous killer doll as well as coming up with the famous phrase, “Hi, I’m Chucky, wanna play?”
Around this time, Lafia had also been contributing to the Child’s Play screenplay and directed two episodes of the A Nightmare on Elm Street television series spin-off Freddy’s Nightmares.
Lafia also directed television movies like Monster, The Rats, and Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone.