The latest installment in the Twisted Childhood Universe known as the “Poohniverse,” Pinocchio Unstrung was released into theaters earlier this Summer, and the film is now headed home.
Pinocchio Unstrung will be available on Digital in the United States on Tuesday, August 25.
The Pinocchio horror movie released in theaters on July 24. It didn’t make much of a splash at the box office despite getting positive reviews, the film scaring up just $815,655 worldwide.
Daniel Kurland wrote in his review for Bloody Disgusting, “Those who were left empty from Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey and its various offshoots may be pleasantly surprised by this.”
“It’s a morbid, mindless way to spend 80 minutes,” Kurland adds in his 3-star review. He also calls the film “a genuine love letter to practical effects and old-fashioned animatronics.”
Watch Pinocchio Unstrung at home beginning tomorrow.
The chilling reimagining of the familiar fable unfolds inside an elite London prep school. Created by Geppetto and influenced by a sinister Cricket, Pinocchio launches a violent crusade to carve himself into a real boy like his brother, one piece at a time…
Richard Brake (Barbarian) stars in Pinocchio Unstrung as the obsessive Geppetto, with horror icon Robert Englund (Nightmare on Elm Street) as the voice of Cricket.
Pinocchio is voiced by Jude Evan Lloyd and brought to life via a practical animatronic created by Todd Masters (“Tales from the Crypt,” Slither). Cameron Bell, Jessica Balmer, Jack Art Gray, and Peter De Souza-Feighoney round out the horror movie’s cast.
Rhys Frake-Waterfield (Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey) writes and directs the British slasher, in addition to producing alongside Scott Jeffrey via their Jagged Edge Productions.
This is fifth entry in the Twisted Childhood Universe, following Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey and its sequel, Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare, and Bambi: The Reckoning.
The Poohniverse continues with Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 3 and the crossover film Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble, both of which are coming soon. Stay tuned for more.
