{"id":468930,"date":"2026-06-09T20:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/468930\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T20:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:01:12","slug":"pinocchio-unstrung-trailer-is-brutal-bloody-surprisingly-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/468930\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Pinocchio: Unstrung’ Trailer Is Brutal, Bloody, & Surprisingly Good"},"content":{"rendered":"

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EXCLUSIVE: We have the brand new trailer for Pinocchio: Unstrung, the latest twisted take on the classic story, and it\u2019s packing far more gore, violence, and practical creature chaos than you might expect.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s most surprising about Pinocchio: Unstrung isn\u2019t the body count; it\u2019s how good the movie actually looks. The trailer evokes the offbeat menace of Lucky McKee\u2019s May while channeling the gleefully mean-spirited chaos of Leprechaun\u2026 and even a bit of Child\u2019s Play. <\/p>\n

What really sells it, though, is the tone. The film commits completely to its premise, playing everything with a straight face while pushing the violence and absurdity to outrageous extremes. The result looks like a wildly entertaining blend of brutal horror and over-the-top fun. The practical effects are impressive, the digital work appears surprisingly polished, and the gore is absolutely relentless. This feels like the kind of movie best experienced with a packed crowd of horror fans, and based on this latest trailer, Pinocchio: Unstrung could end up being one of July\u2019s biggest horror surprises.<\/p>\n

In the film, Pinocchio wants to be a real boy so badly that he\u2019ll go on a gory, murderous rampage to get there. In theaters from Viva Pictures, it hails from ITN, the company behind 2024\u2019s micro-budget smash hit\u00a0Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey.<\/p>\n

Pinocchio: Unstrung stars\u00a0Richard Brake\u00a0(31, The Strangers) as Geppetto,\u00a0Robert Englund\u00a0(A Nightmare on Elm Street) as a terrifying Cricket, and\u00a0Cameron Bell\u00a0as James.<\/p>\n

The dark coming-of-age reimagining of\u00a0Pinocchio\u00a0follows the iconic puppet\u2019s disturbing journey toward becoming real: \u201cA chilling reimagining of the familiar fable, Pinocchio Unstrung unfolds inside an elite London prep school. Influenced by a sinister Cricket (Englund) and created by Geppetto (Rihard Brake), Pinocchio launches a violent crusade to carve himself into a real boy like his brother James, one piece at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emmy winner\u00a0Todd Masters\u00a0oversees the practical animatronics, which look phenomenal. Jagged Edge Productions is behind the production.<\/p>\n

Directed by\u00a0Rhys Frake-Waterfield,\u00a0Pinocchio Unstrung\u00a0will open in theaters on\u00a0July 24, via Viva Pictures.<\/p>\n

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