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Pinocchio: Unstrung
Pinocchio: Unstrung

Pinocchio: Unstrung

July 22, 2026· 1h 22m
HorrorFantasyMystery
Directed by
Rhys Frake-Waterfield
Cast
Jude Evan LloydRobert EnglundCameron BellJessica BalmerRichard BrakeJack Art Gray+41 more ↓
Cinemagraphs Score6.0

Influenced by a sinister Cricket and created by Geppetto, Pinocchio launches a violent crusade to carve himself into a real boy like his brother James, one piece at a time.

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15 reviews·Last updated 3d ago
Peak Moment

Pinocchio murders Trey by impaling his skull with his growing nose after killing Amanda and scalping her

8.7at 1h 03m
Lowest Moment

James is orphaned in a car accident and sent to live with Geppetto

6.5at 3m
Biggest Swing

The film's biggest swing comes between the relatively grounded emotional setup of James losing his parents and friends (scoring 6.5) and the gleefully gory bully-killing sequence culminating in Trey's nose-impalement death (scoring 8.7), a shift of 2.2 points driven by the film fully embracing its absurdist horror premise.

Pinocchio: Unstrung earns broadly positive reception as the best entry in the Twisted Childhood Universe, with audiences responding warmly to Pinocchio's morally conflicted characterization, Richard Brake and Robert Englund's performances, and a string of inventive practical-gore kills in the second half. The film builds steadily from an emotionally grounded setup to a carnage-filled climax, with the nose-impalement of Trey standing out as the franchise's most celebrated kill. Detractors found the story bare-bones and the effects occasionally cheap, but the majority consensus is that the film delivers exactly what its audience wants with enough wit and heart to stand apart from its predecessors.

15 reviews analyzed|Sources: Imdb

Crew

CinematographyVince Knight, Cameron Bell
MusicAndrew Scott Bell
EditorDan Allen, Rhys Frake-Waterfield
WriterRhys Frake-Waterfield
ProducerScott Chambers, Rhys Frake-Waterfield, Stuart Alson, Nicole Holland
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James is orphaned in a car accident and sent to live with Geppetto⬇ Lowest moment
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James bonds with Zach and Michael before losing both friends to illness and relocation
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Geppetto introduces James to the sentient wooden puppet Pinocchio in the basement
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The disfigured Wood Mother tells Pinocchio he needs human organs to become a real boy
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Pinocchio tells the Wood Mother about his killings and is introduced to the Talking Cricket voiced by Robert Englund
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Pinocchio murders Trey by impaling his skull with his growing nose after killing Amanda and scalping her⬆ Peak moment
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Pinocchio discovers he was manipulated and kills the Wood Mother and Cricket with a sledgehammer
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A released wooden creature kills Geppetto as James, Mia, and Pinocchio escape, with the Cricket revealed alive in a post-credits scene
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