Pinocchio: Unstrung
2026 · 82 min · Horror / Fantasy / Mystery · TMDB 6.6
The short version:A graphic slasher where a sentient puppet becomes a serial killer driven by psychological manipulation and dark forces. Expect intense gore, creative violence, body horror, and slow-building dread; features graphic mutilation, eye trauma, and endangers those around a child protagonist.
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Synopsis
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.
What is in it
Intensity: brief means implied, off-screen or a single moment; heavy means graphic, prolonged or central. Items marked “inferred from keywords” come from TMDB tags and have not been confirmed by a person.
Violence & gore
- Graphic goreHeavy0 reports
Details (may spoil)
- Graphic dismemberment, disembowelment, scalp removal, and mutilation including creation of puppets from human remains and wearing victim skin.
- TortureModerate0 reports
Details (may spoil)
- Graphic violence including jaw-breaking, eye-gouging, and other brutal methods inflicting suffering before death.
Children & pregnancy
- Child in dangerHeavy0 reports
Details (may spoil)
- A 14-year-old protagonist faces deadly threats from those around him, including being threatened at gunpoint.
- Child harmed or killedBrief0 reports
Body & medical
- Eye traumaModerate0 reports
Details (may spoil)
- Eyes are graphically gouged out during a death scene.
- Medical & surgicalBrief0 reports
Mental health & grief
- Grief & bereavementBrief0 reports
Phobias & sensory
- Dolls, puppets & mannequinsHeavy0 reports
Details (may spoil)
- A sentient wooden puppet is the central antagonist; other wooden creatures appear throughout the film.
- Fire & burningBrief0 reports