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Having already transformed Pooh, Peter Pan and Bambi into bloodthirsty psychopaths, Rhys Frake-Waterfield and his merry band of childhood destroyers now turn their attention to poor old Pinocchio - and boy is it glorious. Created by Geppetto (the always-creepy Richard Brake) and led spectacularly astray by a deeply sinister Cricket - voiced by the legendary Robert Englund, Pinocchio desperately wants to become a real boy. Unfortunately, his understanding of how this works is somewhat literal, sending our little wooden friend on a gruesome quest to acquire the necessary human components one piece at a time. Nasty, funny and gleefully inappropriate, PINOCCHIO: UNSTRUNG has all the blood and guts you'd expect from a Twisted Childhood Universe film, but the real star is its incredible practical-effects Pinocchio — a wonderfully expressive animatronic creation that proves there are some things CGI simply shouldn't be allowed anywhere near. It’s a heartwarming tale about a little puppet who just wants to be a real boy. And only a vague, totally demented idea about how to go about it.