Pinocchio horror movie gets creepy first look, casts legendary Nightmare on Elm Street actor
Nov. 1, 2024Robert Englund is taking on the off-brand horror
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Robert Englund has joined the cast of Pinocchio: Unstrung, another new film in the off-brandDisneyhorror franchise known as the Twisted Childhood Universe.
PerVariety, the pic the “follows young James as he learns of his grandfather Geppetto’s deadly secret: Pinocchio.” You can check out the first look photo above.
Englund joins Cameron Bell, Jessica Balmer, Jack Art Gray. Peter De Souza-Feighoney, and frequent Rob Zombie collaborator Richard Brake.
Pinocchio: Unstrung is directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield and produced by Scott Jeffrey, the pair behind Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. Yes, this means the Pinocchio horror movie is part of the Poohniverse alongside Bambi: The Reckoning and both Blood and Honey movies. The franchise is building towards an ‘Avengers-style crossover’ movie call Poohniverse Monsters assemble. Over the last two years, several Disney-owned characters have become public domain… and filmmakers haven’t been wasting any time.
Englund is best known for playing Freddy Kreuger in the A Nightmare on Elm Street film franchise, and has been terrorizing movie-goers since 1984 with Freddy’s burnt face and metal claws (thought perhaps the fedora is the scariest part). The actor has appeared in hundreds of horror project, both big and small, and played Victor Creel, father of the terrifying little boy that would go on to become Vecna, on Stranger Things season 4.
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Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent’s Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.
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