Followers of the Poohniverse — the title for the film sequence that began with Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey and places low-budget horror spins on childhood icons, in case for some purpose you did not know that — bought a few updates this morning.These updates revolve across the subsequent horror film from the creators of the Twisted Childhood Universe, Pinocchio: Unstrung. For one, a serious horror icon has joined the forged: Robert Englund, finest identified for his position as Freddy Krueger within the A Nightmare on Elm Road films. That information comes by way of Selection on Friday, which additionally revealed that frequent Rob Zombie collaborator Richard Brake can be taking part in Geppetto.Secondly, we additionally bought a primary take a look at the fully virtually made Pinocchio doll, which you’ll see beneath.The primary take a look at Pinocchio: Unstrung.It’s, truthfully, a reasonably creepy design, which is true to type for creatures from Rhys Frake-Waterfield and Scott Jeffrey, the director/producer duo that introduced Blood and Honey to life. It’s, in any case, that nightmare-inducing Winnie-the-Pooh design that made that movie go viral within the first place. The manufacturing group additionally posted a video to social media exhibiting off the puppet in motion, and I’ve gotta admit, it is fairly cool. This model of Pinocchio was created by Todd Masters, the particular results artist whose credit embrace Kid’s Play and Dune: Half II. Between Englund and Masters, it appears this as soon as micro-budget horror sequence is rising in profile fairly a bit. Meet Pinocchio. 🥹 pic.twitter.com/Klly3yIdlS— Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 (@poohbandh) November 1, 2024 Frake-Waterfield is directing Pinocchio: Unstrung as he and Jeffrey proceed to construct out the Twisted Childhood Universe. It, in fact, began with Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey final yr, adopted by a direct sequel this previous March. Up subsequent is Bambi: The Reckoning, which already has a teaser trailer. We do not but have a launch date for Pinocchio: Unstrung, however you may simply preserve watching that creepy animatronic video on a loop within the meantime. For extra, try our 6/10 overview of Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2, which we known as “inarguably higher than the unique, however that’s not saying all that a lot.”Alex Stedman is a Senior Information Editor with IGN, overseeing leisure reporting. When she’s not writing or modifying, you’ll find her studying fantasy novels or taking part in Dungeons & Dragons.