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Pinocchio: Unstrung

Pinocchio: Unstrung

Horror · Fantasy · Mystery · 2026

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.

Movie details

Pinocchio: Unstrung

“He has no strings to hold him back now.”

2026 Horror · Fantasy · Mystery 1h 22m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.6 / 10

105 votes

TMDB

8.5 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Pinocchio: Unstrung?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Rhys Frake-Waterfield

Written by

Rhys Frake-Waterfield

Jude Evan Lloyd

Jude Evan Lloyd

Pinocchio (voice)

Robert Englund

Robert Englund

Cricket (voice)

Cameron Bell

Cameron Bell

James

Jessica Balmer

Jessica Balmer

Mia

Richard Brake

Richard Brake

Geppetto

Jack Art Gray

Jack Art Gray

Dudley

Scott Chambers

Scott Chambers

Christopher Robin

Court is in session

Put Pinocchio: Unstrung on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.