I was interested in seeing Buddy (2026), a horror parody of 1980s-1990s children's shows like Barney the Dinosaur and Pee-Wee's Playhouse,featuring a homicidal anthropomorphic unicorn (voiced by Keegan Michael Key, with Sergey Zhuravsky, left, inside the suit).
I was a Pee-Wee fan back in the day, and it stars Luke Speakman (below) and Tristan Borders, child actors with a lot of gay-positive work. Maybe there will be some queer codes, or at least some buddy bonding. But after reading a plot synopsis, I'm going to give it a miss. Here's why.
The new line-up is Freddy, Wade, Oliver, and Hannah. Two boys, with buddy bonding possible.
Then Buddy starts cutting Wade (Caleb Williams). Freddy sees her chance and sets the unicorn on fire, but he doesn't die, he just becomes partially melted. He kills Wade, leaving:
Meanwhile, in the real world, Grace hires a psychic to contac the spirit in their house. She has a husband, Ben (Topher Grace, left) , and two sons, Derek and Timothy (Seamus Flynn, Bryson JonSteele, below).
Spoiler alert: I go through the whole movie.
In the first scenes, the children's show It's Buddy features the Unicorn and his four child pals: Josh, Wade, Oliver, and Freddy (a girl). Three boys -- ample buddy bonding opportunities.
Then Josh (Luke Speakman) rebels, preferring to read his book to going to a dance party. Buddy kills him, says that he's off on a journey to Diamond City, and replaces him with Hannah. But Freddy finds his blood-stained book in the trash and gets suspicious. She tells her freind Wade that something is wrong. A boy-girl dyad.
The new line-up is Freddy, Wade, Oliver, and Hannah. Two boys, with buddy bonding possible.
The boy-girl pair Freddy-Wade ask Nurse Nancy to talk to Buddy. He kills her.
Maybe they could run away to Diamond City? The kids try to escape in a sentient train named Charlie, but Buddy kills him, and the only other adult character, Mailman Miles.
Then Buddy starts cutting Wade (Caleb Williams). Freddy sees her chance and sets the unicorn on fire, but he doesn't die, he just becomes partially melted. He kills Wade, leaving:
Freddy, Oliver, and Hannah. One boy, two girls. No buddy-bonding potential left.
They try to escape with Mr. Mailbox, but Buddy kills him.
Meanwhile, in the real world, Grace hires a psychic to contac the spirit in their house. She has a husband, Ben (Topher Grace, left) , and two sons, Derek and Timothy (Seamus Flynn, Bryson JonSteele, below).
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