Casper Kelly's Buddy Traps Kids Inside a TV With a Barney-Inspired Unicorn
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Casper Kelly’s Sundance Midnight feature Buddy reimagines a Barney-like dinosaur as a cuddly unicorn that traps children inside a TV show, killing those who misbehave; the surreal, toy-set world nods to Pee-wee’s Playhouse and Dora, with Keegan-MillKey, Michael Shannon and Cristin Milioti headlining as Kelly pushes his pop-culture nightmare aesthetic toward a theatrical release.
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- What if Barney Was Your Child’s Worst Nightmare? Yahoo
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