Show Notes
What if your favorite childhood TV show was actually a nightmare?
This week, Bloody Good Horror reviews "Buddy", the bizarre new horror movie from "Too Many Cooks" creator Casper Kelly. What begins as a seemingly innocent children’s program quickly becomes a surreal nightmare involving an orange unicorn, trapped children, looping episodes, and a world where happiness is mandatory.
But "Buddy" is much more than just a creepy kids’ show. We dig into the film’s use of liminal horror, childhood nostalgia, emotional manipulation, abuse and compliance, and the unsettling idea of what happens when the cheerful veneer of children’s entertainment starts to crack.
We also discuss Keegan-Michael Key’s wildly unsettling performance, the film’s bizarre supporting characters, its increasingly disturbing mythology, and an ending that suddenly blows the entire world of *Buddy* wide open.
Is "Buddy" a brilliant expansion of Casper Kelly’s "Too Many Cooks" aesthetic, or does its surreal second half start to lose the thread?
PLUS, Dr. Loomis gets horny in the new Halloween game and no one's happy about it, and Zach Cregger finds out what it's like to direct a film in a long running series... in the worst way possible.
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