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Remember BUDDY--the bright orange unicorn and star of that classic children's television show who brought joy and life lessons into your living room? Inside the colorful world of "It's Buddy!", a group of children spend their days singing, dancing, and helping Buddy spread happiness. But when one child refuses to play along, Buddy is not pleased and cracks begin to appear in this seemingly perfect world.

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Buddy weaponizes the cheery conventions of children's entertainment into an inventive, hilarious, and creepy descent into pop culture madness.

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

2d

Enjoyably weird to the end, its horror soul in line with the creepypasta ethos of something undefined yet eternal.

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Perri Nemiroff

Perri Nemiroff (YouTube)

2d

4/5

I really love everything about how this movie was made and how practical and handmade the entire thing feels. I think it aligns with the whole concept, this being a Barney-like show.

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Tomris Laffly

RogerEbert.com

6d

3.5/4

It’s a trippy, ballsy, and genuinely entertaining package that shouldn’t work at all. But it does, and I can’t believe it exists.

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Kiko Martinez

The Cinesnob Podcast

9h

B-

Works best when it gradually moves from happy-go-lucky children’s TV show into something sinister.

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Chris La Vigna

CBR

21h

While pretty much everyone in the cast of Buddy delivers a strong performance, the twin hearts of the movie are undoubtedly Cristin Milioti and Delaney Quinn.

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Matthew Passantino

Big Picture Big Sound

21h

2.5/4

The attention to detail in creating a television program set is crucial in conjuring a comforting sense of nostalgia, and production designer Anna Kathleen and Teresa Strebler created the right design to bring the late-90s back to life.

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Syris

5h

So amazing and unique! One of the best horror movies I’ve seen!

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Brandon

5h

Fun horror movie! Great to see a different kind of film.

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Brandon

8h

I really enjoyed it. This movie fully delivers on its premise.

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michelle

9h

Could have been better. And show more of how character changed and more understanding of how got free.

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Aubrie

9h

Very buddy like especially the gore. Thank you buddy!

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bjayg

9h

Awesome! We love Buddy

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Synopsis

Remember BUDDY--the bright orange unicorn and star of that classic children's television show who brought joy and life lessons into your living room? Inside the colorful world of "It's Buddy!", a group of children spend their days singing, dancing, and helping Buddy spread happiness. But when one child refuses to play along, Buddy is not pleased and cracks begin to appear in this seemingly perfect world.

Director: Chris 'Casper' Kelly
Producer: Tyler Davidson, Drew Sykes, Raphael Margules, J.D. Lifshitz, Tracy Rosenblum
Screenwriter: Chris 'Casper' Kelly, Jamie King
Distributor: Roadside Attractions / Saban Films
Production Co: BoulderLight Pictures, Low Spark Films, Sipur Studios, Substance
Rating: R (Bloody Violence|Some Drug Content|Language)
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 28, 2026, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.5M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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