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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

5d

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

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5d

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

Aug 28

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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Morris Yang

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1d

Gleeful is the hand that satirizes... the cloying grotesqueries of children’s television [and] their candy-colored jubilation, and it is this realization that informs and invigorates Casper Kelly’s mean-streaked feature debut.

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Korey Coleman

Double Toasted

2d

The way the actor in the big orange Buddy costume conveys being mentally unstable and having anger issues is amazing. The film really commits to the kids' show format and nails the attention to detail.

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Courtney Howard

Fresh Fiction

2d

3.5 out of 5

Buddy is a subversive middle finger to the generations that didn’t adequately prepare millennials and Gen Z for adulthood. ‘90s kids will feel seen, heard and – possibly – scared.

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Iris G

1h

Depicted as a children's movie with disgusting and inappropriate scenes with children involved. Horrible

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Juan

2h

Great movie. Definitely worth a watch! A couple jump scares but such a good movie.

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steven

2h

It was a unserious horror film that knew what it was and ran with it in a cool way

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popcornluvr

2h

Absolutely amazing movie! Finally a horror movie without being a remake of old movies. It has such a draw in story from the beginning to end. Would definitely recommend watching this masterpiece. Best horror movie of 2026!

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OccultRites

3h

Extremely messed up with great world building and performances. Left me with so many questions. Hope they make another one.

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Gena

3h

awesome movie! would 100% recommend for people who are into horror/comedy movies.

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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)
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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