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‘Pinocchio’ is latest children’s story to get horror film treatment, casts Robert Englund
Pinocchio is the latest children’s horror story to get the horror film treatment – and the new version has also cast horror legend Robert Englund.It comes from the same makers of the film Winne-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey – a horror story based around the classic children’s character.While the film made $3.3million (£2.5 million) in America, from a budget reportedly less than $100,000 (£77,000), it received poor critical reviews – including a one-star review from NME last year.NME wrote: “Pooh looks nothing like how you’ll remember him from the Disney cartoons (as the Mouse House still hold the copyright to those). True, it’s a clever loophole the director has exploited, but that’s as far as it goes.