One of the biggest surprise horror movies of the summer has quietly become one of our most anticipated.

When the first images from Pinocchio Unstrung surfaced, they certainly caught our attention. But it wasn’t until the film’s blood-soaked trailer debuted that we were completely sold. The twisted reimagining of the classic fairy tale follows a murderous wooden boy who collects pieces of his victims in a gruesome attempt to become a real boy, and it looks every bit as nasty as horror fans could hope for.

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