BUDDY Teasers: A Childhood Comfort Turns to Terror in Casper Kelly’s Sundance Nightmare
Casper Kelly, the director of the popular horror short Too Many Cooks and other numerous segments for Adult Swim, brought his twisted feature debut to this year’s Sundance, which blends our childhood TV memories with terror. Buddy follows the titular character, an orange unicorn (voiced by Keegan-Michael Key) who’s a cheerful kids’ television mascot, but whose personality hides something darker. It also stars Cristin Milioti, Delaney Quinn, Patton Oswalt, Michael Shannon, and Topher Grace.
Ahead of its New York premiere at Film at Lincoln Center’s Scary Movies XIV festival and theatrical release on August 28, Roadside Attractions and Saban Films have released a few genre/mind-bending teaser trailers.
As the official synopsis reads:
Remember BUDDY—the bright orange unicorn and star of that classic childrens’ 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.
See the teaser trailers and poster below.
