About this episode

The episode discusses recent ultraviolent adaptations of classic children's stories, focusing on 'Pinocchio Unstrung' and 'THE BRIDE!'.

There have recently been a bunch of ultraviolent makeovers of classic children’s stories. Some are schlocky horror fun. And some are just dreadful. Pinocchio Unstrung looks like promisingly gory twist on Carlo Collodi’s already scary tale, while THE BRIDE! was a painfully bad attempt to update Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

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