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- dgb8k2d agoThis is so amazing
- Keean LindellSeptember 24, 2026I love this movie, its full of so many suprises, and there are so many dots to connect which makes this movie a masterpiece.
- jonathanmochrieSeptember 23, 2026HA HA HA HA. Escape from real-life events with Buddy.
- SirMonkalotAugust 2, 2026Everybody needs a Buddy! This was SO GREAT, it’s exactly what I wanted it to be. The set design, the practical effects, the humour were all top notch. I’ve seen a bunch of these mascot/animatronics horror movies but this one was the best! Can’t wait to see what Casper Kelly does next! He definitely knows how to make a great horror comedy.
- Scott ThomasSeptember 10, 2026Well, that was a pleasant surprise. A brilliant mix of nostalgia, comedy, and something a new take on storytelling. 
- Garrett WilkinsAugust 30, 2026Buddy gets its strangest trick right almost immediately. It doesn't just parody a children's television show—it actually feels like one. Casper Kelly recreates that aggressively cheerful world with candy-colored sets, awkward songs, and the kind of forced positivity that starts feeling weird before anything explicitly horrible happens. Keegan-Michael Key is perfectly cast as Buddy, giving him such a relentlessly pleasant voice that his growing hostility becomes even funnier and more unsettling. Delaney Quinn gives the children's side of the story more weight than I expected, while Cristin Milioti brings a different kind of unease once the film steps outside Buddy's world. The problem is that the joke doesn't always develop as well as it does in those early scenes. The film becomes less focused as it moves between the children's-show horror and what is happening in the real world, and some of the later ideas don't hit with the same force as the opening setup. I still like how committed Kelly is to the premise. He rarely breaks the illusion just to remind us that we're watching a horror-comedy, and that makes the stranger moments feel much more natural. Buddy doesn't completely sustain its own joke, but there is something genuinely bizarre about watching something this cheerful slowly reveal how wrong it is.
- DOAN FSDAugust 29, 2026If you want to have a morbidly awesome indie horror experience, and if you are a psychopath like me, you'll love this film. The visual of it is pretty accurate to the time period and there really isn't anything on the market like BUDDY. If you've been suffering through those IP horrors like Pooh and the Grinch; watching this almost wipes the dirty pallet clean and shows that original characters that are identical to ones that existed can trump ripping the character out of a children's book for the sake of putting it into a nasty situation.
- cultfilmlikerAugust 28, 2026Kids Characters in Adult Films Double Feature Part 2 I Saw The TV Glow (And Heard The Singing) Perfectly Casper Kelly. The man is a conceptual genius. Also the perfect length. Casper knows how to keep it short and sweet. It stars Cristin Milioti (Quaid Army!), Topher Grace, and Patton Oslwalt!? Way to bury the lede! Love that Clint Howard was in this but not that pos Ice Cream Man film Also BACK TO BACK Eric Bauza films! Hell yeah!! (Had no idea it was Keegan Michael Key & Michael Shannon in those roles lolol wild stuff and I love it) Cristin’s gonna get sued by Jayden Daniels wearing that LSU-coded #5 jersey! You would think Buddy would know the two were related but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Legitimately disappointed there was no credits gag lmao An insane amount of similarities between my double feature. From the themes of power and spouting evil as guidance to the fact that it’s “children’s entertainment” for adults… A fun double feature! Watched at Warren Regal 21 Currently Ranked #41/149 in 2026 Ranked
- September 25, 2026I am too old to have seen the reference shows growing up and too young for my children to have seen them. That absolutely doesn’t matter. The tropes were there and I, along with the rest of the audience, laughed and gasped and screamed to an absurd degree. I can’t wait for it to come to Plex so my husband can watch it with me.
Middle aged woman who saw it in the theater twice
- August 28, 2026
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Buddy was released on August 28, 2026.
Buddy was directed by Casper Kelly.
Buddy has a runtime of 1h 35m.
Buddy was produced by Tyler Davidson, J.D. Lifshitz, Raphael Margules, Drew Sykes, Tracy Rosenblum.
A brave girl and her friends must escape a kids television show.
The key characters in Buddy are Buddy the Unicorn (voice) (Keegan-Michael Key), Grace (Cristin Milioti), Freddy (Delaney Quinn).
Buddy is rated R.
Buddy is a Horror, Fantasy, Thriller film.
Buddy has an audience rating of 7.5 out of 10.
Buddy had a budget of $3M.
Buddy has made $26.8M at the box office.