Considering the amazing looking puppet and the actor behind Freddy Krueger joining the cast, I may have to check out the R-rated Poohniverse Pinocchio movie after all

I really didn’t expect Poohniverse to be rated R Pinocchio the movie may be good, but the first look at a real animatronic puppet made me curious.

Look, let’s call Poohniverse movies exactly what they are: spotlight chasers. It’s okay! It’s better to be straightforward about things like this, because I have a demanding time believing there were enough people in the world who wanted a gritty, slasher version of Winnie the Pooh. This installment, like its sequel released earlier this year, only exists because the characters entered the public domain, and creator Rhys Frake-Waterfield quickly set to work building an interconnected universe, including a Peter Pan film in which Tinker Bell is a heroin addict and also the one about Pinocchio – you know, all the Disney classics.

The only problem is that at first glance, the animatronic doll depicting the titular Pinocchio looks pretty cold – you can watch a clip of it in action by Todd Masters, who has worked on shows such as Child’s Play, Dune, and Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight . “I have always loved this original, demented story from the 1880s. So I was excited to join this production and bring this little puppet to life – with all the practical effects,” Masters said in a statement (via Diversity). “This version is still a little puppet chasing the boy… but the way he becomes the boy is extremely brutal… and honestly, very funny.”

Variety also reports that horror icon Robert Englund has joined the cast of Pinocchio: Unstrung, which is a ridiculously good addition considering the actor is best known for playing Freddy Krueger on A Nightmare on Elm Street. He’s also joined by a slightly lesser-known horror regular, Richard Brake, whom you may remember from Barbarian and Mandy – he’ll play Gepetto, but it’s unclear what character Englund will play.

Pinocchio: Unstrung is scheduled to premiere next year alongside Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare, Bambi: The Reckoning and Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble, a collaborative film among many of them, but no specific release dates have been set yet.