Movie

Buddy

2026 • R

A magical, singing orange unicorn holds his cast hostage in a surreal TV-show dimension, as he becomes more and more demented.

Content advisory

LGBTQ+ Characters/Relationships

Unrated

Language

moderate — The dialogue includes a total of 10 instances of profanity ranging from mild to strong, including words like 'hell', 'shitty', 'fucking', 'fuck', 'shit', and 'bitch'. Some of the profanities are used by characters during tense or confrontational moments.

Mature Themes

heavy — The film deals with mature themes including child death and murder, grief and trauma from being trapped and losing life memories, mental manipulation by a malevolent entity, and parental loss. The narrative involves children confronting fatal threats and supernatural horrors.

Scary/Intense Content

heavy — The film contains intense supernatural horror elements including malevolent anthropomorphic characters, children trapped in a surreal and threatening television series, multiple brutal murders, and disturbing body horror such as impalings and being swallowed alive. The atmosphere includes sustained fear and threat.

Sexual Content & Nudity

none — No sexual activity or nudity is reported or referenced in the source materials.

Substance Use

mild — There is a brief reference to psychedelic flower petals consumed by children, implying drug use. There are also references to spraying cleaning fluid and a lighter being used during a confrontation but no depiction of alcohol or tobacco use.

Violence & Gore

heavy — The film depicts multiple graphic and prolonged violent acts including bludgeoning, fatal punching, impaling, drowning, stabbing, killing with an axe, and attacks causing severe injury or death. Several characters, including children and anthropomorphic objects, are killed in brutal ways with visible injuries and blood. Violence is realistic and disturbing.