A malevolent unicorn traps children inside a warped 1990s kids' show pastiche - and Keegan-Michael Key voices the nightmare host. Casper Kelly's postmodernist horror-comedy twists the Barney template into something genuinely unsettling.
A life in dates
King of the HillSeries, Chet Elderson (voice)1994
That's Entertainment! IIIFilm, (archive footage) (uncredited)1990
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of MagicFilm1982
Matt HoustonSeries, Roy Houston1981
Fire on the MountainFilm, John Vogelin1976
Smash-Up on Interstate 5Film, Al Pearson1974
That's Entertainment!Film, (archive footage) (uncredited)1972
The Daughters of Joshua CabeFilm, Joshua Cabe1971
Alias Smith and JonesSeries1968
Hawaii Five-OSeries, Professor Ambrose Pierce
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family BandFilm, 1968Calvin Bower1965
The Dean Martin ShowSeries1962
The Beverly HillbilliesSeries, Jed "JD" Clampett
The InternsFilm, 1962Dr. Sidney Wohl1960
The Andy Griffith ShowSeries, David Browne1959
Frontier RangersFilm, Sergeant Hunk Marriner1958
77 Sunset StripSeries, Baxter Kellogg1956
The Steve Allen ShowSeries1955
Davy Crockett at the AlamoFilm, George Russel1954
Climax!Series, Ben
Night PeopleFilm, 1954M/Sgt. Eddie McColloch1939
Hollywood HobbiesFilm1937
Broadway Melody of 1938Film, Peter Trot1935
Broadway Melody of 1936Film, TedAlso in Deutsch
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TIThat's Entertainment! III
THThe Beverly Hillbillies
ARAudrey Hepburn: RememberedTMThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
WHWorking Tra$h
TDThat's Dancing!
THThe Return of the Beverly HillbilliesFMFire on the Mountain
LBLeave Yesterday BehindSISmash-Up on Interstate 5TEThat's Entertainment!
TFThe Horror at 37,000 Feet
TMThe President's Plane Is MissingTCThe Daughters of Joshua Cabe
TTThe Andersonville TrialTBThe One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
MBMail Order BrideTIThe Interns
BSBreakfast at Tiffany'sFRFrontier Rangers
ATAttack
DPDavy Crockett and the River Pirates
BHBetween Heaven and Hell
DADisneyland: U.S.A.
DFDavy Crockett, King of the Wild FrontierDADavy Crockett at the AlamoNPNight People
RGRed Garters
PBParachute Battalion
TAThey Met in Argentina
TOThe Wizard of OzHHHollywood Hobbies
YJYellow Jack
MSMy Lucky Star
TWThe Girl of the Golden WestBOBroadway Melody of 1938
BDBorn to Dance
CJCaptain January
BKBanjo on My KneeBOBroadway Melody of 1936135 credits on file
Television 24
KHKing of the Hill
HMHardcastle and McCormick
RRReading RainbowMHMatt Houston
BJBarnaby Jones
CACannonAJAlias Smith and Jones
NGNight GalleryHOHawaii Five-O
TSThe Carol Burnett ShowTSThe Dean Martin ShowTHThe Beverly Hillbillies
TSThe Mike Douglas ShowTSThe Andy Griffith Show
BOBonanza
TZThe Twilight Zone
RARawhideSS77 Sunset Strip
HTHave Gun, Will Travel
MAMaverick
TATony AwardsTSThe Steve Allen Show
GUGunsmokeCLClimax!About this person
Kelly and co-writer Jamie King built the film around a surreal premise: children stuck in a children's television hellscape, trying to outrun their saccharine captor. Cristin Milioti, Delaney Quinn, Patton Oswalt, Clint Howard, Michael Shannon, and Topher Grace rounded out the ensemble. It premiered at Sundance's Midnight section on January 22, 2026, then hit theaters that August through Roadside Attractions and Saban Films. On a shoestring $3 million budget, it pulled $22 million and earned mostly positive notices - a tidy return for a film that dared to make childhood nostalgia feel dangerous.
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