The Pajanimals Movie is a 2023 horror film that is directed by James Cameron and published by Universal Pictures. It is based on the kids show of the same name.
Plot[]
A young girl and her friends find four puppets in an alleyway called the Pajanimals, from a popular TV show, unaware that the Pajanimals have a dark history of being haunted. When the puppets come to life, they think their parents are mad at them, and decide to murder anyone who upsets them.
Cast[]
- Beatrice Kitsos as Elizabeth McCarthy
- Zachary Gordon as Jason Presley
- Devon Bostick as Shane Coleman
- Gabriel Bateman as Mitch Green
- Mark Hamill as Apollo and Squacky
- Grey Griffin as Cowbella and Sweetpea Sue
- David Lewis as Alvin McCarthy
- Aubery Plaza as Caroline McCarthy
Tropes[]
- Sentient Puppets: The Pajanimals themselves. They kill anyone who upsets them just because they think their parents are mad at them.
- Hoist by his own Petard: Squacky runs over Alvin with his own pickup truck.
- Action Girl: Elizabeth during the final battle. She cuts Squacky’s head off with a hedge trimmer!
- Peeping Tom: Cowbella ominously watches Alvin and Caroline sleeping through the closet.
- Glowing Eyes of Doom: The Pajanimals have these whenever they come to life.
- Saved by the Bell: Apollo tries to open the door, but he goes lifeless and is unable to move. The other Pajanimals drag him to the basement to bring him back to life.
- Shocked Back to Life: Squacky uses Alvin’s self defense taser to bring Apollo back to life. He succeeds, only for Shane to enter the room and the Pajanimals go lifeless again.
- Ground Up: Sweetpea Sue Throws Mitch into a circular saw blade.
- Eye Scream: Cowbella gets her eyes ripped out by Mitch.
- Fist Fight: Elizabeth and Cowbella have an extreme fight. Elizabeth is able to bring her down by smashing his head open with a crowbar.
- An Arm and a Leg: Caroline’s fate when Apollo and Cowbella perform the “Twirly Whirly” on her.
- Amusing Injuries: Squacky gets his upper beak pulled off by Shane.
- Nightmare Fuel: Apollo grows sharp metal teeth, and Sweetpea Sue gets realistic bloodshot eyes.
- Burn To Death Ending: With the other Pajanimals dead, Apollo is the only remaining one. He prepares to bite Elizabeth with his sharp metal teeth, only for Elizabeth to throw a match at him, setting him on fire. Apollo finally dies and before Elizabeth leaves the house, She looks at Apollo’s charcoaled remains before shutting the door.
Trivia[]
- This movie is a parody of the Child‘s Play script.