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This article contains spoilers for Mr. Crocket. Please proceed with caution.

Mr. Crocket has an immensely alluring premise for VHS-raised horror fans: the host of a children's TV show (a cross between Pee-wee Herman and Mister Rogers with ill-fitting porcelain chompers and a hopping cadence) is actually a supernatural entity who murders neglectful and abusive parents. His method of dispensation is reminiscent of A Nightmare on Elm Street's Freddy Krueger, as he transmogrifies the world to a brutally cartoonish bent. In his world, bullets become bubbles, playtime never ends and much grislier things occur. Directed by Brandon Espy (responsible for the short of the same name featured as part of Hulu's Bite Size Halloween), Mr. Crocket is, in effect, fights a losing battle to live up to its conceit. The movie does itself a massive disservice in attempting to execute the long-lived fantasy of anyone who feels like sing-along tapes don't have enough gore.

Back in 2022, Brandon Espy wrote a short horror film called Mr. Crocket for the Hulu streaming service’s Bite Size Halloween series. Now the Mr. Crocket concept has been expanded into a feature length film that is set to be released through Hulu on October 11th, and a trailer for the film has arrived online. You can check it out in the embed above.

Scripted by Espy and Carl Reid, this longer take on Mr. Crocket has the following synopsis: In 1993, a mysterious children’s show host, Mr. Crocket, magically emerges from television sets to kidnap young children, brutally slaying their parents in the process. After Mr. Crocket snatches her son, one determined mother embarks on a perilous quest to track down the demonic entertainer and rescue her boy.

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