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Pinocchio’s Revenge (1996)

Pinocchio Syndrome is the chilling tale of how a puppet takes over an entire family’s life. Reminiscent of the Chuckie series of horror movies, but based on the classic story of the puppet, Pinocchio, this evil interpretation of the puppet goes to any lengths to become a real boy. Unfortunately, the child he becomes is actually a living monster! Jennifer is a Public Defender who has just recently been divorced. She has a daughter, Zoe, who has not adjusted well to her parents’ separation and goes to weekly therapy.

Animal actors in this production were monitored through American Humane Society’s No Animals Were Harmed^® program.

Pinocchio’s Revenge

Detailed Animal Action Report

Animal action was limited to two scenes, both involving a cricket. In the first scene, Zoe has gone to the garden to fetch a cricket to become Pinocchio’s conscious. She is out in the garden holding a box when Sophia approaches her and asks what is in the box. Zoe removes the lid to reveal a cricket amongst some leaves. For this scene, a live cricket was merely placed in the box and filmed. Once the scene was completed, the cricket was released into a nearby wooded area. Later, as more and more evil things are happening, Zoe, suspecting Pinocchio as the culprit, runs to her room to check on the cricket, only this time when the lid is removed from the box, we see a dead cricket inside. In both of these scenes, crickets, one live and one dead, were purchased by the props department from a bait and tackle shop.

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