I was on the edge of my seat just enough with this five-minute short. No gore either, which I greatly appreciate. Picture a trip to Chuck-e-Cheese going horribly wrong, but that's okay because the main character is a self-entitled brat. Would have given more stars if it had been a tad bit longer with more character development, although the mom glued to her cellphone does bring it all together.
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danireviews8 May 2021
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Thanks to the game series Five Nights at Freddy's (which I never played), it seems that now everything to related with animatronics must be something horror-related.
Derivative premise aside, this was effectively creepy, even if you can see the "twist" coming from a mile away.
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meurernick17 October 2020I didn't really care for this. The whole time I thought to myself, this is a Five Nights at Freddy's rip off. In addition, Aden was an annoying brat, so I didn't really care when he died. Also, how did the manager not realize the kid took his keys.
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oliviahatfield16 April 2021It's a little bit scary for me.but the show and all the stuff you used and did to make it is amazing .scary thoe.
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ryanbot-179844 February 2021I only watched this because the banner on Hulu showed what was clearly a Billy Bob animatronic mask from Showbiz Pizza, poorly spray painted to look somewhat like a panda. And that's about as far as the value of this thing goes. It's clearly just trying to bank off of the popularity Five Nights at Freddy's had for like 2 years and was made way too late, but I really love the homages to Showbiz, with even the logo for the pizza place being a bit too spot-on to the Showbiz Pizza logo. I just wish there was more passion in it than that. VERY cheap, and with delightfully campy acting.
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rmlucero-6149013 May 2022Honestly, I had a good laugh. It was really cheesy and not at all scary. Maybe it would be a good "Horror" film for someone just starting out in scary movies or maybe a kid would enjoy this and find it creepy. I just felt like the acting was poor, and cheesy. I also felt like the horror elements were attempted, but just not there.
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jacobcbosch1 February 2019Well shot, pretty well acted, good effects, just generally well made. It was effectively creepy and gross and it's well worth the watch. Especially since it's only five minutes long!
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mundisabel24 May 2020This short film provided 1 count 'em 1 jump scare. And that's all I can really say for the scare department. However, the music? Slapped. I effectively will never forget it. Best part of this movie, easily.
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sienamuehlfeld15 November 2020If you're bored and looking to kill some time, you will not be disappointed in this choice. 5 mins long but feels like 6. Aidan sucks. Byeeee.
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Horst_In_Translation8 February 2020"The Hug" is an American live action short film from 2018, so still relatively new, and this one was written and directed by Jack Bishop and Justin Nijm. Not too much to say about the latter, who is not an experienced filmmaker at all, but Bishop has worked on many films in the past and most of these were Funny or Die short movies. So no surprise that this one here (not FoD) only runs for slightly over 5 minutes and that includes a long closing credit sequence, which starts with showing us that jack and Justin were in charge of this film. Come on, at least list the full names, even if you're buddies. Now as for the film itself, it is the day of a birthday party at a pizza restaurant for a boy and the man in charge there ays it is not time yet for the panda robot to be part of the show, but it is time to eat some pizza first. All but one go to the pizza. By the way the mother there looked a bit like Rebel Wilson to me, just a random thought. Anyway, this one boy (is it the birthday boy?) launches the panda robot on his own, which may not have been the best idea as the consequences could be fatal. I thought the actual hug scene, also with the suspense that something bad is about to happen, was nicely done and shot when we witness that he won't let go. But the introduction (I described earlier) as well as the epilogue with the employee rushingg to the panda semingly knowing something went wrong was not too great. Neither was the pizza. It did not look too delicate. Anyway, as for the ending, I genuinely wondered why the employee seemed to have an idea. Has something like this happened before? Why is the panda even used then or maybe even why did the police not close the location. Or is there some darker, more powerful (supernatural force in charge there? (Obviously, it is not just a mechanic malfunction.) Difficult to say. We would need a full feature film (or a sequel short film) to explain that to us. Not sure though if I wanted to see that, a full feature film probably not. Close call for me here, but all in all I think the outcome is not good enough for a positive recommendation, even if it is nowhere near failure level. Watch something else instead. And I still cannot perceive pandas as evil, even after seeing this one. They are simply amazing creatures, especially when they go full clumsy mode.
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trollmaster33314 March 2019I would've rated this 0 stars if IMDB let me. The premise was good, but the directors butchered this. The only good part was the jump scare at the end and even that was complete garbage. The movie was full of cringe, it wasn't even funny. I would've rather watched Teletubbies than watch this garbage. I'll save the readers the movie by spoiling the plot. Birthday party takes place in a low cost version of Chuck E Cheese's. Spoiled kid, Aiden, wants to see Pandory, animatronic robot, play a show for him. Aiden takes keys from employee to see Pandory play. Pandory asks Aiden for hug. Aiden takes the bait. Pandory grips him tighter. Pandory's face drops off to reveal a more demonic face. Employee realizes what happened and runs to try to rescue Aiden. Employee gets to the stage and opens curtains. Aiden's arm pops out of Pandory's mouth while he's screaming. The end.
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seansob4 August 2019This short is amazing and well made!!! It had well shot visuals, great horror, a little bit of nice character development, and showed us what a Five Night at Freddy's movie would be like, and all of that at 5 minutes. I would have given this short 10 out of 10, if it had an extra 3 to 5 more minutes with even more well made horror, but this short is still awesome even though it's at 5 minutes.
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chloerayne27 May 2021Complete rip off of fnaf wtf. Anyone who has heard of fnaf ever would think of this.
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kenyaekofi12 September 2020Honestly, I enjoyed this short film and thought it would have been cool to see more of this movie unfold. It was a good idea in my opinion. This movie was definitely creepy in a sense. Good job.
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bfp131082 April 2021Some kid brat gets eaten by a lovable, but hungry panda. China wept.
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davidodonnell-301789 December 2019I thought it was a trailer didnt know it was 5 mins yes it was a good 5 min but waste of my time i thought it was gonna be a movie and got excited over it Please make it into a movie
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gracelynnaemiller9 August 2020Absolutely hilarious, gave me a cackle. Would recommend👍✨
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milicajovanovictsa2 March 2021Milica: I honestly don't recommend you even watch a moment of this. Some reviews may have mentioned a character development but my question is W H E R E homie? Don't waste ur time plz </3
Maja:I think this should be deleted of the internet, i don't believe i will ever be able to give or receive a hug from or to any human/animal/animatronic or otherwise. This disgusted me in a way that is hard to describe in simple words. I hope this movie is never mentioned or promoted in my living existence. If i die today and this was the last movie i saw i would haunt anyone responsible for making it. Its only a 1/10 cuz i cant give a 0.
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xavant_gardex10 October 2021As a shameless ripoff of the videogame franchise that burned itself out within 2 years, this is actually pretty damn good. There are visuals that still haunt me weeks later. Unfortunately, it needs to be a full movie. It'll leave you wanting so much more.
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bnbeck-808591 January 2021This is a five minute long...something. It's certainly not a movie, I guess it's considered a short 'film'. Film is a stretch. It's like a sketch. It should not be on Hulu under the movie category. I can't understand why anyone would go through the trouble of making something like this. I guess they didn't have the capacity to create a full length movie. Totally disappointed because I thought that I was going to be able to watch a full movie. BOOOOO! This sucks!
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mastercontroluser18 June 2020Also the panda just looks really strange. What kind of Panda has a skin tone on it's face?
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I could not focus on the film for the five minutes it ran because of the poorly hidden references to Showbiz Pizza. The Pandory's "pizza palace" logo is the Showbiz pizza place logo exactly with only the words changed. The icon on shirt the kid was wearing was traced from shirts that Showbiz sold of Billy Bob, their animatronic bear, which happened to look almost exactly like the panda; I assume they just bought a latex face cast from the animatronic or the walk around character and used a sharpie to add black circles around the eyes. The cherry on top, the song at the end loudly proclaims "come for the pizza, stay for the fun!" which was a slogan used by none other than Chuck E. cheese pizza itself. Like FNAF, this short puts no effort into world building other than google image searches for jpegs of logos to download and print.
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Foreverisacastironmess1234 November 2019A bratty kid who's having a birthday party at an obnoxiously tacky pizza place demands a show from the place's not quite right looking giant robot panda mascot, and when the long suffering security manager who clearly hates his job refuses to let the brat have his way, he steals the keys that turn the looming robotic nightmare on and sneaks backstage for a private performance, thing is though he really should have respected the man when he said that even pandas' gotta eat because this is no ordinary creepy robot panda but something quite monstrous in disguise that has a big appetite for little brats who don't follow the rules! I loved this short a lot when I first saw it, I really thought it was one of the best I'd seen in ages, something about it felt kind of fresh to me, I thought the panda suit looked amazing and creepy and menacing and just right there, you know what I mean?? I miss the era of big practical effects suits like that, and while the one in this wasn't a perfect example it was definitely great to see that old technique used in something again. It's quite suspenseful as it lured in the kid for a killer bear hug and was creepily wagging its stubby tail behind its back which felt very wrong for whatever reason, and then it reveals the more wicked and hideous face hidden behind the sweet panda mask, and then when it closes its freaky clanking arms around little Aden, it felt like the short could have easily gone for the gusto with the gore and had Pandory just be a scary machine that had gone a little homicidally haywire and had it simply kept hugging Aden until he messily exploded in a welter of blood and guts! I know it's more fun and spooky having Pandory be some kind of mysterious monster in disguise, but I'm just saying it could have worked well either way. I do like the mystery part, you don't know if it's a captive monster or a monster for hire, or a monster disguising itself as a robot to get a bite to eat...well given the hilarious security guy's reaction it's not the first time an unsuspecting kid got all ate up! Very good short, I loved the effects, the suspense, it gave me goosebumps and it ends on a real little jolt! Loved it, terrific fun stuff 🐼 x
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serdulazl31 August 2021Im so mad there was no n and a productions, jaystation, jester, or morgz here omg so mad! It wasnt even a 3 am challenge or 24 hour challenge omg so stupid and fake pls remove this garbage i would end the life on this p[lanet just for you to take this down NOT HAPPY this movie SUCKS AND ADD MORGZ!!!!!!
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mindscapesinc21 August 2023Made an account to rate this film. The plot's pretty solid considering the movie is only 5 minutes long. The acting is decent considering its main two characters are a child and robot. The way "Pandory" moves and talks is honestly a bit unsettling. Aden's actor (Roman Dean George) portrays the spoiled kid very well. The design of the robot is good. The directing is solid. The jump-scare actually scared me even when I seen it coming. The only main concern is when the little blonde chick sees what is happening and continues eating the pizza, doesn't even tell the employee, if I was that child I would be screaming or doing anything. But other than that it's a good short film.