The movie works, and has a handful of inspired touches, yet a little of it goes a long way.

"Buddy," which premiered Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival, is a graphically violent horror comedy about a deadly children's TV show.

With Buddy, a ‘90s kids’ TV show turns into a horror show in one of the strangest, most hilarious films at this year’s ...

But the pleasant, vacuous programme takes a dark turn when one of the children goes missing — and all signs indicate that Buddy is responsible. Freddy and her friend Wade (Caleb ’CJ’ Williams) suspect ...

Imperfect, yes, but films like 'Buddy' don't come along very often, and filmmakers like Casper Kelly are even rarer.

Sundance: The "Too Many Cooks" auteur appears to have finally received a budget worthy of his talents, and he makes full use of it by playing his greatest hits on a multiplex-worthy scale.