Review of Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987) by Jonathan L — 07 Jan 2008

Very cool, dark, scary. Not twisted. I don't remember ever watching the original Pinocchio by Disney but this one, happily, scarred me for life.

This review of Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987) was written by Jonathan L on 07 Jan 2008.

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Private U (13,627) on 07 Dec 2007

Hey, I remember this movie! It scarred me for life! A cheap move by a film company trying to essentially do a sequel to a Disney film…

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By Jeffrey L (600) on 03 Jan 2008

I had this video when I was little and I thought the bad guy puppet master dude was really scary…

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By Chris S (3,490) on 14 Jun 2008

A cute little cartoon. Differs that of both the original Disney classic and novel. The animation was a bit choppy…

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By Hani H (345) on 28 Jul 2008

I agree JL, the scene were Puppetino returned Pinocchio back into a doll..scary shit!!..evil ass satan looking villian at the end was crazy also…

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Hm. Let's see. The bug character has the name of an exclamation. Yep! Official Disney rip-off folks! And why is James Earl Jones in this…

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