The Banana Splits Movie

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The Banana Splits Movie

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2019

1h 26m

Horror

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A maniac dressed in a dog costume wreaks bloody havoc during the taping of a popular children's television show.

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

Aug 22, 2019

Far less crazy than it wants to be and far more soporific than a synopsis would suggest.

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Greg Carlson

Vague Visages

Nov 8, 2023

Esterhazy’s direction is consistently flat and uninspired given the nonstop opportunities for twisted weirdness, but the failure of The Banana Splits Movie can be pinned almost entirely on the sawdust-packed script…

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Emma Wolfe

SpookyAstronauts

Oct 13, 2020

4/10

I feel like it was such a missed opportunity in this film not to go completely zany, over-the-top, kooky.

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Brian Costello

Common Sense Media

Sep 25, 2020

1/5

Slasher comedy-horror isn't a kid-friendly reboot.

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Erin Maxwell

L.A. Weekly

Aug 3, 2020

There are not enough laughs to be scary and the scares are too feeble to be effective, but a few gory kills save the pic from landing in Dullsville, USA.

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Ryan Larson

Ghastly Grinning

Jun 24, 2020

Yes, it's silly. Yes, the acting is bad. However, in an era of some of the best, most dread inducing horror we have ever had, sometimes it's next to throw ourselves back to a 90's horror camp era and just enjoy the kills.

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Emma R

@RT97963840 Sep 22, 2026

Acting and effects were SO bad

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Landon B

@RT58054303 Sep 12, 2026

It was a great movie personally and I really really want a 2nd movie

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Caleb K

@RT64138446 Sep 7, 2026

SO PEAK!! And my childhood😊❤️

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alejandro. T

@RT53846596 Sep 3, 2026

Before the Five Nights at Freddy's movies and the cliché-ridden disaster that Willy's Wonderland became, this is what we had, and man its pretty good. The Banana Splits movie delivers on its promise, blood here and blood there, it's actually quite an entertaining and fun movie! don't expect to see the BEST slasher or movie with animatronics, but this thing it's more well written than the FNaF movies, that's a fact. The movie would have been better with a few more lines from the robot characters, but other than that it's pretty good. Hopefully, they'll revisit the idea of making a sequel someday, because it really needs one.

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Charles T

@CharlesGaming1000 Aug 31, 2026

It’s actually not as shitty as I thought it was gonna be 🤥

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Kyle B

@DodgerCat Aug 28, 2026

Have seen this movie hundreds of times and it gets better every time I see it. My favorite horror movie and I FUCKING LOVE HORROR MOVIES

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Synopsis

A maniac dressed in a dog costume wreaks bloody havoc during the taping of a popular children's television show.

Director: Danishka Esterhazy
Producer: Adam Friedlander
Screenwriter: Jed Elinoff, Scott Thomas
Production Co: Blue Ice Pictures, Blue Ribbon Content
Rating: R (Horror Violence and Gore)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 12, 2019
Runtime: 1h 26m

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