Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

Name: Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Horror, Music
Released: 2012-10-24
Duration: 4 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Joseph Pelling, Becky Sloan, Baker Terry

2012·Animation·4m

7.8

★

A disturbing puppet short exploring the concept of creativity.

Directed by Joseph Pelling and Becky Sloan

musical

satire

surrealism

lesson

woman director

arts and crafts

puppet film

inanimate objects come to life

absurdism

animated horror

anthropomorphic puppets

sociopolitical

psychedelia

short film

blood

violence

Rank

#17 in 2012·#1207 overall

IMDB

N/A

Cast

Joseph Pelling

Red Guy (voice) (uncredited)

Becky Sloan

Notepad (voice) (uncredited)

Baker Terry

Duck Guy (voice) (uncredited) / Yellow Guy (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

Joseph Pelling

Director

Becky Sloan

Director

Joseph Pelling

Writer

Becky Sloan

Writer

Becky Sloan

Set Designer

Becky Sloan

Prop Maker

Popular Reviews

640 reviews

Michael JecmenPRO

9.0★ · 01/01/01

iconic. innovative. deserves its spot in the hall of fame. i will write the exact same review for too many cooks

Jacob LucibelloPRO

3.0★ · 02/02/25

Can’t wait to watch all 6 of these (I have no idea what I just watched).

Like what do yall think this is covers in the short film based on just the pic above?

Constança

6.7★ · 07/04/26

so peak

Constantonis

8.0★ · 05/09/26

*‘green is not a creative colour’
kermit the frog found dead in his apartment *

vConquerorPRO

8.0★ · 02/14/25

Green is not a creative colour 😒