Don't Hug Me I'm Scared is a surreal comedy horror musical web series created by British filmmakers Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling. It consists of six episodes, released from 29 July 2011 to 19 June 2016 through the artists' website, YouTube, and Vimeo. The series combines segments in live action, puppetry, traditional animation, and computer animation. Each episode starts like a typical children's series, consisting of anthropomorphic puppets akin to those featured in Sesame Street and other popular children's TV programmes. The series parodies these programmes by contrasting this childlike, colourful environment and its inhabitants against disturbing themes; each episode features a surreal plot twist in the climax, including psychedelic content and imagery involving graphic violence and psychological horror. The six episodes explore and discuss the subjects of creativity, time, love, technology, diet, and dreams.
| Genre | Puppetry, Surreal comedy, Comedy horror, Musical |
| Created by | Rebecca Sloan, Joseph Pelling |
| Written by | Becky Sloan, Joseph Pelling, Hugo Donkin (2014), Baker Terry |
| Directed by | Rebecca Sloan, Joseph Pelling |
| Starring | Baker Terry, Joseph Pelling, Rebecca Sloan |
| Composer(s) | Joseph Pelling |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Executive producer(s) | James Stevenson Bretton (2014–present), Becky Sloan (2014–present), Joseph Pelling (2014–present), Thomas Ridgewell (2014) |
| Producer(s) | Benjamin Lole (2014–16), Hugo Donkin (2014–16) |
| Cinematography | Max Halstead (2014) |
| Production company(s) | THIS IS IT Collective (2011), Blink Industries (2014–present), Clapham Road Studios (2014–16), Electric Theatre Collective (2014), Orb Studios (2015), Focus24 (2015), Peckham Liberal Club (2016), ARRI Rental (2016), Panalux (2016), Pixipixel (2016), CHEAT (2016), Conaco (2018–present), Super Deluxe (2018) |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Original network | YouTube, Vimeo, Channel 4 |
About Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
Live action/animated surreal horror series in which each episode starts like a typical children's series starring anthropomorphic puppets. However, a plot twist, usually involving graphic violence, changes the course of the story.
Achievement of Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
The show was created by filmmakers Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling. The show explored subjects of time, love, dreams, technology and more. The series earned more than 150 million views.
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Latest information about Don't Hug Me I'm Scared updated on July 28 2021.
