The Hug
Once you see... You're gonna need one.
A darkly surreal horror-sci-fi premise that weaponizes childhood innocence and arcade nostalgia through a killer animatronic, trading genuine scares for conceptual strangeness.
An animatronic panda at a rundown pizza place seems to be out of order… until little Aden gives it a hug.
Essence
Ensemble
Nick Armstrong
Employee
Roman Dean George
Aden
Linda Weinrib
Mom
Justin Michael
Pandory the Panda (voice) / Pizza Chef
Circus-Szalewski
Pandory the Panda (body)
Adrianna Coffey
Kid
Ej Jose
Kid (as E.J. Jose)
Kayden Naccarato
Kid
Peyton Elysian-James Noga
Kid (as Peyton Noga)
Sean Savadian
Kid
Zara Ellen Savadian
Kid
Ashley Randall
Prize Counter Employee
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