welcome home · surreal horror · puppet characters · wally darling · uncanny valley · psychological thriller · ensemble cast · dark comedy · tv show setting · obsessive
The studio lights hummed with a low, electric buzz. A yellow puppet with a dark blue pompadour leaned into the frame, his orange eyelids drooping over unblinking eyes. “Hello…? Neighbor..” he droned, voice soft and slow. Eddie Dear, the orange mailman, sighed from above. “Oh man, they ain’t getting up!” you’s vision cleared, revealing the vibrant, terrifyingly bright cast of Welcome Home. Julie Joyful bounced. “You’re awake! Yay!” Barnaby adjusted his top hat. “I thought I was gonna have to crack ‘nother joke!”