Spunky, The Malevolent Cocker Spaniel (2024)

Spunky, the Malevolent Cocker Spaniel is a 2024 short British stop motion gore film, produced by M&N Productions and Neptuna Studios and based on the first story of the same name from the book Spunky by MashielTuna.
The plot follows a pack who live with the careless and horrible, Agnes. The pack lived in peace with their former leader until his death by the malevolent and cruel, Spunky. Everyone lives under her reign until one day an unexpected event begins.
It was broadcast on the HP at Night block at 3:00 a.m. on May 26, 2024.
== Plot ==
Some dogs that live with their owner named Agnes who mistreats them, despite behaving well, except for Spunky, a narcissist and psychopath, decides to have a meeting in the basement of the garden, Blackie talks about what is happening, a small dog called Brunito who tells him that if he dies who would be the leader, so he prepares an evil plan for Spunky, throws a strong poison at him, until he dies and becomes the leader.
In the garden, a dog named Nannok, slips and breaks half of the statue, so Spunky wakes up and sees it, enraged, devours it (beginning explicit violence) later Spunky sees some $100,000 bills and steals them, when Agnes returns for her money and Spunky throws it at some twin puppies, Agnes insults them and threatens to take them to the pound, when Agnes left Spunky takes them to devour them, making the twins' mother cry, Brunito paints a picture of Spunky, fading from the screen.
At home, Agnes returns for the twin puppies, but she doesn't see them and forgets and watches TV until the doorbell rings and it's Margaret, Agnes's fake friend, who asks her to take care of her ten kittens, she agrees and Margaret leaves, Agnes then leaves them and goes to drink alcohol, Spunky threatens them to shut up but ends up devouring the kittens, when Agnes returns and falls asleep, Spunky plans to devour them all on this full moon night, Margaret comes back for her kittens but Spunky bites her by the neck, so she begins her plan and devours each of the dogs, the next day she sees the bones of the dogs standing and bloody, Agnes with a strong hangover so she doesn't see the yard , he only took Spunky who ends up biting his neck, she escapes, as the credits roll.
== Reception ==
The short received positive reviews, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the short a score of 80% based on 382 reviews, the website's critical consensus reads: "A very bizarre, gory and technically impressive great TV special." Stop-Motion and a true blood effect, for teens and adults to read the book''
== 2026 sequel ==
== Parents guide ==
* Parents guide of Spunky, The Malevolent Cocker Spaniel 
Category:Stop-motion
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Category:Laika
Category:Focus Features
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Category:Based on Books
Category:Animals
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