Bryan Fuller On His Adorable ‘Dust Bunny’ Movie Monster [TIFF Interview] • Living-Dead

You’ll have to wait until December to discover just how adorable the man-eating monster is in writer/director Bryan Fuller’s Dust Bunny, but the filmmaker’s breakdown of its conception gives a strong indication of the cuteness ahead. The whimsical gateway horror film, releasing in theaters on December 5 via Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions, follows 10-year-old Aurora (Sophie […]

You’ll have to wait until December to discover just how adorable the man-eating monster is in writer/director Bryan Fuller’s Dust Bunny, but the filmmaker’s breakdown of its conception gives a strong indication of the cuteness ahead.

The whimsical gateway horror film, releasing in theaters on December 5 via Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions, follows 10-year-old Aurora (Sophie Sloan) as she enlists her mysterious neighbor (Mads Mikkelsen) to aid her in getting rid of the monster she claims ate her parents.

While Aurora’s neighbor specializes in real-life monsters, it’s safe to say that Aurora isn’t lying about a rather scruffy but vicious beast lurking under her bed. Though glimpses of this delightfully ferocious bedtime monster likely won’t arrive until closer to release, Bloody Disgusting spoke with Fuller about his Dust Bunny after the film’s TIFF premiere about its conception and creation.

Fuller reveals that his monster, which occasionally moves in an almost stop-motion-like manner, is a mix of practical and VFX.

“It’s partial, a big puppet,” he tells us. “There’s a massive puppet that we had that was built by Legacy. They did sort of a ‘friends and family’ because it was like, ‘We have no money, you can cut this out.’