I didn't have this on my 2025 Halloween watchlist, but I had the perfect amount of time between meetings to throw on something short while I did some admin work. If Toy Story had played their cards right, I think they could have joined Peanuts with a series of must-watch-annually holiday shorts, because this is a really solid Halloween special.
Toy Story of Terror!
One toy gets left behind!
Rating
4.0 (1)
Release Date
10/16/2013Runtime
22 minsOverview
What starts out as a fun road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the trip detours to a roadside motel. After one of the toys goes missing, the others find themselves caught up in a mysterious sequence of events that must be solved before they all suffer the same fate in this Toy Story of Terror.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
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How It Feels
Read from this film's synopsis, keywords and credits, and used to work out what it sits beside.
A Halloween-themed Toy Story adventure that balances childlike fun with creepy motel-set mystery, keeping things spooky without becoming genuinely frightening.
Mood
PlayfulUnsettlingWhimsical
Themes
FriendshipIsolation
Tone
Playful
Pacing
Brisk
Look
3D animationStylized genre
Structure
Linear
Joan Cusack
Jessie (Voice)
Carl Weathers
Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)
Tom Hanks
Woody (Voice)
Tim Allen
Buzz Lightyear (Voice)
Stephen Tobolowsky
Ron (voice)
Don Rickles
Mr. Potato Head (Voice)
Wallace Shawn
Rex (Voice)
Timothy Dalton
Mr. Pricklepants (Voice)
Kristen Schaal
Trixie (Voice)
Kate McKinnon
PEZ Cat (voice)
Lori Alan
Bonnie's mom (voice)
Peter Sohn
Transitron (voice)
Reviews
I can never remember the plot of this othan than "Jessie never gives up; Jessie finds a way!"
This is exactly what I want in a Halloween short. Give me the characters that I love, ideally focused on a secondary character who deserve the spotlight, and stay true to the spirit of the core franchise.
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