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A New Addition To The Long Tradition Of Puppets Behaving Badly

The Happytime Murders is a new movie starring Melissa McCarthy and a cast of extremely raunchy puppets. It's definitely not for kids — which continues a legacy dating back to the Middle Ages.
Melissa McCarthy stars as a detective investigating a string of puppet killings in<em> The Happytime Murders.</em>

The Happytime Murders is packed with violence, foul language and graphic felt-on-felt sex. There's also a scene with an octopus that is — well, you need to see it for yourself.

The new movie stars Melissa McCarthy as a human detective trying to solve a string of puppet killings. And yes, many of

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