Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey

A new horror film from Jagged Edge Productions reimagines Pooh and Piglet as monsters on a murderous rampage in Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey.

Horror versions of children's films are far and few between, and the only one that comes to mind is 1997's Snow White: A Tale of Terror. Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey may be ridiculous, but it also looks extremely unique, and it may be the kind of insanity that bored horror buffs are dreaming of. The images showcase Pooh and Piglet stalking a woman in a hot tub, the words "GET OUT" written with blood on the windows of a dark home, and even Pooh behind the wheel of a car. The film is called Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey and is a horror re-imagining of the classic children's story featuring everyone's favorite yellow teddy bear.

(CNN) This isn't your childhood Winnie the Pooh. Horror fans are buzzing about an apparent forthcoming film which looks to take the children's story and ...

'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey' horror movie has big shoes to fill for anyone who watched Disney Channel's 'Welcome to Pooh Corner.'

One such scene, as seen in several photos below, sees the demonic duo chloroform a bikini-clad woman, drag her body out of a hot tub and into the middle of the road, then drive a car over her head. (Seriously, just imagine sitting in a dark room and having that song come on…) The live-action Winnie the Pooh series — which featured full-bodied puppetry and filled in the whites of Pooh’s sunken eyes, for added trauma — premiered in tandem with Disney Channel’s launch, on Monday, April 18, 1983, and lasted for 120 hair-raising episodes. If you were a child of the 1980s or 1990s, you likely remember Pooh Corner — and if you don’t, you probably will once you see the main title sequence (embedded above) again.

The first images of the upcoming horror film Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey have been released, showcasing a scary take on the childhood classics.

Originally created by author A.A. Milne and illustrator E.H. Shephard, Winnie the Pooh recently saw its copyright expire in 2021, with the rights to the characters no longer being held by Disney and entering the public domain. It’s going to be a high priority.” Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey wrapped production earlier this month, and the first look at the film shows a drastically different take from the versions of Winnie the Pooh fans are used to, with scarier versions of Pooh and Piglet stalking a group of people.

A horror movie version of Winnie the Pooh is on its way. Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey brings the bear and Piglet to new scary places.

Waterfield shares, “Because of all the press and stuff, we’re just going to start expediting the edit and getting it through post-production as fast as we can. And hope that these ladies show horror Winnie the Pooh and Piglet what’s what. But we suppose Winnie the Poo could be the horror moniker of our famous bear. We honestly still can’t tell if this movie presents us with supernaturally evil versions of Winnie and Piglet, or if we’re just seeing terrible men in masks. Seeing Winnie the Pooh starring in his own horror movie is amazing. And the next day, you’re a horror movie monster.

Jagged Edge Productions' horrific take on A.A. Milne's classic childhood tale of Pooh and piglet is upsetting.

Well before Milne's creations were brought to life by Disney; Pooh, Eeyore, Piglet, Kanga and Tigger were the stuffed companions of Milne's son, and they're currently housed in a permanent New York Public Library exhibit where they will, hopefully, be shielded from the uglier parts of life, and cinema, forever. According to Variety, "Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey" was shot over a ten day period near England's Ashdown Forest, the real-life inspiration for Milne's Hundred Acre Wood in the original classic Pooh tales. And we wanted to go between the two," Waterfield says. The look of the film, which is pure hell, is a perfect match to the premise, which revolves around Winnie the Pooh and his pal Piglet being abandoned by Christopher Robin prior to him leaving for college. "Christopher Robin is pulled away from them, and he's not [given] them food, it's made Pooh and Piglet's life quite difficult," Waterfield says of the film's plot. "Because they've had to fend for themselves so much, they've essentially become feral ... So they've gone back to their animal roots.

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey – the upcoming horror movie based on the out-of-copyright book characters – will see Pooh and Piglet on a murderous rampage ...

Frake-Waterfield promises there’s no way Disney fans will confuse this production for anything Disney could or would make: “No one is going to mistake this [for Disney],” he said. “It’s scary but there’s also funny bits because there’s shots of Winnie the Pooh in a car and seeing him with his little ears behind the wheel and like slowly going over there [to kill her.]” Essentially, it’s down to the copyright – Tigger, among others, is still under copyright, and so is not in the public domain. “And we wanted to go between the two.” Blood and Honey features Pooh and Piglet as “the main villains… Essentially, the film will balance horror and comedy, fully aware of its absurd premise.

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Who knows, now that Pooh Bear is freed from his copyright restrictions, maybe he can finally become the earnest face of the Free World, and usher in a political utopia with his soothing, honeyed voice. It was first popularised in a tongue-in-cheek academic paper, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal in 2000. Winnie the Pooh is a honey addict, for example, while Piglet has anxiety, Tigger has ADHD, and Eeyore – poor, sweet Eeyore – suffers from depression. Now, this legacy is set to expand even further, as well, since Winnie the Pooh officially entered the public domain on January 1, 2022, 95 years after the character first appeared in 1926. Maybe he was on the favourite fridge magnet of your suburban grandmother, underlined with an earnest quote about friendship or the meaning of life, or maybe he was plastered on a placard at a violent anti-authoritarian protest. You might have noticed that one of these things is not like the others.

Winnie the Pooh has all of a sudden taken a horribly dark turn, as the beloved children's book is being adapted for a new slasher horror.

Pooh will be played by horror actor Craig David-Dowsett, whilst Chris Cordell will take on the role of piglet. Looking at the actual plot now, not much has been given away as of yet. Although there is no official trailer as of yet, we’ve been given a glimpse at the bizarre movie, from a bunch of shocking images, which have gone viral.

'Winnie The Pooh' has been presented in many different forms and iterations, although the newly written horror format is a change for the character.

Their depiction of a bear dressed in a red shirt likely stems from Stephen Slesinger’s portrait of the character. Winnie The Pooh was recently given the live screen treatment when the character emerged to comfort Christopher Robin in the film of the same name. A collection of images have been unveiled from Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey, which aims to reimagine the legend by way of a horror tale.