Last night we reported on an upcoming indie horror movie titled Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, of course only made possible by the original incarnation of the Winnie the Pooh characters slipping into the public domain earlier this year. Rhys Frake-Waterfield directed the film, said to be a “horror retelling of the famous legend of Winnie the Pooh.”
Speaking with Variety this morning, Waterfield spills the beans on the exact plot of the movie, teasing a wild slasher wherein Pooh and Piglet head out on a murderous adventure.
In this version of the classic story, Christopher Robin is headed off to college and he has abandoned his old friends, which then leads to the duo embracing their inner monsters.
“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 details the general plot of his movie.
“Because they’ve had to fend for themselves so much, they’ve essentially become feral,” the filmmaker continues. “So they’ve gone back to their animal roots. They’re no longer tame: they’re like a vicious bear and pig who want to go around and try and find prey.”
Waterfield also notes in his chat with Variety that while Tigger and Eeyore won’t appear in the movie due to copyright issues, the story in his mind is that Pooh and Piglet got so hungry they ate Eeyore somewhere along the way. Yeah, it’s that kind of movie.
The film from Jagged Edge Productions is set to be distributed by ITN Studios sometime later this year, and you can learn more about the attention-grabbing project over on Variety.
Amber Doig-Thorne, Maria Taylor, and Danielle Scott star in the horror movie.
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