Winnie the Pooh horror film

Pooh and Piglet go on the prowl in this dark and disturbing take on the beloved AA Milne characters.

The Disney version of the character, however, remains in copyright. What sets Blood and Honey apart from other home invasion horrors, however, is the presence of a group of killers that are versions of Winnie the Pooh characters. As those latter two titles suggest, they have a number of titles based on public domain characters, which might explain where the idea for the film came from. However, images that show the costumes in detail seem to suggest the latter. Per the IMDB credits, these are the only two Milne characters in the movie. One image, for example, sees a character called Zoe (played by Danielle Ronald) heading down a staircase to a window.

Between 1961 and 2022 Disney was the sole owner of the rights to A.A. Milne's beloved characters, and the only company allowed to publish TV shows, movies, and ...

Now that Winnie and the gang have passed into the public domain, pretty much anyone can have a go at bringing him to the screen. But why try and perfect Disney's family-friendly take on the character when you can simply turn Pooh into a blood-curdlingly terrifying serial killer? There's even one shot of someone in a Piglet mask looming behind an unsuspecting victim, suggesting this murderous bear won't be acting alone.

The nation's beloved bear has turned into a disturbing blood-quenching maniac. That's right, Winnie the Pooh is making a return – in the horror genre.

Directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey shows a jolly honey-eating bear gone bad. Jagged Edge Productions have teased fans with a string of photos from the movie. The nation's beloved bear has turned into a disturbing blood-quenching maniac.

Children's bear appears more sinister in forthcoming film, 'Blood and Honey'

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. According to Jennifer Jenkins, director of the Centre for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke University, the rights to the Winnie the Pooh stories and characters after 1926 still belong to Disney. Previously, the rights to Winnie the Pooh were held exclusively under Disney licensing, which gave the character a red T-shirt and is the version recognisable to most.

First images have been released from 'Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey', a horror reimagining of the children's teddy bear.

There’s also a twisted reinterpretation of Piglet, and a shot with the words “get out” written across windows in blood. Jamie Lee Curtis, who plays Laurie Strode, shared pictures from the sequel earlier this year. According to the film’s IMDB page, it’s described as a “horror retelling of the famous legend of Winnie the Pooh.” It’s expected to be released later this year.

The adorable bear has only been in the public domain a few months, and he's already picked up an ax.

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Just as A.A. Milne intended, Winnie the Pooh will be the star of his own horror film thanks to the character entering the public domain.

Essentially, he has the shape of a human, but a face that kind of resembles a horse. Is it possible we could see the character appear in Thor: Love and Thunder? “Tom Cruise‘s upcoming Paramount film Top Gun: Maverick is slated to become the actor’s largest film yet. “Strange things can start to happen when beloved characters slip into the public domain, and the upcoming horror movie Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey sure is a testament to that. The upcoming horror movie – which is of course not related to Disney in any way, shape, or form – turns the anthropomorphic yellow teddy bear into a monstrous murderer. Lest you think he would slow down, he’s now adding an adaptation of Speed Racer to his packed schedule.”

The first images of Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey took the Internet by storm.

“And we wanted to go between the two.” “So they’ve gone back to their animal roots. “Because they’ve had to fend for themselves so much, they’ve essentially become feral,” Waterfield shared.

In Blood and Honey, the adorable bear has only been in the public domain a few months and he's already picked up an ax.

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'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.

Winnie the Pooh just entered into the public domain and this is the first project we're getting from that. Absolutely terrifying.

Creative freedom with Winnie the Pooh is good! It’s just a Winnie the Pooh movie. Some of our best childhood fables come from figures in the public domain. There have been tons of fictional characters we’ve come to love through the public domain. For so long we’ve seen Winnie the Pooh as a Disney work. Or if you want to see Piglet looking like a somehow even more feral version of the Arkansas Razorbacks logo? But the kicker is everyone else can make their own versions of Pooh now, too. This allows independent creators to take works that we’ve all come to love and make their own beautiful adaptions of them. It essentially means that anyone can pick up the work and use it. And not playful Winnie the Poohs either. “The indie horror title is currently in production by director Rhys Frake-Waterfield. Quite a staggering directorial debut if you ask me. It was just an image I saw on Twitter…of Winnie the Pooh.

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.