In 2023, the audience met a completely different image from the traditional Winnie the Pooh: the yellow bear in a red shirt put aside his tenderness and innocence to become a terrifying killer. This, through the movie ‘Honey and Blood’.
In January a year ago, the character and his friends fell into the public domain (that is, Disney ceased to have exclusive film rights to them), leading a group of creatives to look for an unusual way to exploit their image. That’s how director Rhys Frake-Waterfield created “Winnie The Pooh: Honey and Blood.”
The story takes elements from AA Milne’s original work and gives them a twisted twist: it shows Winnie and her faithful companion Piglet thirsting for revenge against Christopher Robin, who, having grown up, completely forgot about them. In their quest for revenge, they pursue the young man and his friends during an escape in the forest. This 2024, a sequel of this movie is coming.
Where to stream “Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey”?
The movie that turned the cuddly and lovable bear into a revenge-hungry character is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video. Remember that this first installment lasts 1 hour and 24 minutes.
“Winnie-The-Pooh: Honey and Blood”: what did the critics think of the horror movie?
This first episode of horror was poorly received, although its revenue was positive enough to ensure that a sequel could be made (according to “Variety”, it had a budget of less than $50,000 and grossed $5.2 million in box office. ).
On ‘Rotten Tomatoes’, ‘Winnie-the-Pooh: Honey and Blood’ has an approval rating of 3% from specialist critics and only 50% from the general public.
The audience consensus on the niche site is that it “has its moments, but not enough to make up for the weak plot, uneven performances, and general lack of horror or real humor.”
What is “Winnie-the-Pooh: Honey and Blood 2”?
Then we will see more characters from the original story. Owl and Tigger join Winnie and Piglet in their fight to stop existing in the shadows of society, unleashing a bloodbath on the town of Ashdown.
So far, this new installment seems to improve upon the mistakes of the first. On Rotten Tomatoes, professional critics gave it a 52 percent approval and the public 81.
The former’s consensus is that it “represents an improvement over the original in most aspects, though it’s still a place made for hardcore slasher fans.”
Did you like “Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey”? Let us know in the comments what you think of the first film and if you’ll be seeing the second.
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