Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey – Movie Review
ABC Film Challenge – Franchise Films – W
Director: Rhys Frake-Waterfield
Writer: Rhys Frake-Waterfield (Screenplay)
Cast
- Nikolai Leon (The Killing Tree)
- Maria Taylor (Mega Lightning)
- Natasha Rose Mills (The Heiress)
- Amber Doig-Thorne (Never Have I Ever)
- Danielle Ronald (Croc)
- Natasha Tosini (Cinderella’s Curse)
Plot: After Christopher Robin abandons them for college, Pooh and Piglet embark on a bloody rampage as they search for a new source of food.
Runtime: 1 Hour 24 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey starts when Christopher Robin (Leon) returns to the 100 Arce Woods. He is surprised to learn Winnie and his friends have turned into savage creatures. Meanwhile, Maria (Taylor) is recovering from a traumatic experience and decides to spend time in the woods with friends. Maria is joined by Jessica (Mills), Alice (Doig-Thorne), Zoe (Ronald) and Lara (Tosini) as they plan their weekend getaway.
What the friends don’t know is that they are in Winnie’s hunting ground. Now Winnie and friends are hunting them down and it becomes a battle to survive.
Verdict on Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey is a horror thriller following a group of friends getting hunted by Winnie the Pooh and friends, well Piglet. They must battle to survive the psychotic creatures who won’t stop and have a lust for human flesh.
This is the movie which went viral because of the use of the beloved characters in a horror setting. It has a reputation for being terrible and one of the worst modern horrors. The reality is that the movie is fine, it works well as a slasher, with the bloody kills and masked killers. It makes some strange decisions, which don’t make sense for the storytelling of a slasher movie. Which would be the biggest frustration, but whatever people say, the movie did the important thing. It created a scene people will talk about and remember, which many horror struggle to achieve.
Where to Watch
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Final Thoughts – Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey is fine for a late-night horror.
