‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey’ – Indie Horror Flick Ready to Murder Your Childhood

He’s stuffed with fluff and he’s public domain. And indie horror Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey is about to make it everyone’s problem.

Do you delight in blood, horror, and the absolute ruination of your most beloved childhood characters? Well, I’ll be damned if the folks over at Dread Central haven’t dug up the perfect film for you. Get ready for a creature feature unlike any other, folks. Because Pooh Bear is here to “oh bother” you to death. While the “Heffalumps and Woozles” song scared the sh*t out of me as a little kid, something tells me this is going to be a different kind of scary… the murdery kind.

Everything We Know About Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey

As I’m sure you’ve guessed, this is a very independent horror film. The film is directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield and stars Amber Doig-Thorne, Maria Taylor and Danielle Scott. According to IMDb, the project is in post-production with no details yet on where audiences can watch it. But we do have some photographs featuring some pretty disturbing masks.

The film won’t include every character from the Hundred Acre Wood since only the first Pooh book has entered public domain. The available images do show us a much-less cuddly version of Piglet, and we could also see Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Owl, and Christopher Robin. Since ADHD icon Tigger didn’t appear until the second book, he’s very unlikely to join in on the murderous rampage.

Winnie the Pooh is Public Domain

As of January this year, the lovable teddy bear with a belly for honey became public domain. The first book, titled The House at Pooh Corner, was written by author A.A. Milne and illustrated by E.H. Shepard and published in 1926. In 1961, Disney produced a series of films featuring Pooh Bear and all of his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood.

The law that made the property available this year only applies to the contents of the first book. That means that this horror adaptation has to be a little careful about which Pooh-properties make it onto the big screen. For example, Pooh doesn’t appear in his iconic red-shirt-no-pants fashion until 1932. And while Disney doesn’t retain rights to the character himself, the cartoon adaptations of the bear still fall under copywrite law.

Of course, with all the blood and the murder, it’s unlikely that this film will tread the Disney line.

Are you excited to have your childhood ruined? What other kids’ stories do you think would make a good horror franchise? 

What’s next? A murderous family of Bernstein Bears?

Author: Danni Danger

Danni is a staff writer and editor whose expertise lies in comic books, superhero movies, science fiction/fantasy, horror, and cheesy dad jokes. They spent 8 glorious years working at Austin Books & Comics, and created content for almost 15 years. They've written for the Daily Dot and made YouTube content with the Weirdlings. Danni currently does all the things for BoLS, Screen Fanatic, and TheStreet.