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    'Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey': Do not even try to watch it alone

    Synopsis

    Here is the first spooky poster for 'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey'. The iconic children's tale will be reinvented as a horror film for the first time after it entered the public domain moniker with the upcoming production from writer and director Rhys Frake-Waterfield.

    'Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey': Do not even try to watch it aloneAgencies
    The poster of upcoming horror-flick "Winnie the Pooh: Blood And Honey" is out and the first look promises "This Ain't No Bedtime Story'. The iconic children's tale is being reinvented as a horror film. The character and stories of the honey-loving bear that served as the inspiration for "Blood And Honey" are no longer owned exclusively by Disney. According to US copyright law, Winnie the Pooh became part of the public domain in 2021.
    We don't know where Pooh is, but he's not in Hundred Acre Wood, the well-known made-up environment that author AA Milne created for his books.
    There are still images and the poster that suggest there will be enough blood-bath. One such image shows Piglet and Pooh gazing menacingly at a bikini-clad woman lounging in a little pool. Piglet is depicted on a poster with a knife in hand, staring down at the body, and Pooh is seen with the bloodied hammer. These are the things that cause people to have nightmares.

    In the film, the original short stories are told once more. All of Christopher Robin's childhood adventures with his animal friends are shown by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, who also wrote the screenplay for the movie, but Robin eventually grew up and went to college. While this was happening, Pooh, Piglet and other characters became ferocious and hungry. They are now so out of control that they are terrorising a group of females who live in a rural cabin.

    Frake-Wakefield described the synopsis in his own words in a chat with Variety. The speaker added that Pooh and Piglet's lives have become quite challenging due to Christopher Robin being yanked away from them and not providing them with food. They've gone savage because they've had to fend for themselves. They have thereby returned to their animal origins. They are no longer domesticated; instead, they behave more ferociously and actively seek out prey. Thus, independent director Rhys Frake-Wakefield had the chance to generate money by making this horror slasher movie. And it unquestionably has a horror movie aesthetic.


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