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Early last year, Rhys Frake-Waterfield unleashed Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey into theaters. America’s fun-loving, stress-eating bear inspired a slasher film and formed the Twisted Childhood Universe. It is the honey pot you never knew you needed, so to speak. The film was made with a budget of $50,000. The idea was to take a meandering stroll through the Hundred Acre Wood and meet fun “animals” with different mental ailments. Only this time, these characters are psychotic.
Then, the bear-gone-bad made $5.2 million. That success gave the British filmmaker another demented idea. What if Hollywood brought fairy tales and former Disney characters to life but made them all merciless killers? You know…? Because of money. Today, the Twisted Childhood Universe has a plan.
Have you heard of the movies? Complain all you want about the end of civilization and the ruination of Hollywood. Blame those dolts who paid money to see a sinister teddy bear–or a chubby guy with a goofy laugh and bad Halloween mask. And so, fans of The Cinema Spot, if Blood and Honey is your jam, here is the list of movies rooted in the Hundred Acre Wood. To quote a feline philosopher, “You’ve found somebody just like you.”
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
And Piglet too? Yes, this made $5.2 million out of sheer “Bruh, you gotta’ see this!”
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
Carnage, for no apparent reason other than esses and giggles. This 95-minute stroll through a high school prom and trailer park hit theaters this past March 26th. As of this post, it has earned close to $600,000. Good one, ‘Murica.
Bambi: The Reckoning
And you thought the Disney version gave you heartburn? Imagine hunting for this deer in the woods. You’ll get your chance this fall as Bambi goes “Buck” wild wreaking havoc on any rifle-toting dude it finds. Probably not a good idea to bring the kiddos to this one.
Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare
The J.M. Barrie childhood classic takes a horrific twist as Wendy Darling attempts to rescue her brothers, John and Michael, from the serial killer version of Pan. The film is set for this October. What’s next?
Pinocchio: Unstrung
Catchy title. You have to give Frake-Waterfield that. Although there isn’t much out there about this sadistic version of the fabled wooden boy, the thought is when he turns to life, people are going to get splinters in the worst imaginable places. Yes, this is set to drop in 2024 as well.
Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble
Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Studios are taking a page from the Kevin Feige playbook. Together, they plan to culminate these characters into one gigantic stew–and spit in it. Some time in 2025, the dreams of toddlers everywhere will be destroyed and made a living nightmare.
As horror fans, we would love an Avengers that is all villains. It’d have Freddy Krueger, Jason, ‘Halloween,’ ‘Scream,’ all of those. Obviously that will never happen, but we can make it happen in our own little way, and that’s where this film has been born.
(Scott Chambers via Variety)
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 3
The catalyst for the Twisted Childhood Universe is getting a trilogy. What else can they do for the nightmares of kids everywhere? Who knows? One thing is clear–Eeyore is about to come out of his shell and catch up for lost time.
Awakening Sleeping Beauty
This public domain thing may be getting slightly out of hand now. However, it makes sense in the Twisted Childhood Universe. How cranky would you be if you were asleep that long? We will find out fall of next year.
Something about me? I have been a nerdy cinephile for as long as I can remember. Putting the two together is living my best life. That notwithstanding, I was born to express, not to impress, so I blog because I don't have friends. In other news, I like hashtags because they look like waffles, prefer my puns intended, and I always give 100% unless I'm donating blood. Thanks for reading.
