“Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey”
Day 10 of the 2023 31-Days of Horror
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Christopher Robin grows up and leaves Pooh and friends behind in the 100 Acre Wood to fend for themselves.
Of course, as soon as Winnie the Pooh was released into Public Domain, someone rushed to make a horror version. So much potential. It was filmed beautifully, they clearly had a budget. I just wish they’d spent a bit more focusing on the actual story.
I liked the opening animation with the background story. They jumped into Christopher Robin assuming that Pooh and friends were “bad” once they got to the homestead, but even then I was on board right up until Christopher Robin just sat and cried “No, Piglet!” instead of doing anything to *stop* it from murdering his wife.
Random Thoughts I had while watching:
*At one point I got so frustrated with the girls unintelligible screaming my brain just filled in “screaming in British” and stopped trying to understand.
*Did Pooh grow like 3 feet taller when he was fighting the long haired rough necks toward the end of the film, just before he bitch slapped the one? It certainly appeared so.
*Same sequence- he suddenly has the power to control a swarm of bees and make them attack people? And it’s only used once?
As with most movies that don’t click for me, I’ll probably give it another chance in the future. Probably just before I watch the sequel.
