Winnie the Pooh horror movie

Between 1961 and 2022 Disney was the sole owner of the rights to A.A. Milne's beloved characters, and the only company allowed to publish TV shows, movies, and ...

Now that Winnie and the gang have passed into the public domain, pretty much anyone can have a go at bringing him to the screen. But why try and perfect Disney's family-friendly take on the character when you can simply turn Pooh into a blood-curdlingly terrifying serial killer? There's even one shot of someone in a Piglet mask looming behind an unsuspecting victim, suggesting this murderous bear won't be acting alone.

The nation's beloved bear has turned into a disturbing blood-quenching maniac. That's right, Winnie the Pooh is making a return – in the horror genre.

Directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey shows a jolly honey-eating bear gone bad. Jagged Edge Productions have teased fans with a string of photos from the movie. The nation's beloved bear has turned into a disturbing blood-quenching maniac.

On Wednesday, May 25, news broke that our beloved childhood character Pooh will star in the horror movie Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey.

Disney no longer owns the exclusive rights to author AA Milne’s works. Stills from the upcoming movie landed on the internet yesterday and fans have been discussing it ever since. This is the first reimagining of Pooh since the character entered the public domain in January 2022.

Children's bear appears more sinister in forthcoming film, 'Blood and Honey'

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. According to Jennifer Jenkins, director of the Centre for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke University, the rights to the Winnie the Pooh stories and characters after 1926 still belong to Disney. Previously, the rights to Winnie the Pooh were held exclusively under Disney licensing, which gave the character a red T-shirt and is the version recognisable to most.

First images have been released from 'Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey', a horror reimagining of the children's teddy bear.

There’s also a twisted reinterpretation of Piglet, and a shot with the words “get out” written across windows in blood. Jamie Lee Curtis, who plays Laurie Strode, shared pictures from the sequel earlier this year. According to the film’s IMDB page, it’s described as a “horror retelling of the famous legend of Winnie the Pooh.” It’s expected to be released later this year.

The adorable bear has only been in the public domain a few months, and he's already picked up an ax.

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Just as A.A. Milne intended, Winnie the Pooh will be the star of his own horror film thanks to the character entering the public domain.

Essentially, he has the shape of a human, but a face that kind of resembles a horse. Is it possible we could see the character appear in Thor: Love and Thunder? “Tom Cruise‘s upcoming Paramount film Top Gun: Maverick is slated to become the actor’s largest film yet. “Strange things can start to happen when beloved characters slip into the public domain, and the upcoming horror movie Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey sure is a testament to that. The upcoming horror movie – which is of course not related to Disney in any way, shape, or form – turns the anthropomorphic yellow teddy bear into a monstrous murderer. Lest you think he would slow down, he’s now adding an adaptation of Speed Racer to his packed schedule.”

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey is reportedly an upcoming indie horror movie which is set to show the famous bear and his sidekick Piglet in a very ...

Someone else commented: "About the Winnie the Pooh horror movie. and a fourth added: "Can't believe there's going to be a Winnie The Pooh horror movie, omg." I have mixed feelings on this but I’d check it out just to get laughs out of it."

Winnie the Pooh is getting the horror movie treatment in the upcoming film Blood and Honey – and the terrifying first look is here.

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey doesn't have a release date just yet. Then, the bear sits in a fancy car in another photo, while a woman is tied up with a hammer disturbingly close by in another still. In the pictures, windows are daubed with what looks to be blood spelling out the words "GET OUT," while Winnie and a disturbing-looking Piglet lurk menacingly behind a woman in a hot tub in another image.

The first images of Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey took the Internet by storm.

“And we wanted to go between the two.” “So they’ve gone back to their animal roots. “Because they’ve had to fend for themselves so much, they’ve essentially become feral,” Waterfield shared.

In Blood and Honey, the adorable bear has only been in the public domain a few months and he's already picked up an ax.

See all photos See all photos Someone has made a Winnie the Pooh horror movie.

Last night we reported on an upcoming indie horror movie titled Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, of course only made possible by the original incarnation.

“So they’ve gone back to their animal roots. “Because they’ve had to fend for themselves so much, they’ve essentially become feral,” the filmmaker continues. Rhys Frake-Waterfield directed the film, said to be a “horror retelling of the famous legend of Winnie the Pooh.”

Winnie the Pooh just entered into the public domain and this is the first project we're getting from that. Absolutely terrifying.

Creative freedom with Winnie the Pooh is good! It’s just a Winnie the Pooh movie. Some of our best childhood fables come from figures in the public domain. There have been tons of fictional characters we’ve come to love through the public domain. For so long we’ve seen Winnie the Pooh as a Disney work. Or if you want to see Piglet looking like a somehow even more feral version of the Arkansas Razorbacks logo? But the kicker is everyone else can make their own versions of Pooh now, too. This allows independent creators to take works that we’ve all come to love and make their own beautiful adaptions of them. It essentially means that anyone can pick up the work and use it. And not playful Winnie the Poohs either. “The indie horror title is currently in production by director Rhys Frake-Waterfield. Quite a staggering directorial debut if you ask me. It was just an image I saw on Twitter…of Winnie the Pooh.

This means they can get their grubby mitts on them and do with them as they will. 2022 is famously the year that The Great Gatsby has become fair game, but also ...

The only good news is that he does seem to be wearing pants. That character is Winnie the Pooh, and it looks like someone had a Pooh horror movie locked, loaded and ready to go. 2022 is famously the year that The Great Gatsby has become fair game, but also a beloved children’s character was released from the clutches of Disney in January of this year.

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey – the upcoming horror movie based on the out-of-copyright book characters – will see Pooh and Piglet on a murderous rampage ...

Frake-Waterfield promises there’s no way Disney fans will confuse this production for anything Disney could or would make: “No one is going to mistake this [for Disney],” he said. “It’s scary but there’s also funny bits because there’s shots of Winnie the Pooh in a car and seeing him with his little ears behind the wheel and like slowly going over there [to kill her.]” Essentially, it’s down to the copyright – Tigger, among others, is still under copyright, and so is not in the public domain. “And we wanted to go between the two.” Blood and Honey features Pooh and Piglet as “the main villains… Essentially, the film will balance horror and comedy, fully aware of its absurd premise.