DARK THINGS ARE AFOOT IN the Hundred Acre Wood. Once a place of innocent fun and childhood adventures, it’s now taken on a more sinister aspect. When a grown-up Christopher Robin returns, intending to introduce new fiancée Mary to his old pals Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet and Eeyore, he finds only desolation and a bloody grave…
That’s the eye-opening premise behind Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey. Directed by Rhys Waterfield, this immaculately titled slasher recasts AA Milne’s classic characters as feral savages out for revenge on the boy that once abandoned them (plus a party of young women just looking for a weekend away from the city). Disney, this is not.
“I knew it was strong when we first came up with the idea,” Waterfield tells . “It instantly felt like it had that X-factor to it. We’ve made a few films now and whenever we make them, we always look for something which
