Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey

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 ...

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. This one comes courtesy of Jagged Edge Productions, releasing sometime later this year. Or maybe that’s actually a man-bear hybrid.

'Blood and Honey' Puts a Gruesome Spin on Winnie the Pooh's Story: The upcoming film is billed as "a horror retelling of the famous legend."

This version of Winnie the Pooh is not to be confused with Disney’s licensed character, who is known for wearing a red shirt. It is unconfirmed whether the other characters from Hundred Acre Wood — Christopher Robin, Eeyore, Kanga and Roo — will be making appearances. The upcoming film is billed as “a horror retelling of the famous legend.”

The first look at surprise horror movie 'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey' has left fans without a single bother left to give.

The last time we saw a live-action Winnie the Pooh movie, the end result was the whimsical and sickly sweet Christopher Robin, which drew plenty of praise from critics and earned close to $200 million at the box office. Either way, we can at least guarantee that absolutely no bothers were given when it came to reinventing a classic in the most unexpected possible fashion. Plot details remain under wraps for now, but we’re expecting the unexpected given that we’re talking about the honey-loving bear and his associates being turned into violent murderous maniacs.

Someone is making a Winnie the Pooh horror flick -- no, we're not joking and we've got the photos to prove it.

We’re going to go out on a limb and guessing the media giant has more lawyers and resources at their command than the cast and crew of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. If they felt they could prove too close a resemblance to their version of the overeating bear, they might take a shot. Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, a horror film and what looks to be a slasher flick, is a real thing and it’s on the way. IMDb lists Rhys Frake-Waterfield as the director of the Winnie the Pooh horror flick, and while he has a social media presence, he’s devoted surprisingly little of it to promoting the upcoming film.

Prepare to have your childhood absolutely destroyed by this spine-tingling take on the classic cartoon bear.

We aren't here to judge. Just be prepared to have your childhood memories of AA Milne's classic character absolutely decimated. Well, as the title suggests anyway, he's after blood.

Pooh and Piglet go on the prowl in this dark and disturbing take on the beloved AA Milne characters.

The Disney version of the character, however, remains in copyright. What sets Blood and Honey apart from other home invasion horrors, however, is the presence of a group of killers that are versions of Winnie the Pooh characters. As those latter two titles suggest, they have a number of titles based on public domain characters, which might explain where the idea for the film came from. However, images that show the costumes in detail seem to suggest the latter. Per the IMDB credits, these are the only two Milne characters in the movie. One image, for example, sees a character called Zoe (played by Danielle Ronald) heading down a staircase to a window.

Disney had owned the rights to Winnie for a number of years, giving us adorable movies such as The Heffalump and The Tigger Movie, but Jagged Edge are going in ...

One still sees the character waiting in a car in the pitch-black, as another character – holding a massive sledgehammer – stands by a woman who is lying, tiedup, in the middle of the road. Stills released by the production company sees Pooh – or, more likely, a man in a disturbing Pooh-bear mask – going on a murderous rampage in the middle of the night. Winnie the Pooh is out for blood as the character stars in a gory new slasher film (no, really).

New horror film Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey reimagines the children's classic as a twisted slasher flick.

After all, it’s not every day you see Winnie the Pooh with a hammer. Winnie the Pooh is almost synonymous with Disney at this point after the studio turned A.A. Milne’s classic children’s books into a collection of movies and the recent Christopher Robin film. A new horror film, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, reimagines the beloved children’s book character as a serial killer.

As Winnie the Pooh joins the public domain, a new Indie horror film has transformed the character into a psychotic killer.

However, the main character from classic 19th-century novels, including Dracula, Frankenstein and Pride & Prejudice, have been available for others to use for many years, but of recent additions, Winnie the Pooh is certainly one of the most iconic. Thanks to this, Blood and Honey is now bringing a whole new nightmarish version of Pooh to life in a way that has certainly never been seen before, and would not have been allowed as long as Disney still had exclusive rights to the character. What this essentially means, is that anyone can now produce their own Winnie the Pooh stories without having to gain permission from anyone, including Disney, although Disney’s own Winnie the Pooh designs, movies, and shows are still very much out of bounds for use by anyone other than the House of Mouse.

A 'feral' Pooh Bear and Piglet go on a murderous rampage in slasher film 'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey.'

It’s also why other characters still in copyright, such as Tigger, will not appear — although there is a scene featuring Eeyore’s tombstone, the miserable donkey having been eaten by a starving Pooh and Piglet. The only worry, especially with all the new-found publicity, is whether Disney will have anything to say about “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey.” Although Milne’s earliest stories are now out of copyright, Disney retains exclusive use of their interpretations of Pooh Bear and his friends. As an example, Waterfield explained the set-up behind the still (above) of a girl relaxing in a jacuzzi with Pooh and Piglet ominously standing nearby. “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.]” Given the premise, the biggest challenge, Waterfield said, was balancing the line between horror and comedy. Although Waterfield declined to reveal the budget for the slasher flick, he said audiences “shouldn’t be expecting this to be a Hollywood-level production.” Jagged Edge Productions, which Waterfield runs with co-producer Scott Jeffrey, made the film, and ITN Studios have already signed on to distribute it (a release date is TBD).

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.

Forget everything you thought you knew about Winnie the Pooh. The honey-loving cartoon character who first popped out of A. A. Milne's head is about to be ...

According to LADbible, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey will likely mark a considerable departure from the characters portrayed in A. A. Milne's children's book series. Written by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey is bound to give you chills even if you didn't grow up religiously watching the Walt Disney Company cartoon adaptations. The creators have yet to release further details about the plot, so this is speculation at its finest. But when can we expect the movie to be released? And maybe also a honey bath. It's going to be a bloodbath.