First let’s report what Variety has splashed across the Internet today:
A.A. Milne’s original “Winnie the Pooh” stories only lapsed into the public domain five months ago, but the tubby little cubby has already made his foray into slasher films.
“Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” wrapped earlier this month, and the first stills showing a demonic Pooh and Piglet about to pounce on a scantily-clad young woman relaxing in a hot tub have already set the internet on fire.
In an interview with Variety, director Rhys Waterfield, who is in post-production on four other films including “Firenado” and “Demonic Christmas Tree,” said the response to the stills has been “absolutely crazy.”
“Because of all the press and stuff, we’re just going to start expediting the edit and getting it through post production as fast as we can,” said Waterfield. “But also, making sure it’s still good. It’s gonna be a high priority”
We are fans of HORROR as much as the next guy. Believe us, some of the best movies, and films that we have favored over the years, are scary. But something seems a little bit creepy about this at this time, doesn’t it?
Maybe it’s the notion that we just got through another mass shooting, with this crime spree injuring and killing children. And now one of the last vestiges of innocence, Winnie the Pooh himself, is being turned into a blood curdling, murderous rampage in monster.
Nothing is sacred in Hollywood anyway. But it’s just that something seems to be a little off kilter with announcing this news this week.
