‘Blood and Honey’: Beloved 1920s childhood character desecrated in ‘traumatising’ incarnation

Beloved cartoon character and family favourite, Winnie the Pooh, has been desecrated by the film industry, after those living in the Hundred Acre Wood entered the public domain, leaving fans of the loveable bear “traumatised” by its latest incarnation.

After a century of the friendly bear and his friends bringing delight to all, horror slasher film director Rhys Waterfield has twisted A.A Milne’s adorable characters into deranged killers.

“Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, we were friends for many years, and they’re out there”

Watch the disturbing new trailer for Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, which takes a violent new turn on the classic story. pic.twitter.com/IRMtrJazDD

— IGN (@IGN) August 31, 2022

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey features best friends Winnie the Pooh and Piglet abandoned by Christopher Robin, causing them to go on a bloody rampage.

Entertainment conglomerate Disney currently owns all interpretation rights to Winnie the Pooh, however, it seems Blood and Honey has worked its way around by not including Pooh bear’s signature red shirt.

Speaking with Variety, Waterfield said he aimed to make the film a black comedy.

“When you try and do a film like this, and it’s a really wacky concept, it’s very easy to go down a route where nothing is scary and it’s just really ridiculous and really, like, stupid, and we wanted to go between the two,” Waterfield said.

Winnie the Pooh fans have expressed their outrage at the horror version of the characters “ruining” their childhood.

Im not seeing blood and honey.
Its disrespectful to the Milne family even the book author A. A milne, and Christopher Robin. Also it’s really disrespectful to Disneys Winnie the Pooh. Rhys Waterfield has ruined our beloved childhood and disrespected The Milne Family, even Disney.

— Scout. (@K1dscout) September 1, 2022

That Blood & Honey trailer was traumatizing. I’m just gonna drink my pumpkin coffee and watch #SheHulk until I forgot what I saw. pic.twitter.com/exdiQYtDlJ

— Lauren F (@TheHoppyMommy) September 1, 2022

Are we allowed to say no one asked for Pooh: Blood and Honey?

Can we say that?
Because no one asked for that.

— Aunt PT / Functioning Mess ????️‍???? (@pleasantlytwstd) August 31, 2022

Y’know, now that I’ve seen the Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey trailer, I think I’ve completely reversed my position and am now totally okay with Disney holding the copyright to things forever

— Nick (@nicksterwixter) August 31, 2022

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’s trailer makes me unreasonably angry and sad, please if you’re making a movie out of spite the least you can do is actually make it enjoyable and unique and not the most bland horror I’ve seen in a while

— Lucan with dogs (@TheRealLL64) September 2, 2022

Many fans are hoping Disney intervenes before the disturbing film is released.