Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) – Review/ Summary

“Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey” feels like a throwback to when slasher movies began, and the goal was to freak out the audience with intense visuals.

Director(s)	Rhys Frake-Waterfield
Screenplay By	Rhys Frake-Waterfield
Based On	Characters From A.A. Mline’s books
Date Released (In Theaters)	February 15, 2023
Genre(s)	Action, Crime, Horror, Young Adult
Duration	1 Hour 24 Minutes
Content Rating	Not Rated
Noted Cast
Christopher Robin	Nikolai Leon
Winnie The Pooh	Craig David Dowsett
Piglet	Chris Cordell

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Film Summary

Having left his childhood friends behind, Christopher Robin returns to find that, without him, his love, and imagination, Winnie the Pooh and Piglet have become homicidal maniacs who kill anyone who come upon the 100 Acre Woods.

Things To Note

Why Is “Winne The Pooh: Blood and Honey” Rated Not Rated

• Dialog: Cursing
• Violence: Graphic violence, torture scenes, decapitation, depiction of open wounds, blood, gore, and more
• Sexual Content: Nudity (Female Nudity)
• Miscellaneous: Drinking Alcohol

Character Descriptions

Please Note: This character guide is not an exhaustive list of every cast member, and character descriptions may contain what can be considered spoilers.

Christopher Robin

A young man who made the mistake of abandoning childhood friends and thinking there wouldn’t be consequences.

Winnie The Pooh

A silly old bear, who is now much older, and now isn’t so much silly as they are cruel and dangerous.

Piglet

What once was a scared little pig is now a scary and murderous-looking warthog.

Review

Our Rating: Mixed (Divisive)

Highlights

How Violent It Is

As shown in clips publicly and legally available online, “Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey” doesn’t hold back. Pooh tortures Christopher Robin and leaves marks on him that are absolutely gruesome. Piglet, with his sledgehammer, creates Spaghetti Western-type violence, and the depiction of an eyeball popping out is one of the many gross-out moments you’ll experience. But, if you love violent films, while it may not make you grimace or flinch, it does deliver what the trailer promised.

If You Like Camp, This Could Be A Funny Movie To You

The acting in the film is of the caliber of a B-movie or the kind of horror films you often don’t hear about since they are just released to Video on Demand with no marketing behind them. There are good things and bad things about that.

Focusing on the good, it makes it so there are multiple unintentionally comical moments in the film. Be it when Pooh realizes someone is there or watching the actors perform and either try to bring a more serious tone to the film or embrace the ridiculous notion of a movie featuring Winnie The Pooh and Piglet becoming monstrous serial killers.

On The Fence

It’s All About Shock Value

By now, we know, from our own experience and comments made, most don’t come to horror movies expecting top-quality performances or stories, and “Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey” is by no means an exception. Outside of characters whose existence likely is well beyond yours, like Christopher Robin, Winnie The Pooh, and Piglet, you’d be hard-pressed to remember and potentially care about anyone else.

Why? Because, essentially, they are just fodder, or food in some cases, for our villains. Also, more often than not, their deaths are comical, sometimes even worthy of an eye-roll, since they seem preventable. Now, yes, Pooh and Piglet can move quickly when they want to, Winnie The Pooh especially. However, other times there is just a level of stupidity that makes it very clear that a character exists to eventually die – likely in a gruesome way.

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