Winnie the Pooh officially entered the public domain five months ago, which means anyone can use the fictional teddy as they wish. For director Rhys Frake-Waterfield, this means turning everyone’s favorite ” silly old bear” into the stuff of nightmares.

Frake-Waterfield is in the process of creating a film titled Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, and if you value your childhood at all, you’ll take pause before committing to its theater release. The basic premise, according to IMDB, is that Pooh and Piglet go on a rampage after Christopher Robin abandons them. For what it’s worth, Robin actually just left for college, which speaks to his commitment to higher education rather than his desire to see his town under siege.

 

“Christopher Robin is pulled away from them, and he’s not [given] them food, it’s made Pooh and Piglet’s life quite difficult,”  Frake-Waterfield explained to Variety. (The industry pub went on to share the director’s other notable credits, including but not limited to Demonic Christmas Tree.)

Pooh became a household name in 1961 when Walt Disney Productions introduced the character in a series of films. It should go without saying that Disney has no affiliation with this version of Winnie or the film, which was shot in just ten days. Though no budget was given, the director noted that we “shouldn’t be expecting this to be a Hollywood-level production.” Knock me over with a feather.

“Because they’ve had to fend for themselves so much, they’ve essentially become feral,” Waterfield continued. “So they’ve gone back to their animal roots. They’re no longer tame: They’re like a vicious bear and pig who want to go around and try and find prey.” No word if Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, or Tigger (who is still under copyright) will make an appearance or if they saw the writing on the wall and got out of dodge before the madness began.

Waterfield’s Pooh is without his little red t-shirt, opting instead for a lumberjack suit (as one does when wielding an axe). Piglet wears all black. Throw in a bikini-clad woman in a hot tub, bloody words written on a window, and the fact that 90% of the movie (based on stills) was shot on a foggy night and you’ve got the trappings of a B-horror film for the ages (if you’re into that, this one’s gonna be a keeper).

Advertisement
phone-icon-vector
Your daily dose of joy and connection
Get the Tinybeans app