WINNIE THE POOH: BLOODY AND HONEY Director Reacts to Fourth Graders Watching Film and Teases More Kills in Sequel
It was recently reported that about 20 minutes of the slasher horror film Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey was accidentally shown to a class of fourth-grade students. It’s pretty wild that actually happened, and as you might expect, parents were super upset.
Writer and director Rhys Frake-Waterfield recently reacted to that news in an interview with Variety, and he says it’s “crazy” that this happened. The fact that the teacher let it go on for 20 minutes was insane because it started out with some scary stuff!
When asked for his reaction to the movie being mistakenly shown to children the filmmaker said he hoped the film didn’t ruin these kids’ childhoods:
“It’s mad, isn’t it? I think it’s crazy. Because when you watch the film there is no way you can mistake it for a child’s film, literally in the first 10 minutes, crazy stuff’s happening. And [the characters] look scary. So I don’t know how — because they said it went on 20 to 30 minutes — I don’t know how it went on that long. I don’t know if the teacher put it on and just walked out and left them or if the kids tricked them or something. Hopefully we haven’t ruined these kids’ childhoods.”
While it’s crazy that this happened, it’s also the kind of unexpected marketing that helps a film like this. A sequel is currently in the works, and when talking about that sequel, Frake-Waterfield teased the massive amount of deaths in the movie:
“In comparison to the first film everything’s stepped up massively. It’s a horror film. A lot of the times people are going there for the death scenes and for those elements and we’ve really upped the ante. I think the last time I did a count there was over 30 deaths in the movie, which is quite substantial compared to most movies. I think that’s at least over three times what the first film had and there’s various massacres and stuff. So there’s a lot of blood and a lot of gore.”
So, if you’re looking forward to watching Winnie The Pooh and Piglet brutally murder more people, the upcoming sequel has got you covered.
Frake-Waterfield previously said of the sequel: “Bigger and Badder. The sequel will feature new creature designs, a new cast, and a high death count. However, this time Pooh and friends will be leaving the 100 Acre Wood to take their fight to the quiet community of Ashdown!”
Producer Scott Jeffrey added: “Our sequel we have a substantially higher budget so Rhys is really able to create a shocking, explosive and gore-filled movie. I truly think people will really dig what we are creating.”
The cast for Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 also includes Tallulah Evans, Scott Chambers (Doctor Jekyll) as Christopher Robin, Ryan Olivia (Seasoning House) as Winnie-the-Pooh, and Peter DeSouza-Feighoney (The Pope’s Exorcist) as Young Pooh.