‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’ was smashed by critics and fans alike

After several months of waiting, the premiere of ‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’ has finally arrived, the horror film that takes AA Milne’s child character and turns him into a ruthless killer. However, his arrival in cinemas was not entirely well received by fans and the specialized press, which completely destroyed his story.

Last January 26, was premiered ‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’, the horror film directed by Rhys Frake Waterfield, and which exploits the fact that Disney’s rights have fallen into the public domain. The tape was one of the most anticipated this year, and in some regions it will run until next February, the day after Valentine’s Day.

However, the premiere didn’t quite go as planned, because ‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’ it was destroyed by specialized critics, and also by a large part of the fans who frequented the cinemas. For some, what could have been a fresh and entertaining story in a genre that sold itself out to exhaustion turned out to be a disappointment by all accounts.

Different criticized by the media ‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’, that has a rating of 50% on average as Tomatazos. Alejandro Vizzuet, Mariana Gutiérrez or Jesús Sánchez wrote negative notes in their respective articles and stated that the film could make you smile, if you don’t expect too much from it, or if you agree not to take it seriously.

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‘Winnie the Pooh: BH 2’ and other horror adaptations are in danger

Jagged Edge Productions and the director of ‘Winnie the Pooh: BH’ say they are already working on a second part of the yellow bear film. But that’s not all, because they have also announced other adaptations of children’s characters to horror films, such as Peter Pan, Bambi and Thor. But after the much criticized premiere of this film, future productions may be in jeopardy.

Things escalated to a new level, when director Waterfield reported that he and his producer received death threats from fans who hated their movie. This is a sign that the public did not go so well, even among fans of the genre.

We’ll have to wait and see how things play out with the future of these types of adaptations and how “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” fares in the days that follow when it remains in theaters. If so, it can only result in two ways, a total failure or a success that secures the new adaptations.