Winnie-the Pooh: Blood and Honey became a viral sensation due to it turning Pooh and Piglet into sadistic killing machines. Now IGN can reveal four exclusive new images from the upcoming horror film that can provide some more insight into how the two childhood icons got to this point.
The four images can be viewed in the slideshow below, revealing a young Christopher Robin as well as several shots of Pooh, including one of him against a fiery backdrop clutching a knife. The images come from Blood and Honey's latest shoots, which director Rhys Frake-Waterfield feels included some of the movie's best footage to date.
The stills reveal that while Pooh is now a bloodthirsty killer, the silly old bear still remembers his days with Christopher Robin. The story is a sort of twisted version of Toy Story 3, with Pooh and Piglet going feral in the Hundred Acre Wood after Christopher Robin goes to college. The image in the slideshow above shows that Pooh still flashes back to his days with his old friend.
First revealed back in May, Winnie the Pooh: Bloody and Honey grabbed attention for being a horrific adaptation of the classic children's book, which had rececently entered the public domain. Frake-Waterfield has since said that he is already planning a sequel to Blood and Honey, as well as a horror version of Peter Pan titled Neverland Nightmare.
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey is currently slated to release to theaters in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Mexico courtesy of Fathom Events. It'll be out February 15.
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