Winnie-the-Pooh Horror Film Hints at Coming Blow for Studios (1)

English author A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh has appeared in dozens of enchanting and wholesome films and radio adaptations since 1926. Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey isn’t one of them.

The horror film, made for less than $100,000 and due for release in US theaters Wednesday, finds Milne’s endearing characters, the famous talking teddy bear and his friend Piglet, suffering from starvation after Christopher Robin leaves for college and is no longer around to feed them.

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey

Source: Fathom Events

They kill and eat their donkey friend Eeyore, and then set off on a murderous spree.

The film isn’t expected to be a big hit at ...