Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey - stream online (2024)

Christopher Robin & friends get a brutal imagining in indie slasher

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey is an independent slasher from Rhys Frake-Waterfield in his directorial debut. Frake-Waterfield also wrote, edited and produced the film. Based on characters from the classic Winnie-the-Pooh books by A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey works as a horror retelling of these characters. In January 2022, the rights to utilize the book’s characters became available to the public domain which led Frake-Waterfield the ability to craft his interesting conceptualization of Pooh and friends.

Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Studios produced the film. It was shot over a ten-day period in England.

Craig David Dowsett portrays Pooh Bear while Chris Cordell joins him as Piglet. Nikolai Leon and Paula Coiz portray Christopher and Mary Robin respectively. Natasha Tosini, Amber Doig-Thorne, May Kelly, and Maria Taylor round out the cast.

• May 26, 2022
  • Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey is announced raising questions regarding how the source material will be depicted. (Source: Variety)
• June 14, 2022
  • An image of the creepy masks used in the film are released. (Source: Nerdist)
• July 18, 2022
  • The composer for the film, Andrew Scott Bell, released a video showing a honeycomb violin he created that he used to produce the film’s score. (Source: ScreenRant)
• August 31, 2022
  • The first official trailer for the film is released promising a gory thriller executed by a once-beloved, now unrecognizable Pooh and Piglet. (Source: YouTube)
• November 4, 2022
  • The film was reported to be undergoing reshoots due to a budget increase. Following the announcement of the reshoots, which gained widespread attention online, the director changed the original plan to release the film exclusively in digital format, and instead decided to release it in movie theaters as well. (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
• January 12, 2023
  • The film's original plan of being shown only for one night in theatres was changed following its viral success. The announcement was made that the film will now be screened for a duration of eight days in 1500 theaters throughout the United States. (Source: Bloody Disgusting)
• February 15, 2023
  • Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey was released in theatres. (Source: Bloody Disgusting)