That 'Winnie The Pooh' Horror Movie Got A Trailer, Perplexing And Depressing Social Media

Social media is generally not a fan of copyright restrictions, considering how often incredible projects featuring copyrighted characters have been shut down by the IP owners in the past, but the recent trailer for Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey has some reevaluating if copyright laws do the world some good.

The Premiere Entertainment and Jagged Edge Productions horror flick made headlines when it was announced to be in production earlier this year after Disney's hold on the Winnie the Pooh IP expired, which meant the character officially became public domain. Shortly afterward, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, a horror film directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, was announced to the world's trepidation and curiosity.

Judging by the film's newly released trailer, the movie appears to follow slasher film tropes, with humanoid versions of Pooh and his pal Piglet taking the role of a Jason Voorhees type. The pair apparently grow murderous when Christopher Robin moves away to college.

Frake-Waterfield explained in May, "Because they’ve had to fend for themselves so much, they’ve essentially become feral, so they’ve gone back to their animal roots. They’re no longer tame: they’re like a vicious bear and pig who want to go around and try and find prey."

Social media seemed largely perplexed and depressed by the trailer, noting it looked like a standard low-budget horror affair notable only for its recognizable children's characters. Furthermore, the choice to make such a movie with characters as historically wholesome as Pooh and Piglet struck many as existentially depressing.

However, as they say, no press is bad press, and despite the negative reactions to the movie on social media so far, some expressed their intent to see it anyway.