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‘This is where your childhood dies’: Fans shocked over horrifying ‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’ poster

The gruesome poster sees everyone’s favorite Winnie the Pooh holding a blood-drenched mallet in a completely new avatar

Winnie the Pooh and his constant companion Piglet are two of the most adorable cartoon characters loved by children all over the world. However, things might not remain the same for the fictional characters as the two got a scary makeover with the 'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey' poster.
 
The gruesome poster shared by Dread Central sees everyone’s favorite Winnie holding a blood-drenched mallet in a completely new avatar. Pooh’s best friend Piglet makes an appearance on the newly-released poster holding a knife while standing over a body. The new poster comes after the characters of Winnie the Pooh and Piglet went into the public domain this year. Social media users did not waste any time in reacting to the new poster expressing their shock and disgust.
 
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Winnie the Pooh and Piglet go the horror way

The tagline of the poster reads, “This ain’t no bedtime story” further killing the innocence of the two lovable characters. An official trailer of 'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey' is still awaited. However, the movie was first teased in May by director Rhys Frake-Waterfield.
 
According to Dread Central, the horror flick featuring Winnie the Pooh and Piglet is a co-production between Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Studios. Apart from taking over the director’s chair, Frake-Waterfield will also produce the project along with Scott Jeffrey. Stuart Alson of ITN will serve as an executive producer on the movie. Reports suggest that Amber Doig-Thorne, Maria Taylor, and Danielle Scott have been roped in as the star cast for the ambitious project. Winnie the Pooh- the popular fictional teddy bear was first created by author A A Milne and illustrator EH Shepard in 1926. Walt Disney Productions then first made a film on Winnie in 1961.   

‘About to be the stupidest movie of all time’

Reacting to Winnie the Pooh’s new scary avatar, one of the users stated, “When we said we wanted original content, that didn’t mean turning a cartoon character into a serial killer.” Another posted, “As somebody who grew up with a winnie the pooh mural on my childhood bedroom wall blood and honey is not ruining my childhood I love it can't wait to see it (unironically).” The next one sarcastically posted, “This is the beauty of being public domain.”
 
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One user said, “To all who did this to Winnie the Pooh you will burn in the deepest darkest pits of hell then I saw a pig in the teaser spots and I'm guessing that's piglet yall gonna have to fade me.” Whereas, another added, “@thedarkhours ummm yea so this is a thing....it's happening....what's next Calvin and Hobbs?” An individual added, “This about to be the stupidest movie of all time. Cant wait” as, another mentioned, “They make f**king anything at this point… bc wtf is this.” And, one asserted, “Blood and honey sounds like a Lana deal Rey song tbh.” Another concluded, “This is where your childhood dies!”  

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