Great, Now We’re Doing Bambi as a Horror Movie, Too

You might recall that earlier within the yr, information broke of a horror film based mostly on Winnie the Pooh, of all issues. With the character having re-entered the general public area after Disney let the rights lapse, Pooh: Blood & Honey took the youngsters’s character and made him a serial killer, at which level the web freaked the hell out. If you thought that will be the final we heard of such an idea, properly, I don’t understand how that’s attainable if you happen to learn the title of this text.

So sure, some horror filmmakers are gearing as much as give an identical remedy to Bambi (which Disney’s engaged on a live-action remake for). Originally reported by Dread Central earlier within the week and later corroborated by Entertainment Weekly, director Scott Jeffrey is helming Bambi: The Reckoning, whereby the titular deer will probably be a “vicious killing machine who lurks in the wilderness,” per the director. “The film will be an incredibly dark retelling of the 1928 story we all know and love. […] Prepare for Bambi on rabies!” Given the subtitle and the truth that “Bambi’s out for revenge against the hunter who shot his mom” is a typical joke, you may most likely guess what the movie’s plot might find yourself being.

Further particulars on the movie are scarce forward of its begin date of January 2023. But Jeffrey did say that the design of Bambi would take inspiration from the 2017 horror movie The Ritual, for individuals who’ve seen that. Additionally, it’ll be produced by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, director of Pooh. Jury’s out on if this all resulting in some type of bizarre Freddy vs. Jason crossover involving different childhood characters within the public area, although. (There’s no manner that isn’t being kicked round, proper?)

Like with Pooh, you’ll most likely get a kick out of this if you happen to have been large on the thought of youngsters’s characters being secretly twisted. If you’re not in that camp, properly you’re already towards it on precept from the beginning, so proceed to disregard it. Either manner, if characters are going to proceed being within the public area, stuff like that is what we’ll get, if solely as a result of they simply seize consideration.

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