Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 Review

 

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 is an independent slasher movie and the sequel to Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey. It's now also regarded as the second installment of the newly established Twisted Childhood Universe (aka the TCU). Both flicks serve as a horror reimaging of A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard's Winnie-the-Pooh books. The movie's produced by Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Studios and distributed by Fathom Events. Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 is written by Matt Leslie and directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield.

The story is, after just barely surviving the first encounter, Christopher Robin has revealed the truth about the Hundred Acre Woods. Now, Winnie, Piglet, Tigger, and Owl have decided to stop living in the shadows and embark on a rampage with one simple end goal, finish Christopher Robin once and for all.

Initial Reaction

The reason for wanting to see/review was because at this rate it's pretty much a tradition for me to review childhood stuff turned into horror flicks. I did it with The Banana Splits Movie, The Mean One, and the first movie, why stop now? But also because this time around it seems like we have an actual budget to work with. Although I guess I shouldn't be too harsh on the filmmakers for that one. The first was actually never supposed to be released in theaters and only got one because it went viral.

Cons

I've got nothing. No, really, I've got nothing.

Middle Ground

One mix bag was the special effects. Now Winnie and co. all look really good. This time they actually look like anthropomorphic as supposed to guys wearing mask. And the gory effects can be good at times but there are instances when there's clearly CGI and I did notice some string work here and there. Then we have the story. While I didn't mind the first movie's story, even I gotta admit it was just a simple slasher story. Here we still have a pretty simple story, but at least we change to more than just two primary locations, and we do get a backstory as to why Winnie and the gang are anthropomorphic, where as in the first they just hybrids with no explanation. Now for the characters. Christopher Robin is without a doubt the best one out of everyone else. What with his whole story of trying to survive this encounter and everybody understandably not believing him. The other characters have more of a range of okay to bland. The last thing I'll touch on for this part is the cinematography. Some parts of it actually aren't that bad, they're pretty decent all things considered. But you do have some moments where it's just too dark.

Pros

There's two good, not spectacular, but good things about Blood and Honey 2. One of those being the acting. Nobody's gonna win any awards but they were good. And by they I mean Christopher Robin's actor Scott Chambers and the voice actors for Winnie and the gang. Which brings me to the kills. Whether you like these movies or not, you can't deny that they do have some pretty brutal kills.

While this clearly isn't perfect, Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 did improve on somethings when compared to the first.

My final rating is, Okay.

Alright, now bring on Bambi: The Reckoning along with the rest of this cinematic universe. Anyways, that's all for now. Come back on Saturday, Mar 30th, for my review Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.