Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey completely twists the classic Disney characters into horrifying animals, but its success could be great for Disney.
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey controversially turns the classic lovable animals into horrifying creatures, but its success could be good news for Disney. Blood and Honey was able to be created when characters such as Pooh and Piglet came into the public domain, and director Rhys Frake-Waterfield took this opportunity to create a horror/slasher movie with the beloved characters.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY The movie has opened to a poor Rotten Tomatoes score despite its Blood and Honey's surprising box office performance. Starring Nickolai Leon as Christopher Robin, Craig David Dowsett as Pooh Bear, and Chris Cordell as Piglet, Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey has caused controversy, with Wakefield receiving complaints and even death threats over the twisted story.
Plus, Disney has avoided horror franchises, and it does not fit with their genre or target audience, but it is a popular gap in their market. Horror movies such as Blood and Honey which use Disney characters in the public domain essentially take care of Disney horror without Disney having to risk making it.
Blood & Honey's Success Could Lead To Disney's Own Horror Movies However, the success of Blood and Honey is a good indication of whether Disney could successfully explore horror, and it would not be so strange for Disney to pursue it now. Disney may have been wary of exploring horror because of the reaction from their fans, but now Blood and Honey has proven the success of the horror twist on classic characters, it may be more appealing for Disney to explore horror.
Plus, Disney+ has a wide variety of genres now and Disney has the ability to create movies without completely affecting their image. If they do choose to explore horror, they would be able to release the movies without it affecting their mainstream output and release them on Disney+ to test the appeal. Disney can use the success of Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, and its link to Disney, to their advantage and can gauge how beneficial horror as a genre will be to Disney in the future.
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