Winnie the Pooh and Piglet are back – this time with Owl and Tigger. The Haapsalu horror and fantasy film festival is the first stop in Estonia for this bloodthirsty group.
Elsewhere, their brand new film “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2” can only be seen a few days later.
Five months following the murders in the Hundred Acre Wood, Pooh and his friends can no longer rest – they are being hunted. In revenge, they decide to go to town and visit Christopher Robin, who is suffering from post-traumatic stress, to settle old scores once and for all.
British director Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s sequel to the trashy rapper is dumber than its predecessor, especially in terms of budget, but also, allegedly, in terms of content, special effects and violence.
“Compared to the first film, everything is more,” promises the author himself, whose London-based studio is focused on making cheap horror films – in two years it has produced almost fifty films.
Helmut Jänes, head of HÕFF, calls the Pooh movie an interesting phenomenon that cannot be overlooked. “How an outsider turns the image of a children’s favorite hero on its head and turns him into a knee-jerk horror movie that makes millions of dollars despite the mudslinging is worthy of attention,” he said.
“Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,” which hit the screens in 2023, brought in nearly six million dollars in theaters alone with its $30,000 budget, but also won five Golden Raspberry awards for the worst films.
“I don’t take it to heart because I’ve never taken myself or my films too seriously,” the Pooh author has said of the criticism.
The movie “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2” is distributed in Estonia by Unlimited Media.
In addition, the Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival announced today the film “In Flames” by Zarrar Kahn, a Canadian filmmaker from Pakistan.
In this psychological thriller with elements of a supernatural horror film, following the death of the head of the family, a mother and daughter must find the strength to survive in a patriarchal society where they are threatened by something they cannot explain.
The film also represented Pakistan in the Oscar competition for non-English language films this year.
The Haapsalu horror and fantasy film festival will take place on 26-28 until April. The festival opens with the premiere of Sander Maran’s film “Chainsaws sang”. Tickets for the opening ceremony and the film, as well as festival passes, are on sale at a discounted price until March 31. The full schedule will be announced and ticket sales will open on April 7.
2024-03-14 09:36:33
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