Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey
NZ release: 16 February 2023
Graphic violence, offensive language and cruelty Rated on: 17 January 2023
What’s it about?
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey is a slasher horror monster film.
Left to fend for themselves when Christopher Robin goes to college, Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet eat Eeyore. This warps Pooh’s mind and when Christopher Robin returns as an adult, he and Piglet take revenge.
The facts
- English language
- Runtime: 84 minutes
- Based on (but very different from) the characters from the children’s books created by A. A. Milne
Why did it get this rating?
Horror
The film contains many horror elements, including horror music, jump scares, serial killer monsters and dimly lit isolated settings with blood and entrails.
The film is about well-known children’s characters as horror creatures – not as you may nostalgically remember them! Make sure everyone you’re watching this with is across the content warning.
Graphic violence and cruelty
The violence is over-the-top with prosthetics and copious blood splatter creating ‘gross-out’ effects. Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet kill their victims with sledgehammers, chains, knives, machetes and blunt force trauma.
Much of the violence has a cruel and unnecessary tone, including a scene where a man is whipped and another where a woman’s head is driven over.
Offensive language
The film includes occasional offensive language, including “f**k”, “f**king” and “sh*t”.
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