Bambi: The Reckoning, the most recent entry within the Poohniverse horror film sequence, has acquired its first trailer, and also you’ll by no means consider the kids’s story the identical approach once more. Watch the clip beneath forward of the movie’s launch in theaters this summer time.
As seen within the trailer, a grief-stricken Bambi — who has mutated to have a mouth stuffed with sharp tooth — goes on the prowl after the loss of life of his mom. Whereas on the hunt, the deer goes after some unfortunate people within the woods and vacationing countryside. Utilizing his antlers, Bambi decapitates his prey earlier than tearing into their flesh.
“After a mom and son get in a automotive wreck, they quickly develop into hunted by Bambi, a mutated grief-stricken deer on a lethal rampage looking for revenge for the loss of life of his mom,” reads the official logline.
A twisted tackle Felix Salten’s 1923 story Bambi, a Life within the Woods, the horror movie was directed by Dan Allen and stars Roxanne McKee, Tom Mulheron, Nicola Wright, Samira Mighty, and Alex Cooke.
Bambi: The Reckoning comes from producers Scott Chambers and Rhys-Frake Waterfield of Jagged Edge Productions, which has develop into identified for his or her horror reinterpretations of beloved youngsters’s characters who’ve entered public area.
Starting with Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey and its 2024 sequel, the Poohniverse (aka The Twisted Childhood Universe) has expanded with this 12 months’s Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare.
After the releases of Bambi and Pinocchio: Unstrung, all the characters will unite for the crossover movie Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble, scheduled to enter manufacturing this summer time.