The twisted horror development of beloved childhood characters turning into murderous figures carries on. Minnie Mouse is the newest Disney icon to commerce in spreading cheer for a thirst for blood, due to copyright regulation. She joins the likes of Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Peter Pan, Bambi, and others in a rising public-domain horror style. Per Deadline, filming on the low-budget slasher Minnie’s Midnight Bloodbath has wrapped.
Written and directed by Brett Bentman (90 Ft From Residence), this function sees Minnie embarking on a “killing spree when looking for revenge in opposition to the childhood bullies who tortured her as a youngster.” Hannah Huston (Stiletto) stars within the function, and a first-look picture reveals somebody (who might or is probably not Huston) donning a Minnie masks, full with a blood-splattered white tulle skirt, and clutching a knife. Test it out beneath.
Minnie Mouse entered the general public area on January 1, 2024, after making her debut in 1928’s animated Steamboat Willie. Willie had already been picked up for a number of options, together with Screamboat, The Mouse Entice, and I Coronary heart Willie, so it was solely a matter of time earlier than Minnie made her solution to the style. Talking with Deadline about Minnie’s Midnight Bloodbath, Bentman shared his motivation:
“We wished to convey the black and white sidekick to life. We might see Willie in all these reimaginings, however what about Minnie? Why not give her some highlight?”
Childhood Favorites Flip Murderous within the Poohniverse
Whereas Minnie’s Midnight Bloodbath is just not formally a part of Jagged Edge Productions’ Twisted Childhood Universe (often known as the Poohniverse), it does depend on the involvement of Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey government producers Stuart Alson and Nicole Holland. 2023’s Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey really spearheaded the general public area development. Written, directed, and produced by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, on a funds of simply $100,000, the slasher noticed the titular character and his good friend Piglet flip into sadistic killers.
Regardless of being critically panned, the movie was a stunning field workplace hit, grossing over $7 million globally. It additionally launched a sequel (with a considerably larger funds of $500,000) and different style flicks that transformed a few of our favourite childhood characters into blood-thirsty murderers, courtesy of the general public area. And there is extra: Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 3 will comply with. Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey II scored 47% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes (means up from the primary movie’s 3%), so possibly a 3rd time would be the appeal in The Hundred Acre Wooden.
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Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey stays probably the most commercially profitable public-domain horror movie to emerge from this development, primarily attributable to it being the primary (which generated plenty of buzz). If these childhood character reimaginings are your factor, you are in luck. They aren’t slowing down any time quickly. Jagged Edge Productions’ Poohniverse will proceed what it has been doing; Bambi: The Reckoning is ready for a July launch, and different characters anticipated to get the horror remedy from the manufacturing workforce embrace Pinocchio, Sleeping Magnificence, Snow White (might it fare higher than Disney’s latest live-action model?), and Mary Poppins. There’s additionally a crossover movie titled Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble, which can function an array of Disney characters, together with Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger, Bambi, Tinker Bell, Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Sleeping Magnificence, the Mad Hatter, and the Cheshire Cat.
Supply: Deadline