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Hell hath no fury like a Winnie scorned.
The feral duo go cannibal on Eeyore before turning their murderous attention to any humans in the vicinity.
A photo from the production went unexpectedly viral in May.
They think Im the devil.
Im pure evil, says Frake-Waterfield, who marks his feature writing and directorial debut withPooh.
There was apetitionagainst us.
There were death threats.
People were trying to call the police on us at one point.
So there have been loads and loads of haters.
You have to be quite thick-skinned.
Take the 1926 book and thats all youre allowed to work off of, says Frake-Waterfield.
You cant watch any of the cartoons.
enlisting cast and crew proved more challenging than their previous projects.
Experienced actors were similarly reluctant to commit.
When you hear Winnie-the-Pooh horror film, a lot of people think B-movie trash.
They think: Its stupid rubbish and its not going to do well.
And its just basically a waste of my time because its not going to get distributed, says Frake-Waterfield.
So it took a long time to find people who were willing and could see the potential.
They thought it was going to bomb so they just wouldnt agree to do it.
This thing had blown up on social media and we were following it.
Thats why we acquired it, Fathom chief executive Ray Nutt says ofBlood and Honey.
All over social theyre chattering about Winnie-the-Pooh: some good, some bad.
But all of thats good in my opinion because theyre all going to gather in the movie theater.
ABlu-ray.com reviewcalls the movie a dreary viewing experience with slapdash technical credits and no discernible story.
Now and again, I laugh because I think,What have I made?
This is ridiculous, Frake-Waterfield says with a laugh.
This was a concept which I really, really believed in and really wanted to direct.
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