First there was Winnie the Pooh, and now horror filmmakers are focusing on everyone’s favourite Disney deer, Bambi.
Bambi: The Reckoning is a horror spectacular based on the animated classic featuring frolicking forest animals.
In the so-called ‘Poohniverse’, an ominous version of the young deer seeks vengeance on the hunters who shot his mother in the Disney classic.
Everyone recalls the sad knowledge that our hero was now an orphan, although some were plainly more traumatised than others.
Umbrella Entertainment has published the first teaser trailer for its new horror film, following the critically panned Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2.
In the dimly lit forest, a bird is tied to a tree, and two hunters are striving to perfect their aim while one says, “You ever shot a deer?”
‘No. Have you?’ the second hunter replies, to which his companion admits: ‘Yeah, once.’
The teaser shows an angry stag dashing at an automobile and deftly flipping it with its antlers before roaring menacingly.
While a full description is unknown, the core narrative is believed to follow Xana (Roxanne McKee) and her son Benji (Tom Mulheron) after a vehicle accident leaves them pursued by the ‘vicious killing machine’, Bambi.
‘Coming soon’ promised the minute long teaser, with Bambi: The Reckoning slated to be released later this year.
Director Dan Allen previously shared: ‘It’s gonna be terrifying. When people see a deer in the wild after this film they’re gonna run for the hills.’
This horror adaptation of Felix Salten’s 1923 novel “Bambi, a Life in the Woods” reimagines the deer as one of a multiverse of retellings.
Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare and Pinocchio Unstrung will be the next to join the Poohniverse, with an Avengers-style reunion planned.
The Twisted Childhood Universe for Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble will feature Winnie the Pooh characters such as the Mad Hatter, Sleeping Beauty, and more.
On January 1, 2024, the public domain version of Disney’s famous Mickey Mouse, Steamboat Willie, entered the horror genre.
Mickey’s Mouse Trap was supposed to be published in March, but a dramatic trailer surfaced on New Year’s Day, delaying its release.
Source My Celebrity Life.