‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’ Director Hopes Fourth Graders Not ‘Ruined’ by Surprise Screening, Teases Sequel Budget and Deaths
variety.comK.J. Yossman “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” is back in the news after a Miami teacher reportedly showed the film to his fourth-grade class.
With the sequel to the viral micro-budget horror set to premiere on Valentine’s Day next year, Variety spoke to director and co-writer Rhys Waterfield about how much more blood (and honey) audiences can expect and whether he thinks those fourth graders will be OK. What did you think about the fourth-grade class accidentally watching the movie? It’s mad, isn’t it?
I think it’s crazy. Because when you watch the film there is no way you can mistake it for a child’s film, literally in the first 10 minutes, crazy stuff’s happening.
And [the characters] look scary. So I don’t know how — because they said it went on 20 to 30 minutes — I don’t know how it went on that long.
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