“Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” and 11 Other Horror Films Based on Children’s Characters
I’m sure Winnie the Pooh creator A. A. Milne’s estate isn’t thrilled about it, but Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey is opening this weekend at that notorious theater near you. The result of some aspects of the Pooh verse being made public, the horror film reimagines the cosy, honey-loving icon illuminated by children as a bloodthirsty beast. (That’s not such a big stretch; he was a damn bear, after all.) But Pooh isn’t the only cherished childhood character to be recast in a horror movie. Below are a dirty dozen films that target exactly that soft spot between bedtime stories and childhood nightmares.