What Is Going On With Winnie The Pooh And Piglet?

When we think of Winnie the Pooh, there’s a good chance the loveable, family-friendly yellow bear is the thing that comes to mind. What about one who lives in the woods eating anyone unlucky enough to cross his path as he tries to take revenge against the one who left him there in the first place?

It turns out it’s not just Pooh who’s got the adult treatment, as his once loveable sidekick Piglet is just as terrifying. What is going on with Winnie the Pooh and Piglet? The stuff of nightmares, yet the things that appear to be getting more people talking than anyone ever imagined.

Being abandoned by Christopher Robin sees Winnie the Pooh and Piglet get a makeover

‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’ was the horror movie no one saw coming. Want a family-friendly hit to enjoy with all the family? You might want to think twice before settling down with this one. This time, Winnie the Pooh and Piglet have been abandoned by Christopher Robin (portrayed by Nikolai Leon) as he starts a new life for himself, only to try and fend for themselves. It’s not long before the duo ends the life of Eeyore in a bid to fight off starvation, only to get a taste for, you guessed it, blood. The result? Winnie the Pooh and Piglet become the most dangerous duo in the woods, something Christopher Robin quickly learns as he heads back to check on his friends years later.

A lapse in copyright sees Winnie the Pooh and Piglet become half-beasts half-humans

How did ‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’ become a thing? That was thanks to a lapse in copyright, which means certain characters from the franchise have become open to the public. Still, not everything is available, meaning director Rhys Frake-Waterfield had to get a little creative. The result? Winnie the Pooh and Piglet are now half-beasts, half-humans. That’s right; they’re not maniacs in masks. Instead, Frake-Waterfield decided to add some human characteristics to the pair to add more layers to it all, including how they can hold weapons and drive cars instead of seeing a bear swipe at people.

The characters still have a touch of stuffed animal about them

Just because Winnie the Pooh and Piglet are now half-human doesn’t mean they have left their stuffed animal days behind them. Instead, Rhys Frake-Waterfield admits he thinks the pair are a mixture of flesh and stuffing on the inside. We even get to see hints of this at one point when Pooh is hit by a car. It’s not until Christopher Robin heads over to check on someone that the camera catches Pooh coughing and a little bit of stuffing coming out. This also helps the duo to become almost unstoppable.

Winnie the Pooh is seemingly unstoppable, but we have no idea what happened to Piglet

It doesn’t take long into ‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’ to see that Pooh is pretty much unstoppable. He’s hit by a car and merely walks away with a limp, making him all the more terrifying for the audience. Of course, this is precisely what Rhys Frake-Waterfield wanted from the character, with the director almost making an immortal villain. Piglet? He’s a bit different. At one point, we see the sidekick get beaten by a sledgehammer wielded by Alice (portrayed by Amber Doig-Thorne.) Although we never see Piglet on our screens again, Frake-Waterfield admits he is far from gone from the franchise. After all, to the director, the pair are “the original two.”

Rhys Frake-Waterfield gave Winnie the Pooh his own unique superpower

Some things are hard to spot the first time around, and that might be the case for Winnie the Pooh’s superpower. It turns out he can control bees. One of the more subtle moments comes when a bee is seen circling a character in the jacuzzi, only for it to fly off before Pooh and Piglet enter the scene. The bees act as Pooh’s scouts, something that becomes more obvious toward the end of the movie when the bear is seen controlling an entire swarm of bees. Sadly, Piglet is yet to earn his own superpower - but that doesn’t mean he’s been forgotten just yet. Instead, we get hints about his pig part, with Piglet hog-tying one of his victims in the movie.

The director hopes to expand on Winnie the Pooh’s story in a new sequel

Just because ‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’ has only just hit the big screen doesn’t mean that’s all we’ll see from Rhys Frake-Waterfield and the franchise just yet. Instead, the director hopes to add even more characters to create a group of terrifying creatures who go around ending people’s lives instead. While it’s still a way off, it might not be long before we get hints about what’s on the menu for Pooh and Piglet.

What is going on with Winnie the Pooh and Piglet? Nightmare fuel. Still, it’s a nightmare that people can’t get enough of around the world.