Coming to digital platforms June 2 is a film that may make you rethink your childhood and everything you ever knew about the Christopher Robin crew.
From The Movie Partnership, Premiere Entertainment Group, writer Harry Boxley, and director Andrea M. Catinella, Piglet will scare your curly little tail off. Forget what you know about the Hundred Acre Wood, drop the argument over whether Piglet is wearing a sweater or if that's just his fur, and climb aboard this splattertastic ride of revenge and bloodshed this little piggy wants to take you on. You might want to wear a poncho and hold on tight because it's...well, it's a lot.
In the vein of Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey and Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare,
the film stars: Lauren Staerck (Bloody Mary Returns), Alina Desmond (Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2), Valery Danko (Dancing Queen), Shayli Reagan (I Know What You Did Last Christmas), Jeremy Vinogradov (The Isle Tides Hotel), and Alexander Butler (The Paralytic). No strangers to the horror world, these performers give every ounce of terrifying and terrified energy they have in this film, and we, the viewers, are all the luckier for it.
A remote cabin in the woods, copious amounts of alcohol, smooching in the hot tub or heck the middle of the woods, what could possibly go wrong? Well, if you toss a pig with an axe to grind and daddy issues into the mix, all sorts of things! This film is gruesome, delightfully so perhaps, and I think one of the scariest things in it is the fact that these killings happen in broad daylight. No sneaky, tricky lighting here folks, everything is laid bare on the table or the edge of the hot tub or in the shower or...oh you know ... everywhere.
The film doesn't rely on tricks; it is bare bones, in your face gore. It is high energy, it keeps you jumping, and for an indie, low-budget film about a murderer of the porcine bent, it's pretty oinking good.
Now I know some reviewers have panned it; the boys over at Film Threat having only seen the trailer said on their Youtube channel "There are such things as good-bad movies but this isn't one of them" (SIC) and Culture Crypt called it "essentially ripping off those ripoffs" meaning the other Poohniverse films.
But I say, pop some popcorn and have a little fun. Is it low budget and cringeworthy at times? Maybe but it feels really good to unplug from the world and sit and watch something ridiculous from time to time.
Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for this bloody tangential take on a childhood classic coming to digital platforms June 6 and DVD and Blu-Ray thereafter. Despite strenuous objections to its existence, if you're a little strange and loved Winnie the Pooh, this film might deserve a spot on your twisted and totally strange horror shelf.