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Alex Ritman The director of “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” has taken his film’s clean sweep of the Razzie Awards on the (bloodied) chin. The feature — a slasher horror that caused a stir last year for its childhood-bludgeoning premise in which A.A.
Milne’s beloved, cuddly bear and his sidekick Piglet go on a cannibalistic rampage — dominated the awards, winning the top prize of worst picture, plus director and screenplay (for Rhys Frake-Waterfield), screen couple (for Pooh and Piglet) and remake/rip-off/sequel. “I’m surprised our micro-budget film is being compared to Hollywood, but nevertheless I don’t mind the dubious honor as it places me in the same pool as directors whose work I admire so much,” Frake-Waterfield told Variety.
The Razzies generally take aim at the expensive flops and fails of studios and A-list stars, but — as Frake-Waterfield notes — in focusing its attention on “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,” it has singled out a movie made for under $50,000, considerably less than the average catering budget of its fellow nominees. In the worst picture category, for example, it was up against “The Exorcist: Believer” (total budget: $30 million), “Expend4bles” ($100 million), “Meg 2: The Trench” ($129-139 million) and “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” ($110-$125 million).
In the worst director category, Frake-Waterfield — for whom “Blood and Honey” marks his first theatrically-released feature — was joined by David Gordon Green, Peyton Reed, Scott Waugh and Ben Wheatley, all established filmmakers with significantly more experience. Coincidentally, the Razzies were announced the weekend before the world premiere of “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2,” taking place on Monday in London’s Prince Charles Cinema.
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Alex Ritman In news likely to simultaneously delight and appall across the cinema world, a third instalment of IP-bludgeoning slasher ‘Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey’ has been confirmed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield and Scott Chambers of prolific horror banner Jagged Edge Productions. According to the producers, ‘Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 3’ will have a bigger budget than the previous films and will introduce new characters from the original Winnie-the-Pooh stories, including Rabbit, the heffalumps and the woozles. All will no doubt be given sadistic, murderous twists.
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Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic For more than 40 years now, moviegoers have lined up to see the spectacle of people being slaughtered by a psycho with a chainsaw, a psycho in a Halloween mask, a psycho in a goalie mask, a psycho with burnt skin and a striped shirt and fedora, or a psycho with S&M nails in his face. So why not a psycho Winnie the Pooh? “Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey” raised a few hackles — otherwise known as free publicity — for having the scuzzy temerity to take a couple of beloved children’s characters and place them at the center of a slasher film. Yet the stunt concept was about all there was to it.
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Alex Ritman Six years after “Avengers: Infinity War,” another film is vying to become the most ambitious crossover event in history, this time in the lower-budget cinematic realm. The filmmakers behind “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” — the micro-budget slasher that sparked headlines for turning A.
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Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey star Natasha Tosini was pleased to learn that the movie won the Razzie Award for Worst Picture.The parody award show, which was designed to honour cinematic failures, crowned the Winnie The Pooh-inspired slasher the worst film of the year, beating nominees including Meg 2: The Trench and Shazam! Fury Of The Gods.Having taken place in Los Angeles on March 9, the awards contain categories similar to those used at the Oscars or BAFTAs, but acknowledging the worst entry rather than the best.However Tosini, who stars in a central role in Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey, has said that the film’s winning of this category and four others, including Worst Director and Worst Screenplay, was a “great thing”.According to the Nottingham Post, the actor said: “We were up against people who had millions of pounds. The fact that we are in that list is amazing, I think it’s a great thing.”She added that the Razzie win is just growing the conversation around the movie.
Saturday’s Golden Raspberry Awards, better known as the Razzies, scoring prizes for Worst Screenplay; Worst Director; Worst Screen Couple; Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel; and overall Worst Picture.“Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” earned 3% among critics and 50% among audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. The Post’s film critic, Johnny Oleksinski, called it a demented and sicko indie horror film.Other Razzie champions include Oscar winner Jon Voight, 85, for his “Lucky Charms leprechaun” Irish accent in the 2023 crime thriller “Mercy.”Megan Fox, 37, took home a pair of trophies, for Worst Actress (“Johnny & Clyde”) and Worst Supporting Actress (“Expend4bles”), a rare Razzie feat.Sylvester Stallone received yet another Razzie, for Worst Supporting Actor (“Expend4bles”).
Slasher film Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey swept the five categories it was nominated in for at the 44th annual Razzies, which “honor” the worst of filmmaking. The awards were announced today.
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