Blood and Honey 2 Slashes Out a Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Debut

In what could stand as one of the biggest turnarounds in cinema history, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 has debuted on Rotten Tomatoes with a perfect 100% Tomatometer score. Additionally, the meta public domain-raiding horror movie has landed a solid 85% approval rating from audiences who have seen the film during its limited theatrical release.

All of this is a far cry from the dismal reviews and several Golden Raspberry Awards of last year’s original, which saw the classic characters of Pooh and Piglet become horrifying, murderous monsters. When the first installment hit theaters, audiences were taken by surprise at the graphic violence that ensued, but also discovered that despite the movie’s ability to capitalize on the new public domain status of A.A. Milne’s original stories, the film itself was not one of the greatest movies of the genre.

Despite this, the incredibly low budget saw the movie become hugely profitable at the box office, and a sequel was quickly put into production. So quickly that just over a year later, the sequel has landed in cinemas for a limited run and delivered something that could not be further from the 3% critics’ score of Blood and Honey. While it should be pointed out that this is based on just 6 reviews, and there are still plenty of opinions to come that could see that perfect score drop, that does not detract from the fact the film is playing well with audiences so far too. It seems like the sequels and “Poohniverse” crossover event teased by creator Rhys Frake-Waterfield may not be as incredulous as it originally seemed.

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 Expands the Original Movie’s Concept

In a year of many sequels, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 stood out as one that would likely manage to stumble its way through the blockbuster movies dominating the box office, and could potentially manage not to embarrass itself in the process. Instead, it seems that not only has it massively improved on its predecessor – helped along with a larger budget and the ability to use more of Milne’s characters, such as Tigger – but also given Frake-Waterfield’s other planned movies a boost in the process. Teasing his grand scheme to bring together the characters of Blood and Honey, as well as his Bambi, Peter Pan, and other projects, the director previously said:

“It will be complete carnage. We are heavily influenced by Freddy Vs Jason and The Avengers. We would love to see a horror movie where the villains group together and are going after their survivors. We have some incredible set pieces in mind and some sequences I think will truly shock people. The movies we are working on now as standalones are all building towards Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble.

Similar to The Avengers, we will follow Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Owl, Piglet, Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty, Bambi, The Mad Hatter, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell joining forces to wreak havoc. We are working with a larger scale budget on this one and are excited for what the future will hold. When you see stand-alone movies, you will see the Easter eggs hinting toward the crossover. Some of the villains also will not see eye to eye, which will allow for some carnage within the group in some epic sequences of monster vs monster.”