& BLOOD

by Aarya Kumar

From a beloved children’s figure to a bloodthirsty murderer

When I first heard that this classic tale from my childhood was being turned into a horror movie, I was intrigued yet also amused. I found it funny that a harmless yellow bear could become an unrestrained murderer. And after watching the film, my feelings are the same. I found the movie to be comedic rather than horrifying. The film poorly imitated other horror movies with none of its own unique, scary moments. For the majority of the movie, the two antagonists tied up, whipped, and choked their victims. While this is typical of a horror movie, viewers have already watched these scenes elsewhere and a good horror movie needs novelty to inflict fear. The only scary scene that could possibly count as unique was when the car ran over the girl’s head, as I have never seen that before. On top of solely imitating other movies, these unoriginal, scary scenes were executed poorly. There were no jump scares to take the viewer aback or build up to a climactic moment. Outside of the action, horror could have come from special effects or costumes. However, neither Pooh nor Piglet’s costume left a frightening image in the viewer’s mind. In fact, they looked more funny than scary. In addition, special effects were minimal. There were no creatures popping out like in the movie IT, or scary makeup, seen in movies like The Exorcist. As for the plot, the plot was unrealistic and disconnected. No connection was established between Christopher Robin and the girls being attacked. If the characters were tied together, a more meaningful story could develop and engage the reader to follow the storyline. The story is also not realistic. The girl claims that Pooh has been following

In this scene, Pooh enters a car to run over a victim’s head. The mask creates a lone facial expression that makes it hard for Pooh to express emotions. The use of CGI in this scene would have allowed viewers to see her and a flashback is shown of him even entering her house, but he runs away? This would be very out of character considering that Pooh killed tens of other people and even fights off four guys at once. There is also nothing suspenseful about the end of the film. It is unclear if the directors are setting the movie up for a sequel, but the movie just ends with Pooh killing the main girl and Christopher Robin running off. There is no game-changing twist in the plot at all.

The movie’s execution of action,effects, and costumes fall short and serve as a poor representation of a horror movie. While the movie is not unique nor scary, the idea is definitely a hit. There has been lots of hype and the movie will bring in plenty of views as people will be intrigued to see what happened to their childhood favorites.