An ultra-low-budget horror movie by which Winnie the Pooh and Piglet go on a brutal killing spree has been named the 12 months’s worst film by the Razzie Awards.
Slasher film “Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey,” made for lower than $250,000, garnered international headlines and even provoked loss of life threats from enraged followers in February 2023.
The live-action British movie took benefit of the expiration of copyrights on A.A. Milne’s beloved books, which means neither the creator’s property nor film rights proprietor Disney might sue.
Though it seems to have safely evaded authorized motion, “Blood and Honey” now suffers the ignominy of topping the Razzies.
At the parody prizes, which acknowledge the 12 months’s most dire movies and performances, it “won” worst image, director and screenplay.
Pooh and Piglet had been named worst display screen couple, and the film additionally earned a Razzie for worst remake, rip-off or sequel.
Though embarrassing, the Razzie Awards are unlikely to trouble director Rhys Frake-Waterfield.
His film grossed practically $5 million after being given a worldwide theatrical launch due to the controversy it generated.
A sequel is scheduled for launch later this month.
He instructed AFP final 12 months he was additionally creating horror films based mostly on “Bambi” and “Peter Pan” books.
The Razzies are introduced the day earlier than the Oscars, serving to mock the next evening’s self-congratulatory Tinseltown back-slapping.
Former Oscar winner Jon Voight was named worst actor for critically panned thriller “Mercy,” and Megan Fox took worst actress for horror-heist film “Johnny & Clyde.”
Fox, a frequent Razzies punching bag, additionally took worst supporting actress for motion sequel “Expend4bles,” which earned worst supporting actor for Sylvester Stallone.
The Razzies had been first awarded in 1981 in a Los Angeles lounge, the brainchild of UCLA movie graduates and trade veterans, who selected the raspberry as a logo of derision.
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