🍯🐻 Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 (2024)

“Still Silly, but Now It Actually Tries”

Lets start by showing y’all the trailers shall we?

📽 Trailers

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📖 Non-Spoiler Plot Overview

This sequel takes place after the first massacre in the Hundred Acre Wood. Pooh is back—and this time, he’s not alone. We’ve got Owl and Tigger joining the carnage, making the “Pooh-verse” feel like it’s finally going somewhere instead of just being a meme.

The story actually has more structure: survivors from the first film want revenge, while the feral Pooh and his friends rampage through town. It’s bigger, gorier, and, shockingly, somewhat coherent compared to the first dumpster fire.


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🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Character Rundown

Winnie-the-Pooh – More animalistic, scarier design this time. He finally feels like a horror villain instead of a dude in a rubber mask.

Tigger – Yes, he’s here. Yes, he’s terrifying. Not bouncing, just killing.

Owl – Creepy in his own way, and adds variety to the killers.

Christopher Robin – Back in the mix, still traumatized but now actively part of the story.

The Survivors / New Cast – Finally given some personality, enough that you at least kind of care when they die.



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⏳ Pacing / Episode Flow

This is where the movie really improves. Unlike the first one, which dragged endlessly, this sequel actually moves. It doesn’t waste time, it balances set-up with pay-off, and the gore is spread out more evenly so you’re never stuck bored for 40 minutes waiting for something to happen.

The Weird Retcon of the First Film
One of the strangest choices Blood and Honey 2 makes is how it handles the original. Instead of owning up to the mess that was the first film, they basically turn it into an in-universe movie. That’s right — the events of Blood and Honey are treated like some cheap horror flick people in this world have seen. It’s their way of saying, “Yeah, we know the first one was trash, but technically it’s still canon.”

The problem? This “movie within a movie” retcon doesn’t feel clever. It feels like damage control. Rather than confidently building on what came before, it comes across like the filmmakers were embarrassed and tried to soft-reset the franchise without admitting it. Sure, it’s a creative way to acknowledge the backlash — but it also undermines continuity and makes it hard to take either film seriously.



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✅ Pros

Better costumes, better effects, better cinematography—everything looks improved.

The kills are creative and memorable (instead of bargain bin slashers).

Expanding the Pooh-verse with Owl and Tigger actually makes it more fun.

Christopher Robin has a bigger, more central role.



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❌ Cons

Still very cheesy—it’ll never be “serious” horror.

Acting is still shaky at times.

Some moments lean so hard into “edgy” it’s more funny than scary.

While improved, it still feels like a gimmick movie—you’re watching because it’s “Evil Pooh,” not because of the story.



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💭 Final Thoughts

Here’s the shocker: this movie actually works as a low-budget horror flick. It’s not just “haha Pooh with a machete” anymore—it feels like the filmmakers learned from the backlash of the first film and decided, “Okay, let’s actually try.”

It’s still silly, but it’s gory, faster, and more ambitious. Instead of embarrassing itself, Blood and Honey 2 earns its place as a weird, cult-followed horror sequel.


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⭐ Rating

7/10 – It’s not high art, but compared to the first one, this is a miracle. It’s the kind of grindhouse fun you throw on with friends to laugh and squirm at.


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⚠️ Spoiler Warning

Alright, let’s go into the blood-soaked details.


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🩸 Spoilers

After the massacre of the first film, Christopher Robin is blamed and treated like a pariah. But the truth is, Pooh has recruited his old friends Owl and Tigger to spread the violence beyond the woods.

The sequel actually delivers on gore: we get full-on mutilations, dismemberments, and set pieces that feel like they belong in an actual slasher. Tigger in particular stands out—he’s brutal, animalistic, and probably the scariest of the bunch.

One standout kill involves Owl using his claws to rip into a victim in a way that makes you wonder, “Why wasn’t this level of creativity in the first film?”

The climax is bigger and bloodier than anything in Blood and Honey 1, with Christopher Robin taking a stand against Pooh and his crew. But of course, the ending leaves the door wide open for more—because yes, they’re building a full-on Pooh-verse with other childhood characters waiting in the wings.