Bambi Becomes A "Vicious Killing Machine" In Upcoming Horror Flick ‘Bambi: The Reckoning’

With the viral hype of Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey, which is coming to theaters on February 15th 2023, has led director Rhys Frake-Waterfield down a slippery slope when it comes to children’s stories turning on their head, another kid favorite is getting the horror treatment.

Our friends over at Dread Central have the first word on Bambi: The Reckoning.

From ITN Studios and Jagged Edge Productions, Bambi: The Reckoning is set to be directed by Scott Jeffrey with Frake-Waterfield producing the “dark retelling” of the classic tale.

Jeffrey tells Dread, “The film will be an incredibly dark retelling of the 1928 story we all know and love. Finding inspiration from the design used in Netflix’s The Ritual, Bambi will be a vicious killing machine that lurks in the wilderness. Prepare for Bambi on rabies!”

It’s Felix Salten’s original novel Bambi, a Life in the Woods from 1923 that’s in the public domain here in 2022, which explains how the team is able to turn it into a horror movie.

Stay tuned for more as it develops.

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