Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood & Honey 2 Only Needed 3 Reviews To Beat The Original On Rotten Tomatoes

Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood & Honey 2’s Rotten Tomatoes score only needed three positive reviews to beat the original film’s failing percentage. Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood & Honey 2 follows the twisted residents of the Hundred Acre Wood after the events of the first film. After Christopher Robin (Scott Chambers) reveals them to the world, Pooh (Ryan Oliva) and the other angered residents emerge from the shadows and viciously rampage through the town of Ashdown, leaving devastation as they hunt down their former friend.

The film is meant to be both a sequel as well as the second installment of The Twisted Childhood Universe (TCU). Directed and written by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, the original film received very few positive reviews, with audiences citing the weak plot and uneven acting on Rotten Tomatoes. Despite this, Frake-Watefield expressed interest in making a sequel, which was greenlit by Jagged Edge Productions in 2022.

Blood & Honey 2 Already Has More Positive Reviews Than Previous Winnie-The-Pooh Horror Movie

The original film only received two positive reviews, gaining an overall 3% score from critics and an overall 50% from audiences. In contrast, the sequel has already garnered eight positive reviews, with a current score of 80% from critics and 85% from audiences. The sequel film, according to these reviews, seems to have taken some of the initial criticism from the original and applied it, as Blood & Honey 2 expands the lore and story as well as the kills.

Blood & Honey 2’s Rotten Tomatoes Score Will Remain Better (Even If It Drops)

The film only has ten reviews from critics, but with high scores from both them and audiences, the possibility of the film slipping past 3% is a low one even if more negative reviews are posted. Though it may not hold onto its 80% rating as more reviews are written, Blood & Honey 2’s improved tricks and kills could continue to provide at least some entertainment for fans of the slasher genre as well as the growing scary childhood trend with its inventive premise. This could also continue to grow the TCU Frake-Waterfield has envisioned if each film maintains this momentum.

The Twisted Childhood Universe has several upcoming movies that will take audiences beyond the Hundred Acre Wood, expanding to other stories and forcing viewers to confront the darker themes some of them contain. If these improvements audiences have noticed continue into those new films, Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood & Honey 2’s Rotten Tomato success may carry this new franchise onward. With the rise of this subsection of the horror genre, the TCU could continue to showcase just how scary these beloved childhood characters could be in the right circumstances.