The primary full-length trailer for indie horror film Bambi: The Reckoning has arrived, giving followers an in depth have a look at the mutated, rampaging deer. You may watch it above.
The twisted new tackle Felix Salten’s 1923 novel Bambi, a Life within the Woods – which was famously tailored within the Disney basic Bambi – comes from Jagged Edge Productions.
The corporate, which has been capitalising on the expired IP of basic youngsters’s tales, was additionally accountable for the 2023 slasher Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, its 2024 sequel, Blood and Honey 2, and this yr’s Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare.
The official synopsis for Bambi: The Reckoning reads: “After a mom and son get in a automotive wreck, they quickly turn out to be hunted by Bambi, a mutated grief-stricken deer on a lethal rampage in search of revenge for the dying of his mom.”
Within the two-minute trailer, we see Bambi in full rampage mode as he flips vehicles and violently kills varied characters. The clip has been met with a combined response on social media, with some horror followers revelling on the thought of a killer Bambi.
Fuck yea! Can not wait! My spouse and I really like these! We personal each of the Winnie the Pooh ones and Mousetrap! The Twisted Childhood Universe is like getting true variations of all of the Grimm brothers stuff earlier than Disney sanitized and romanticized all of them. Simply ready for the Peter Pan…
— Martles Motion pictures, Evaluations & Satire (@Martles3) March 5, 2025
Lmao let’s gooooo
— MIKE LOWERY (@slim_charles00) March 5, 2025
“I can’t wait,” commented one particular person. “After seeing how totally different Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare was from Blood and Honey, I’m actually excited to see the route Bambi goes in. Completely hooked on these films.”
One other wrote: “Arm the animals towards the hunters! YES!”
Others, in the meantime, are much less enthusiastic in regards to the continued horrification of expired IP, with one particular person writing: “The obsession with taking beloved characters into horror films is somewhat annoying, tbh. Simply make a good horror film with out the gimmick.”
“Does anybody truly like these films?” added one other.
we actually dwelling within the timeline the place bambi is horror now. what’s subsequent, cinderella slasher?
— Capt. Luffy (@CaptLuffy__) March 5, 2025
Does anybody truly like these films?
— Neal☆Fairly Boy☆Thomas (@TheRKPodcast) March 5, 2025
This twisted model of Bambi is the newest addition to the Poohniverse movie franchise, which can see the deer group up with Winnie the Pooh, Tinker Bell, Pinocchio and extra for an “Avengers-style” horror film, titled Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble.
Different characters anticipated to hitch the franchise embrace Sleeping Magnificence, The Mad Hatter, and extra figures from Winnie the Pooh.
