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‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Death and Porridge’ – First Look at Fairytale-Based Slasher Movie
Winnie the Pooh. Cinderella. Mickey Mouse. If a beloved character falls into the public domain, you can be sure that a horror movie twist on the classic tale won’t be far behind.
The next of these public domain horrors is slasher movie Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Death and Porridge, and Variety shares a first look sneak peek today (find it above).
The upcoming slasher is being compared to The Strangers and The Purge.
Variety details, “In this adaptation of the fairy tale, Goldilocks and the three bears live together in an isolated house in the woods. When a group of friends enter their home, Goldilocks, leader of the bears’ pack, decides to get rid of the intruders.”
Craig Rees (Annabellum, Whispers) directed for Rees Dragon Prods.
Rees, Olga Solo, Abigail Huxley, and Julian Amos star.
No word yet on a U.S. release for this one. Stay tuned.
The box office success of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey last year is to blame for this current trend of public domain-inspired horror movies, with a sequel on the way this year.
The filmmakers behind Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey are expanding their public domain horror universe with a handful of upcoming “Poohniverse” movies, including Bambi: The Reckoning, Pinocchio: Unstrung, and Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare.
Variety has scored the first image from Neverland Nightmare, seen above.
The website details, “Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare follows Wendy Darling as she strikes out in an attempt to rescue her brother Michael from ‘the clutches of the evil Peter Pan.’ Along the way she meets Tinkerbell, who in this twisted version of the story will be seen taking heroine, convinced that it’s pixie dust.”
Scott Jeffrey will direct Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare, expected Halloween 2024.
Jeffrey tells us, “I am taking inspiration from French cinema while in prep for this movie. The film will be incredibly tense. I would say it’s a mesh between Switchblade Romance and The Black Phone with our own spin on it. It is a nasty, violent and incredibly dark movie.”
Megan Placito has joined the cast as Wendy Darling, Kit Green is Tinkerbell, Peter DeSouza-Feighoney (The Pope’s Exorcist) is Michael Darling and Charity Kase (RuPaul Drag Race) is James. Martin Portlock will be playing the twisted version of Peter Pan.
Created by J.M. Barrie way back in 1902, the character of Peter Pan – like Winnie the Pooh – is in the public domain, even if the iconic Disney iteration of the character is very much not.
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