Bambi: The Reckoning

Bambi: The Reckoning is a 2024 British independent survival horror film directed by Dan Allen, written by Rhys Warrington and produced by Rhys Frake-Waterfield and Scott Jeffrey. It is the first film in the Undead Bedtime Story Universe (UBSU) and serves as a horror retelling of Felix Salten's Bambi: A Life in the Woods. The film stars Roxanne McKee, Stephen Staley, Joseph Greenwood, Tom Mulheron, and Thea Evans, with Nicola Wright, Samira Mighty, Jase Rivers, and Martin Portlock in supporting roles. It follows a married couple and their children as they become hunted by a mutated deer named Bambi after his mother's death, with a team of mercenary hunters sent out to kill Bambi before his murderous rampage spirals beyond control.
In November 2022, a live-action horror film based on Felix Salten's Bambi: A Life in the Woods was announced as being in development with the title Bambi: The Reckoning. Scott Jeffrey was originally named as director, but he wanted to step down due to being preoccupied with directing the second film in the UBSU, Awakening Sleeping Beauty, leading to Dan Allen replacing him as director. In February 2023, it was also revealed that Bambi: The Reckoning would be in the first film in the UBSU. Filming began on January 6, 2024 and finished on January 26, 2024.