Poohniverse: Fairytale Decimation

Poohniverse: Fairytale Decimation is a 2028 British independent crossover epic horror-slasher film featuring murderous versions of Winnie-the-Pooh and various other public domain children's fairytale characters, including Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Bambi, Sleeping Beauty, the Little Match Girl, and the Wizard of Oz to name a few. With some licensed ones such as Dumbo and The Cat In The Hat joining in. Produced by Jagged Edge Productions with ITN Studios and Premiere Entertainment handling sales and distributed by Altitude Film Distribution, it is the sequel to Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) and Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 (2024), which themselves collectively served as a horror reimagining of A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard's Winnie-the-Pooh books, and the sixth film in the Twisted Childhood Universe (TCU). Directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield and written by Matt Leslie, the film features an ensemble cast including Scott Chambers, Tallulah Evans, Thea Evans, Ryan Oliva, Lewis Santer, Stephen Staley, Marcus Massey, Eddy MacKenzie, Roxanne McKee, Mason Gold, Lora Hristova, Megan Placito, Jophielle Love, Warwick Davis, Maria Taylor, Richard D. Myers, Jase Rivers, Mark Haldor, Sam Barrett, Belinda Fenty, Toby Wynn-Davies, Paula Coiz, Kelly Rian Sanson, Chrissie Wunna, Tanishq Raikwar, Kit Green, Philip Philmar, Charity Kase, and Bill Skarsgård. The plot of the film follows Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Owl, Piglet, Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty, Bambi, Dumbo, the Little Match Girl, Rumpelstiltskin, Dorothy Gale, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, the Cowardly Lion, the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat, Ariel, Cinderella, the Fairy Godmother, Mowgli, Baloo, Kaa, Tinkerbell, Peter Pan, Captain Hook, Tarzan, and the Cat in the Hat joining forces to wreak havoc and destroy the whole of Ashdown in the process, leading Christopher Robin, accompanied by the survivors of every murderer in the TCU up to this point, to assemble everyone in Ashdown and declare war against Pooh and his armies for the fate of humanity.
The film was announced in March 2024 as Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble. Frake-Waterfield came on board to direct in September 2025, and a month later Leslie signed on to write the script for the film, which takes inspiration from and incorporates similar elements to Freddy vs. Jason (2003) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018). In 2026, Jagged Edge Productions changed the title to Poohniverse: Fairytale Decimation. Filming began in Ashdown Forest and around the community of East Sussex, England in January 2027, with a large cast comprised of both newcomers and returning actors reprising their roles from previous installments of the TCU, including Oliva as Winnie-the-Pooh and Skarsgård as the Cat in the Hat, respectively. The production lasted until July 2027; additional filming took place in London, Eastbourne, and at Trilith Studios in Fayette County, Georgia. With a $356 million, Poohniverse: Fairytale Decimation is the most expensive independent film and the most expensive horror film ever made, as well as the most expensive from Jagged Edge Productions, the most expensive to be produced in Britain, and one of the most expensive ever made overall.
Poohniverse: Fairytale Decimation premiered at the Prince Charles Cinema located in Leicester Place, which is 50 yards north of Leicester Square in the West End of London, on May 8, 2028, and was theatrically released in the United States on May 15, 2028, and in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2028, respectively, as the sixth and final film in and the culmination of Chapter One of the TCU. The film received praise for its performances, themes, death scenes, intense atmosphere and dark tone, with many critics lauding it as a significant improvement over its predecessors as well as the best film in the TCU and one of the greatest horror films of all time.
Category:Horror films based on the Children's franchises