- Expend4bles receives two awards
- Pooh film wins five Razzies
- Razzies precede Oscars
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey has won five out of ten Razzie Awards, an unprecedented sweep.
By capitalizing on the expiration of the copyright for AA Milne’s classic tale, the slasher film reimagined the Hundred Acre Wood’s inhabitants as vicious serial murderers.
Additionally, Expend4bles by Sylvester Stallone received two awards.
The Razzies unveiled the day before the Oscars, which honour the finest in Hollywood and disgrace the year’s most subpar films.
The organizers call their honours the “ugly cousin of the Oscars.”
Following its release a year ago, the Pooh film was met with abysmal reviews.
It received one star from The Guardian for being “a terrifying combination of not-scary and not-funny.” At the same time, Empire deemed its writing and performance “the worst ever seen in a horror film released in theatres.”
The worst picture, worst screenplay, worst director, and worst rip-off were awarded to the film. The film’s depiction of Pooh and Piglet as bloodthirsty murderers also earned them the award for worst on-screen coupling.
Rhys Frake-Waterfield, however, was undeterred by the negative evaluations and was awarded the award for worst director. He announced a sequel to the film and additional horror films revolving around beloved children’s characters like Bambi and Peter Pan.
Characters are protected by copyright laws in the United States for 95 years. Following that, anyone may share, perform, reuse, repurpose, or lawfully sample the characters without permission or payment.
The copyright for Walt Disney’s 1928 animated short film Steamboat Willie lapsed at the start of 2024.
Consequently, the copyright expired on the same day the trailer for an additional forthcoming slasher film featuring a masked murderer disguised as Mickey Mouse was released.
A new horror game inspired by Mickey, which featured a rodent stained with blood, was also released on the same day.
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey narrowly avoided victory in certain categories, notably the worst actor and actress categories.
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Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight was named the worst actor for his performance as an Irish criminal in the film Mercy.
The film garnered predominantly unfavourable reviews; it centred around an ex-combat surgeon who confronts ruthless Irish criminals who are holding innocent patients captive.
This year, Megan Fox received two awards: one for her performance as the worst actress in the horror-heist film Johnny & Clyde and the other as the worst supporting actress in the fourth instalment of the Expendables franchise.
The stylized film Expend4bles also awarded the Oscar for Worst Supporting Actor to Sylvester Stallone, who has been nominated sixteen times throughout his career.
