'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey' Horror Trailer Shakes Internet

The trailer for a new slasher film featuring Winnie the Pooh and the characters from A.A. Milne's Hundred Acre Wood has left people shaking and clutching their childhood stuffies for dear life.

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey is an upcoming horror film starring Craig David Dowsett and Chris Cordell as the honey-loving bear and his sidekick, Piglet, who go on a violent spree of revenge after being abandoned by Christopher Robin (Nikolai Leon) when he leaves for college.

The trailer, which came out on Wednesday, got a lot of attention right away, garnering at least 1.9 million views on Twitter at the time of publication.

The reviews were mixed: While some are concerned, others are thrilled.

"This looks atrocious," said Twitter user Igor Bobic, to which another user responded, "You misspelled amazing."

One user wrote, "'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey' looks like it might be the worst movie ever made. That said, I plan to preorder tickets and be there opening night."

"What The Hell Happened to Winnie The Pooh? 😳💀" asked one Twitter user, echoing many other similar questions. Another asked, "Why are they trying to ruin our childhood?"

"No matter how this movie turns out," said one person on Twitter, "I just love the fact that as soon as Winnie the Pooh went public domain, this is the first new movie we get!"

In January of this year, A.A. Milne's original 1926 version of Winnie the Pooh entered the public domain, meaning the filmmakers of Blood and Honey had full access to re-create the storybook character in the way they wanted, though Tigger and other characters are still owned by Disney.

But director Rhys Waterfield, who also wrote and co-produced the film, isn't in the least bit worried that his Winnie the Pooh and Piglet will get mistaken for their Disney images.

"The characters are so vastly different from Disney, there is nothing which even slightly resembles their interpretation of it," Waterfield told Newsweek. "No one will mistake the two. No mother will see the 'Blood and Honey' poster and think, 'That's perfect for little Jimmy to see.'"

"We really try to come up with quirky unique ideas—we hated doing the typical 'werewolf,' 'ghost,' 'zombie'—and came across this wonderful idea," Waterfield said when asked about the inspiration for the film. "The really fun thing with Pooh is we could create whatever lore and character quirks we wanted for it. Honey and bees feature quite a lot in the movie, for example."

Waterfield shared that he was a fan of Pooh and the characters from The Hundred Acre Wood growing up, but turning the tubby little cubby into a man-sized killer was difficult.

"Actually trying to make Pooh and Piglet scary was hard," he said. "A giant yellow bear can easily look very, very goofy, especially when people are screaming 'IT'S POOH' and acting terrified of him. We did make him quite fun and goofy, but also at points we did really want to make him quite sinister and scary."

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey is produced by Jagged Edge Productions and distributed by ITN Studios. The movie is set to be released later this year.