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Exclusive new poster and photos: More animal-masked mayhem in “THUMPER’S REVENGE”

Thursday, May 11, 2023 | Uncategorized

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

If WINNIE-THE-POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY left you hungry for more homicidal Disney characters, check this out.

Director Sean Haitz gave us a first look at the latest poster (by Rafael Araujo) and some behind-the-scenes pics (by Vinicius Zinn) from THUMPER’S REVENGE, his horror/comedy short film that just screened a teaser at Apopkon Comic Con & Pop Culture Convention in Florida. Written by Haitz and Mark Cerulli, it stars Johnny Hoops, Clair Brauer, Haitz and Aaron Prager. The synopsis/tagline: “Screams echo in the meadow and blood will spill when hunters take aim at Bambi from the hill. They can run and they can plead, but Thumper is about to make them bleed.”

“I was totally inspired by WINNIE-THE-POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY,” Haitz says, though he came up with a more plausible concept for his project. “I thought of an alternative route with the Disney characters: Let’s laser focus on Thumper, which I felt was a fun name for a title. I also thought, let’s have Bambi and Thumper as humans who are Disney freaks who cosplay in the forest dressing up like the characters. It was really fun to shoot, and I hope people get a kick out of it!” You can hop along with THUMPER’S REVENGE on Instagram.

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).