{"id":2075347,"date":"2023-10-21T20:02:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T00:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/director-speaks-out-after-teacher-shows-4th-graders-his-bloody-horror-film\/"},"modified":"2023-10-21T20:05:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T00:05:14","slug":"director-speaks-out-after-teacher-shows-4th-graders-his-bloody-horror-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/director-speaks-out-after-teacher-shows-4th-graders-his-bloody-horror-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Director addresses controversy over teacher screening bloody horror film to 4th-graders."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdirector-speaks-out-after-teacher-shows-4th-graders-his-bloody-horror-film%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2075347&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Nobody Should Watch &#8220;Winnie \u2063the Pooh: \u2064Blood and Honey&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t just a moral objection to the gory twist on this beloved children&#8217;s\u200c character. The truth is, \u2062the movie is absolutely terrible. No one ever asked for a slasher \u2063version of Winnie the Pooh preying on scantily clad women.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is it poorly made,\u2062 edited, and \u200dacted, but it has\u2063 also been poorly received, \u2062except\u2062 for a brief moment of viral attention when it \u2063was first revealed. It&#8217;s a sad reflection of the creatively bankrupt state of Hollywood that a \u200bsequel has even been greenlit.<\/p>\n<p>Let me reiterate: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kids-today-nothing-safe-perversion-even-winnie-pooh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No one should subject themselves to this garbage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This film is not for people with functioning brains, those \u200cwho value their time, those who cherish their memories of Winnie the Pooh, or those who appreciate\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gods-not-dead-writers-win-big-box-office-latest-creation-devil-didnt-want-movie-made\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">well-crafted horror cinema<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And without a\u200c doubt, it is absolutely not suitable for \u200bchildren.<\/p>\n<p>Now, imagine the shock\u200b and outrage from students and parents alike when a group of fourth-graders in\u2064 Miami were subjected to this \u2062filth.<\/p>\n<p>According to \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/parents-horrified-after-teacher-shows-inappropriate-movie-at-local-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WFOR-TV<\/a>, \u200bThe Academy of Innovative Education, a Miami\u200c K-12 charter \u2064school, is rightfully facing criticism after exposing\u200d students to a portion of this horror film.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Diaz,\u200d a parent of fourth-grade twins at the school, revealed that her children\u2062 were\u2064 distraught after being &#8220;exposed 20 to 30 minutes&#8221;\u2062 to the movie.<\/p>\n<p>The upset mother also claimed that an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/director-speaks-out-after-teacher-shows-4th-graders-his-bloody-horror-film\/\" title=\"Director addresses controversy over teacher screening bloody horror film to 4th-graders.\">unnamed math teacher showed<\/a> the film against the children&#8217;s wishes.<\/p>\n<p>This entire situation raises several\u2064 questions, including one posed \u200cby the movie&#8217;s director, Rhys Waterfield, when \u200basked about the traumatized fourth-graders.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s insane, isn&#8217;t it?&#8221; Waterfield expressed in an <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/film\/global\/winnie-the-pooh-blood-honey-director-fourth-graders-sequel-1235763134\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with Variety. \u2062&#8221;I \u2063think it&#8217;s crazy. Because when you watch the film, there&#8217;s no way you can mistake it for\u200b a children&#8217;s film. In \u200bthe first 10 minutes, crazy things are happening, and the characters \u200dlook terrifying.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They said it went on \u200dfor 20 to 30 \u2064minutes. I don&#8217;t know how it lasted\u2064 that long. \u200dI don&#8217;t know \u2064if the teacher put it on and just left or if the kids tricked them or something.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hopefully, we haven&#8217;t ruined these kids&#8217; childhoods.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Miami\u2064 Teacher Showed \u200b\u2018Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey\u2019 to Fourth Grade Class: A \u2018Mental\u2064 Health \u200cCounselor\u2019\u2062 Has Met With \u2063\u2018Students Who Expressed Concern\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BOTlitb5tJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/BOTlitb5tJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety \u200b(@Variety) \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1714021174361940310?\">October 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>According to WFOR, Diaz \u2064claimed\u200b that the students themselves chose the movie.<\/p>\n<p>However, as the director hinted, it becomes abundantly \u200dclear very quickly that this is not a film intended for children.<\/p>\n<p>One possible (and terrible) explanation for how this movie slipped\u200d through the cracks\u2063 is that\u200d it doesn&#8217;t adhere to any recognizable rating. The film is not rated R or NC-17, but rather NR or &#8220;not rated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But that still doesn&#8217;t excuse\u2063 the gross negligence of this math \u200cteacher.<\/p>\n<p>And it certainly doesn&#8217;t excuse Waterfield for \u200dcreating this depraved \u2064version of a beloved character.<\/p>\n<p>In this story, there are no real winners, only losers and victims. And the fourth-graders are certainly not the losers in this situation.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>A Note from Our\u200d Staff:<\/h3>\n<p><em><b>Did you know that 90 percent of\u2062 advertisers will have nothing to do with The Western Journal? 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No one requested a slasher twist with Pooh targeting scantily clad women. 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