Is there a ‘Bambi: The Reckoning’ release date?
Dan Allen’s Bambi: The Reckoning transforms the classic tale of the innocent Bambi into a chilling horror feature. As the fourth installment in the “Twisted Childhood Universe,” expect the film to swap the classic’s innocence for a sinister edge. Ready to save your seat for this haunting big-screen transformation?
Bambi: The Reckoning was first announced in November 2022 and began filming after a delay on January 6, 2024, in England, as confirmed by director Dan Allen on X. Actor Joseph Greenwood, who plays a character called Harrison, later revealed on X that filming wrapped up on January 26, 2024.
Now, fans are left with one burning question: When will this chilling reimagining of Bambi stalk its way onto the big screen?
Bambi: The Reckoning release date and plot
Fans in Turkey, at least, can mark their calendars for Friday, August 15, 2025, when Bambi: The Reckoning transforms the iconic fawn into a nightmare on the big screen. For the rest of the world, including the U.S., TN Studio and Premiere Entertainment have not yet announced a release date. However, a mid-2025 global release is likely, as it will align with Turkey’s seemingly confirmed debut.
Producer Scott Jeffrey has teased the monstrous transformation awaiting sweet little Bambi in this twisted reimagining:
“The film will be an incredibly dark retelling of the 1928 story we all know and love. Finding inspiration from the design used in Netflix’s The Ritual, Bambi will be a vicious killing machine that lurks in the wilderness. Prepare for Bambi on rabies!” (via MovieWeb)
The official synopsis of the film reads:
After a mother and son get in a car wreck, they soon become hunted by Bambi, a mutated, grief-stricken deer on a deadly rampage seeking revenge for the death of his mother. (via IMDb)
Bambi: The Reckoning official trailer
Bambi: The Reckoning dropped its first teaser in April 2024, hinting at how this indie horror film will present its twisted take on the Disney classic Bambi. In the teaser, we got a backstory into the transformation of sweet Bambi into a killing machine and meet the hunter who probably killed Bambi’s mother.
That reference, of course, hearkens back to the most traumatizing moment of the original Bambi story, in which Bambi and his mother hear a hunter in the meadow. The two make a run for it, but we hear a gunshot, and Bambi’s mom doesn’t follow him into the woods. Bambi is left all alone, mournfully calling for his mom as he fends for himself.
Well, now the helpless Bambi is grown up and out for revenge. At the end of the teaser, we see a monstrous Bambi tip a car over and then unleash a bellowing roar. The new trailer, which dropped in March 2025, lets us in a little deeper into the story and shows several eerie shots of Bambi antagonizing people as they pass through his forest.
Excited yet? The terror doesn’t stop with Bambi: The Reckoning! Hot on its hooves are more horror-fueled reimaginings of childhood favorites in the Twisted Childhood Universe. Brace yourself for Pinocchio: Unstrung and Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble, both slated to unleash their twisted tales in 2025.
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