Survey on Turning Children’s Stories Into Dark-themed Movies

Many of us grew up with children’s stories which were always the pot of wisdom from which characters came to life to teach strong values and rich morals. What happens when these colorful and lively characters and stories take a dark turn?

Filmmakers from all around the world have begun creating a dark-themed adaptation of a series of the most beloved children’s stories. Here are some reasons why it may be counterintuitive.

Age Banding:

Determining what topics suit best for what ages have become a great debate in itself. Those in favor believe that children’s fiction pushes boundaries that are not appropriate for all readers. Those against it talk about restricting children’s choices and alienating readers with a younger reading ability than their chronological age. But reality works with the combination of the two.

The Impossibility of Content Policing:

Each content consumer’s journey is their own. Be it through a book or a movie, what one person feels they can handle might not be the same for another. The ideal situation is to leave the child to self-police the content they consume.

The most recent one is “Blood and Honey,” a dark-themed adaptation of the loyal friend to his neighbors in the Hundred Acre Wood, Winnie-the- Pooh, who is always willing to lend a helping hand.

The upcoming movie “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” is about a vengeful Winnie-the-Pooh who is angry at Christopher Robin for abandoning him. The first look portrays a disturbing-looking Pooh and Piglet in foreboding situations of violence.

It appears to be a slasher film, with imagery the genre is known for, like a lone girl in a hot tub as killers set their target. Not much else is known about the upcoming movie, but it is by the same studio, Jagged Edge, that made The Curse of Humpty Dumpty.

The old fairy tales and bedtime stories that were read to us as kids have got a grimmer perspective. Does this change affect 21st-century kids in ways we do not fathom?

Real Research, an online survey app, launched a survey seeking opinions on the matter.

Hurry and answer the survey on turning children’s stories into dark-themed movies on the Real Research app from December 27, 2022. Afterward, you will receive 60 TNCs as a reward.