In addition to Bambi: The Reckoning, which is part of the Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey universe, another upcoming Bambi horror movie has been announced this week.
A gory horror-comedy that pays tribute to the slasher movies of the ’80s and ’90s, Bambi horror movie Bampire was just launched on Indiegogo, and we’ve got your first look.
Directed by Taylor Morden (The Last Blockbuster) and written by Zoë Wassman, the indie film is said to feature “heart-wrenching live action performances, hand-drawn animation by Josh Stifter (A24 and Kevin Smith’s Tusk), practical gore by award-winning fx artist Trysta Kelley, a claymation sequence from effects supervisor Webster Colcord (Stranger Things, Planet of the Apes, Deadpool, Planet Terror), and even diegetic VHS footage from an in-world camera.”
Writer Zoë Wassman teases, “Picture Evil Dead 2 meets Who Framed Roger Rabbit.”
Bampire (produced by PATH Films and Popmotion Pictures) features appearances by Diane Franklin (Better Off Dead, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure), Greg Sestero (The Room, The Disaster Artist), and Troma’s own Lloyd Kaufman (Creator of The Toxic Avenger).
The film also includes an ensemble cast including Katie Gibbons (Blind Duet, Take a Hike), Jeff Brosy (Animal House), Malachite Saaquya, Weston Oliver, Melody Parra (Nena, Devotion), Jacob Rayl (It’ll be OK), Levee Duplay (Operation Hope, Birds Eye Witness) and Paul Addison (The Killing of Billy the Kid).
The crowdfunding campaign runs through April 12th and then the film is slated for release in October 2024. You can learn more and pitch in over on Indiegogo now.
You’ll also find first look footage on the film’s Indiegogo campaign.
“We still have a long way to go to finish this film. Crowdfunding is an amazing way to grow support for an independent production like Bampire and to get the word out about how great this film is going to be,” director Taylor Morden explains. “Bampire is a wild ride of a project! You’ve never seen anything like it!”
Zoë Wassman adds, “Bampire is arguably the most insane movie to ever try and produce at our budget-level, but we believed it was a story worth telling. Still do. For all of us, Bampire is a labor of love; for one another, for the ability to create the artwork we enjoy creating, and for the true heart of the piece itself.”
It’s Felix Salten’s original novel Bambi, a Life in the Woods from 1923 that’s in the public domain here in 2024, which explains how the team is able to turn it into a horror movie.
