New Bambi horror movie gets gory first look – and its screenwriter says it's "Evil Dead 2 meets Who Framed Roger Rabbit"
Mar. 5, 2024Bampire, a new slasher movie, is currently in the works
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A new Bambi-inspired horror-comedy movie is coming our way. Titled ‘Bampire’ (a combination of ‘Bambi’ and ‘vampire’, of course),Bloody Disgustingshared a gory first look at the slasher, which you can see below.
The filmmakers are currently crowdfunding to finish the movie viaIndiegogo, and the fundraising page describes the plot as follows: “Five community college students and their professor set out to document unprecedented evidence of a rare fanged deer species never-before-seen in the foothills of the Cascades… the musk deer - Or is it something more sinister? In the name of science, they depart on a weekend-long field trip and quickly discover that they are not alone: someone (or someTHING) is in the woods with them. Our would-be adventurers come face-to-fang with evolution’s newest predator, the ultimate shape-shifter, and find they are nowhere near the top of this particular food chain…”
Set in the ’90s, the slasher is described by screenwriter Zoë Wassman as “Evil Dead 2 meets Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” referencing Sam Raimi’s 1987 cult horror-comedy sequel and Robert Zemeckis' 1988 comedy that combines animation and live-action. The film reportedly includes appearances from Greg Sestero, star of cult hit The Room, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure’s Diane Franklin, and Lloyd Kaufman, the creator of The Toxic Avenger.
This bloody take on the beloved deer is possible because Bambi, a Life in the Woods, the 1923 novel by Felix Salten, is now in the public domain – and Bampire isn’t the only gory take on the fawn in production. Bambi: The Reckoning, which is part of the Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey universe, is also in the works, along witha Blood and Honey sequel.
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