A NEW film will see A.A. Milne’s characters of Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet transformed into psychotic bloodthirsty murderers.

The movie, Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, sees the characters from the classic children’s book turn feral and unhinged after Christopher Robin abandons his forest friends when he goes to college.

When Christopher returns to the forest with his new wife, hoping to introduce her to his old friends, Pooh and Piglet go on a murderous rampage.

A trailer for the movie features scenes where Piglet hits someone in the head with a mallet, Pooh kidnaps a woman, while the main characters try to escape the pair’s clutches.

The independent film could be made after the original book from 1926 became a public domain work in the United States at the start of this year, freeing from copyright.

The film was shot over ten days not far from Ashdown Forest, the inspiration for Milne’s Hundred Acre Wood.

Speaking to Variety earlier this year, director Rhys Frake-Waterfield said: “Christopher Robin has pulled away from them and he’s not given them food.

“It’s made Pooh and Piglet’s life quite difficult because they’ve had to fend for themselves so much, they’ve essentially become feral. They’re no longer tame: they’re like a vicious bear and pig who want to go around and try and find prey.”

The house where A. A. Milne lived, Cotchford Farm, has already been at the centre of a more serious film. 

Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones once owned the property and drowned in the swimming pool. In the film about his death, Stoned, another location was used.

The original book is based on A.A. Milne's son, Christopher Robin Milne, and a teddy bear owned by him called Winnie-the-Pooh. The rest of Christopher's toys were incorporated into Milne's stories.

The first Disney feature based on Milne's work was released in 1966, with six films being released - including a live-action movie in 2018.

This new non-Disney film is expected to be released towards the end of this year.