Horror Movie Review: Piglet (2025)

Directed by Andrea M. Catinella and written by Harry Boxley, Piglet is one of ‘those’ films. One of the ‘take a childhood icon and turn it into a horror’ films, expect this one comes with a bit more confusion. Not the story or the characters, they’re as basic as it comes. No, confusion that comes from its existence, which you can’t help but think might be on purpose.

On first glance, and even second glance, Piglet seems to be part of the ‘Twisted Childhood Universe’ which has brought us such delights as the Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey series, and both the Peter Pan and Bambi horror reimaginings. In fact, the mask in this film looks awfully like the one in the Poohniverse. Except it’s not and nor is this film connected to the TCU in any way.

I sure feels like someone wants us to think it is though, and plenty of people are going to be fooled, myself included.

Thankfully, most will completely forget this film exists after one viewing, so poor is it. Not only insulting its audience with its attempt to be something it’s not, but aggravating its viewers by having absolutely nothing to do with Pooh or anything A.A. Milne wrote. At least Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey tried to connect to the source material via 100-Acre Wood and Christopher Robin.

So, if it’s not connected to the Winnie-the-Pooh story, what is it even about? Essentially, it’s a story about a mutated killer under instructions from an elderly ‘father figure’ (Jeremy Vinogradov) to kill anyone he comes across while hiding out in the woods.

Luckily, even though it’s a remote place, Piglet (Alexander Butler) won’t have to wait too long for someone to kill as Susie (Shayli Reagan), her sister Kate (Alina Desmond), and some of their friends have come to party at a deserted campground. Drink, drugs, boobs, and eventually, blood. It’s horror 101 and not in a good way, especially as the film’s slasher elements are ripped off from several other sources such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

A masked killer stalks and kills a group of young, mostly female, victims. It’s exhaustingly trite and delivered in dull, lifeless fashion. Not just the story either, as the visuals are cheap and the film has big sound issues (often with the dialogue). Sure, it’s a low-budget flick, but there’s simply no excuse for the issues that exist here.

Meandering along with nothing to hold the viewers attention, I suspect many will check out well before an ending that is as forgettable as everything else. Should you make it there, you won’t come away satisfied at all. In fact, I think this is an example of where you (I certainly did) will feel as though you’ve genuinely wasted 80-odd minutes of your time. You won’t often hear me say this but if you genuinely want a horror film that connects to the world of Winnie-the-Pooh, just go watch the Blood and Honey films.

That’s how bad Piglet is. It has me recommending the Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey series.