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Needless to say that I had indeed not heard about the 2025 horror movie "Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare" prior to sitting down to watch it. But given the recent year's horror movie rendering of classic fairytales and animated characters, such as Winnie the Pooh, Goldilocks, Popeye, etc., then I wasn't really harboring a grain of expectations to the movie. But I still opted to give it a go, perhaps writer and director Scott Chambers would deliver a surprise.

The movie certainly started out quite nicely, and I was not expecting that from the movie. So thumbs up for such a brutal start. But that didn't set the standard of the rest of the movie, unfortunately. No, the storyline in "Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare" wasn't great, nor was it bad. Sure, it was a watchable movie, if you distract from the "Peter Pan" aspect of the movie. Now, had the movie not carried the "Peter Pan" name, it would actually have made for a more enjoyable slasher movie. But it shouldn't be necessary to say that writer Scott Chambers mauled the work of J. M. Barrie.

Of the entire cast ensemble, I was only familiar with actor Nicholas Woodeson. Regardless, it should be noted that the acting performances in the movie were actually fair.

The special effects and make-up in the movie were actually good, and it definitely helped to keep the movie afloat.

My rating of director Scott Chambers's 2025 movie "Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare" lands on a four out of ten stars.

Seeing this film on a whim, probably like many others - entertained by ITN once again with the makers of blood and honey ( which I've avoided ) I found myself seeing this film with the ambition it wasn't going to be the best, however I was pleasantly surprised. With a typical but serviceable plot, the movie captivates you enough to draw you in and keep you on the line until the end. Some successfully skin crawling scenes alongside some effective kills and gore, it succeeds what it sets out to be! It even surprised me with some entertaining fight scenes and character combat. All in all, this film kinda felt like Black Phone meets a Terrifier 2 final girl showdown, it was serviceable and even got some laughs from me over it's execution. This film caught me off guard and I feel will capture audiences off guard too, as there really is some decent execution all around in this film - with expected, somewhat nitpick flaws to encounter. If you want a romp, to a T, this isn't a bad choice.

If you're a genuine horror fan then I think you'll find this movie entertaining. It's one of those movies that just leaves you with a bad feeling when you leave (and I mean that in a good way) I was impressed with the gore, I thought it was really well done, definitely a couple of parts that had me squirming. The main antagonist is really creepy and the lore is fun and very different. The movie kept a good pace and there weren't any boring parts. The storyline is very fresh, I think they did a really good job reinterpreting the original Peter Pan. I would definitely recommend this to my fellow horror lovers as a fun imaginative gore filled movie.

The first ten to fifteen minutes of this movie were kind of cool. There were some creepy/cool visuals and the Peter character also felt properly creepy. Then the movie started. It's chalk full of bad acting, a plot that is absolutely insane and felt like a drug addict wrote it (wouldn't be surprised if that was true), and was just really really bad. By the end of this movie I felt emotionally and mentally drained and I don't think I could have handled much more had the running time been longer. It had some redeeming moments, but they were few and far between. Som decent gore and special effects but outside of that it was pretty much unwatchable. I can't recommend anyone watch this movie. Even if your a fan of the new children's character horror movie genre.

Embarrassing attempt at edgy horror, shamelessly ripping off better films while offering nothing but empty gore and tasteless shock value. This is another case of hack filmmakers throwing money at a public domain fairytale without a single original thought or shred of self-awareness. The film reimagines Peter Pan as a schizophrenic child kidnapper and Tinker Bell as a trans heroin addict with Stockholm syndrome, but instead of being edgy or provocative, it's like watching chatgpt crash and burn trying to write a fan fiction.

It's worth mentioning how awful the last 20 minutes are. The whole thing feels like a fever dream of people smashing sugar glass and screaming in circles. Maybe the actors and cameraman were just left unsupervised on set. Despite the gratuitous gore that desperately imitates Terrifier, it's so devoid of context or tension. If you've ever wanted to waste time watching a budget-burn, congratulations-this is your chance.

I really love when I start watching a movie expecting to end up disappointed, and the exact opposite happens.

A lot of things in this film aren't original, but it all feels more like a tribute to the original rather than a cheap rip-off. The atmosphere is excellent. The film is never boring, not for a moment, and the story is well thought-out. There are several unexpected moments that only add to the grotesqueness of the entire film. The characters are well developed, especially Peter Pan and Tinker Bell.

All in all - I expected (more or less) a standard Neverland story told through a horror lens, but I actually got so much more! This is a psychotic conglomeration of madness, filth, and drug addiction, and Peter Pan is the crown jewel of insanity and a unique portal to the land of Neverland.

Seven stars from me!

One of the worst movies i've ever seen. When you see the trailer it looks really good, but when i watched it i wanted to bleach my brain and forget about this movie forever. First of the plot doesn't make any sense. They show you some things but don't explain why it happened and how and you wonder why the hell they even say it. Next thing is Netherland, idk if i had high hopes but in the movie Netherland doesn't even exist. Its just two gay drug addicts who kidnap kids so they send them to Neverland. That's the whole plot basically. Three is the unrealistic killing. A few times i noticed how really easy it seems to kill someone or break some part of their body, but other times no matter what you do they just don't die. I understand its a movie and all but it seem too unrealistic. It was all gore and not horror, I wouldn't recommend, i'm mad i watched it at the cinema, i wanted to leave at the beginning.

Walking into Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare, I wasn't sure how I'd feel about a horror spin on such a classic tale. Neverland has always been about magic and adventure, but this film flips that on its head, turning it into a place of pure nightmare. The story follows Wendy on a desperate search for her brother Michael, who's been abducted by a terrifying, twisted version of Peter Pan and a disturbingly reimagined Tinker Bell. It's dark, unsettling, and completely unlike the tale we grew up with.

Now, I love a bold take on a familiar story, but some parts of this film went a little too far for my taste. Tinker Bell, portrayed as a drug-addicted and grotesque figure, felt more shocking than meaningful at times. The film definitely aims for disturbing, and while it hits the mark in places, it also feels like it's trying too hard. That said, the visuals are intense. The corrupted version of Neverland is creepy and atmospheric, and the tension doesn't let up.

Still, it wasn't perfect. There were moments when the film felt like it was going for shock value over actual storytelling, which kind of pulled me out of it. I can imagine that die-hard fans of the original might find it a bit too heavy-handed. But if you're up for something bold, weird, and willing to shake up childhood memories, it's an experience worth having-just don't expect it to be a comforting one.

It's safe to say Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare wasn't a movie night anyone expected to survive emotionally intact-especially not for Winny, Sunny, Tails, and Sweet, who left the screening looking like they'd just stepped out of a fever dream. We've watched horror before (Sinners being a recent one), but this one? This was something else. It didn't just flirt with darkness-it dove headfirst into it, dragging childhood nostalgia down with it.

Some of us-Willow, Kuromi, and Amy-were admittedly surprised by how much they enjoyed the film. Willow especially appreciated the bold reimagining of familiar characters, highlighting the gruesome creativity behind some of the kills, like the scenes with Tinkerbell and the alligator (yikes). Kuromi, a known fan of gore, praised the film for its commitment to the horror genre, saying it embraced its madness in a way that felt refreshing. Amy found the unexpected turns in the plot exciting, even if it meant watching Peter Pan become someone truly unrecognizable.

On the flip side, Winny, Tails, and Sweet weren't as forgiving. They found the excessive violence-particularly the disturbing scenes involving children-a line too far. While Winny did admit the pacing was strong and the atmosphere consistently creepy, he couldn't help but feel like the film traded meaning for shock value. Sweet was especially critical of the movie's handling of child endangerment, calling it exploitative rather than artistic. Tails, meanwhile, appreciated the darker lens on Peter Pan but still struggled with how far the story went to disturb.

Acting-wise, Sunny gave props to the cast-Peter Duza as the kidnapped child was hauntingly believable, and the actress behind Tinkerbell delivered a twisted, grotesque performance that stuck with everyone for all the wrong (and maybe right?) reasons. But tonal shifts and pacing inconsistencies did throw off both Sunny and Willow at points, making the whole film feel like it couldn't quite decide what horror path it wanted to take.

Overall, this film split the room. For some, it was a bold, bloody reinterpretation of a classic story worth watching just for the insanity of it all. For others, it was a brutal reminder that not every fairytale should be turned into a nightmare. Either way-no one's looking at Peter Pan the same again.

Rating: 6/10.

OH.... MY.... GOD....

I've known for a while now that British horror movies are some of the worst on the planet. But this movie is a new level of awfulness.

There are things that happen in this movie that you'll be scratching your head as to why this is in a movie like this. If you do end up watching it you'll know exactly what scenes I'm talking about.

I'm not sure what is going on the in the UK to produce movies like this... but wow, this was pure trash.

It had an interesting story, that if done right, could've been a great little horror movie. But it's not.

This was probably the worst movie I've seen this year.

1/10 awful.

Indy horror re hard to made even the streams horror Shudder re making there own thing, meaning most horror go straight to any platform now Peter Pan is the start of the Poolerverse bridging em dark imaginings of fairy tales so they re great start my review: No least ve some kind of supernatural to it, The movie don't show any scare or pain moments just wacko kidnapping kids to kill em sending em his own version of neverland.

The acting was flat Peter wasn't that menacing or scary, theres no creative on the killing, n story is bad mix of It n Black Phone (which were good).

Not even the cast of psycho weren't awesome from drug up Tinker Bell to the naked Hook, which I meat it was nasty in good sense, by the end of the fight drags Peter to basement.

Well give me hinch of the Poolervirse?

Yeah didn't came out huh?

So conclude is waste of money that won't get back, there's nothing just trying to copy out the chainsaw massacre, but poor reading killers. Hear the next have interest cause I fan of creature features talking of Bambi.

I got shock of my life seeing this movie. Knowing the story of Peter Pan and having seen all of the earlier movies about him, I set out to watch it expecting new adventures of a12-14 year old innocent naughty brave daring kid. But here it was - an all out portrayal of torture, bodily hurts and pains, blood, murder and death.

I could not see it for more than a few minutes.

This is a bad concept by director, scriptwriter, production house. Were they falling short of zombies and Elm Streets, so they thoughtlessly violated the pious pure children-kingdom? Will the same director, scriptwriter, production house will soon come up with a horor stories wehere Jesus, Mandela, Gandhi, Matin Luthor King are the main villains?

The production house has put a question mark on the combined intergrity of world film makets and there is no forum or agency where I could raise my concerns. I am basically against censorship and advoate self-discipline by film makers, but that is what has been shredded to pieces.

It is shameful to even think about it. Such stupid takes should have been banned all over the world.

Well, after watching the first Winnie the Pooh, I went and saw this one. While the ratings on Pooh were much worse than the 5 I gave it, so early on, (only 3 reviews, and 49 ratings) and a 7.9 rating (I'm sure that will come down. I gave it a 7. It was superior to Pooh. I haven't seen the 2nd Pooh movie yet. I'll be curious to see what others think as more ratings come in. The acting was better than Pooh, the special effects were better. Even the story was better. It isn't anything groundbreaking, but good fun if you like over the top blood and gore. Where I live this is only being released one showing a day for 4 days during the week. Luckily I can go on senior days for $6, lol.

Plot: Wendy Darling strikes out in an attempt to rescue her brother Michael from 'the clutches of the evil Peter Pan.' Along the way she meets Tinkerbell, who will be seen taking heroin, believing that it's pixie dust.

Wow this movie is a mess. I'm only giving it two stars because the production values are better than most low budget bad flicks.

That said, the story is incomprehensible. It's just a mish mass of strung together overly violent scenes with no regard for a cohesive plot.

The acting is OK, but the actors don't have a lot to work with because the script is so bad.

Not really sure how this director keeps getting financing to make these horrible flicks.

I'm totally on board with the "Poohniverse" or "TCU" (Twisted Childhood Universe), the series of interconnected films orchestrated by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, who wastes no time churning out low-budget horror adaptations of beloved children's characters the moment they drop into the public domain. Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey and its sequel were fun, fresh hits of gory campiness that left me with a smile on my face, marveling at their sheer audacity. (Winnie the Pooh using a bear trap as a weapon is genius.) Both films succeeded because of the ridiculousness of plush toy animals coming to life to enact revenge on Christopher Robin and, well, everyone else. There's just something hilarious about Tigger eviscerating someone. (Maybe that's just me lol.)

Unfortunately, Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare misses the mark by eliminating the fun and telling the story of Peter Pan, a child abductor, who stalks children in his creepy kidnapper van, and takes them to "Neverland" a place that exists only in his head, but is really just a dark and filthy crackhouse of sorts. At no point did I laugh at what I was seeing: the film plays all of this pretty straight.

Peter's accomplice is Tinkerbell, a middle-aged junkie addicted to mainlining pixie-dust. She's conflicted about all the kidnapping of boys, but she stays around for her fix. Captain Hook even makes an appearance as a guy kept chained up in a dungeon room. I'm not exactly sure why, which points out the confusing screenplay that seems to want to get in as many classic Peter Pan references as possible without them doing service to the story. Apparently Tigerlilly is in the movie, but I only know that by looking at the cast list. I had no idea.

Neverland Nightmare is incredibly derivative. At times Peter Pan (Martin Portlock) is doing a direct impression of Pennywise in It (2017) and other times he's clearly Joaquin Phoenix's Joker. The story and sets draw heavily from The Black Phone (2021). There's a fine line between paying homage and outright copying that is hard to define. What's missing here is the wink-wink between filmmaker and audience. Perhaps because there are plenty of opportunities for homage within the framework of J. M. Barrie's classic Peter Pan story itself. How delicious it would have been to include some (fair use) fun poked at Disney's adaptation, or even a satirical nod to the classic Peter Pan ride at Disneyland!

While the kills are gory and brutal, they seemed uninspired, mostly relying on knife attacks. I SO wanted to see Captain Hook disembowel someone with his hook hand. Maybe we'll get that if he returns for Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble, slated for release later this year. Hey, they could pay homage to the hook kill in In a Violent Nature (2024).

As in all the Poohniverse films, the acting is quite strong, especially Megan Placito's performance as Wendy Darling. The cinematography, lighting, set design, and sound design are all top-notch, reaching way beyond the film's micro £250,000 budget. Everyone involved with the production should be commended for making a very slick looking film.

Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare feels like a misstep in this budding horror franchise, dishing out a pretty straightforward slasher film, although it's entertaining enough to make for a fun party movie. It's disappointing to consider the fun opportunities missed by playing it for straight horror and depravity rather than leaning into the ridiculousness of the Peter Pan story itself, which is a little disturbing on its own. I hope Bambi: The Reckoning and Pinocchio: Unstrung bring back the campiness and schlock later this year. Damn, they are really cranking these out!

7/10.

British filmmaker Scott Chambers revisits J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan in the third installment of his long-gestating The Twisted Childhood Universe (TCU).

This aspect of re-adaptation warrants particular attention. While the mention of Peter Pan might first conjure the cartoonish iterations popularized by Disney, the character originally conceived in 1902 by the Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie is, in fact, quite steeped in the gore tradition.

(Peter Pan, the book, has frequently faced accusations of racism due to its often barbaric depiction of Native Americans. However, some researchers and writers have argued that the book should be evaluated within the context of the era in which it was written. This issue is largely absent from contemporary versions of the book and its cinematic adaptations.)

Those who follow the young filmmaker Scott Chambers, barely past his thirtieth birthday, will already be familiar with his characterizations and color palettes, and this film maintains a consistency that should satisfy his established audience.

Martin Portlock delivers a quite satisfactory performance as an actor who appears to have thoroughly internalized the narrative.

Another name to note in the film is Peter DeSouza-Feighoney. Having already accrued credits in numerous gore productions at a young age, one hopes that DeSouza-Feighoney will emerge as a significant actor in the genre's future.

I didn't like Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey, but this movie is not talked about enough. They took everything that was wrong with Winnie-The-Pooh, and learned from their mistakes. And actually made a descent horror film. I wouldn't say it's a *slasher* movie, but it has elements *of* a slasher movie. There is actually a story, instead of abandoning your setup and main character for some random b*tches in the woods that have NOTHING to do with the source material and make THEM the main focus of the movie (I'm looking at you, Blood And Honey). They actually use the source material and craft a story that actually takes inspiration from the original Disney movie. Oh, and by the way, there's no Neverland. It's mentioned throughout the film about a billion times, and the main reason that Peter Pan is killing people, but we never actually see it. I just thought I would mention that. Tinker Bell, though, is a completely different story. "She" is more disturbing than Peter himself. And "she" actually makes an impact on the story. The gore, though. Oh my God. The kills in here do NOT hold back even when people aren't killed and just injured. Now, it's nowhere near Terrifier level gore, but it's still kind of over the top. The main problem with Blood And Honey, (other than its existence) is that it took itself WAY too seriously. This film does the same thing, but in a good way. This is by far the best public domain horror film yet.

A schizophrenic serial killer called Peter Pan (Martin Portlock) abducts young boys, promising to take them to Neverland, where they will never grow old. When Michael Darling (Peter DeSouza-Feighoney) becomes the latest kid to be snatched by Peter, the boy's older sister Wendy (Megan Placito) attempts to rescue him.

Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare is another film in the Twisted Childhood Universe, which reimagines characters from childhood stories as murderous villains. The series began with the lackluster Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023), which failed to live up to its interesting premise, nowhere near as demented as it should have been.

Director Scott Chambers ensures that Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare lives up the 'Twisted Childhood' name, his film delivering the splattery gore than was missing from Blood and Honey, and introducing the viewer to two of Pan's previous victims, trans junkie Tinkerbell, and the hideously disfigured Hook. But as much fun as the blood and guts and general deviancy are, the derivative nature of the film is rather disappointing: Peter Pan was clearly 'inspired' by the Grabber from The Black Phone, with a touch of Pennywise and Art the clown thrown in for good measure, while the script unashamedly 'borrows' from Dean Koontz's novel Intensity for the scene in which Wendy hides from Peter while staying at a friend's house and then follows the killer to his lair.

Overall, Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare is a step in the right direction for the Poohniverse (as the Twisted Childhood Universe is also known), but because so much of the film feels familiar, I can't bring myself to rate it any higher than 5/10.

Following the back-to-back success with the Blood & Honey duology in 2023 & 2024, Jagged Edge Productions has decided to take a stab at another fairy tale slasher with another icon of many childhoods and expand their Poohniverse world-building further! This time with a new terrifying take on Peter Pan!

Now after having impressed me previously with their last two installments, not to mention also really liking the trailer and it's new more psychological horror direction, I was pretty excited to see what they would do here! And while it's not quite as great as it's gore-soaked predecessors, I overall came out pretty satisfied! It's a fresh, dark, twisted, bloody, and VERY different take on the classic story!

Martin Portlock is AMAZING as Peter giving him a VERY sinister edge (akin to the Black Phone), effects were mostly practical and looked FANTASTIC, story was pretty fascinating with how it flipped the tale of Peter Pan COMPLETELY upside down, atmosphere was EXCELLENT and really helped sell the tone of (almost) unrelenting dread, two of the kills were INSANE and fulfills every gorehound's desire for bloodshed, pacing is mostly solid and moves at a consistent speed, final act is a TERRIFYING cat-&-mouse game, and the runtime is still PERFECT at under 90 minutes!

However like Pan himself it's got some cuts and bruises that're difficult to hide. Rest of the acting is not very good, human characters are REALLY boring, Wendy's a bland protagonist, besides the two I already mentioned earlier most of the kills are either off-screen or not nearly as satisfying as Blood & Honey's, writing and plot is a tad formulaic, ending feels a forced, and the rewatchability is a bit middling ESPECIALLY compared to Blood & Honey 2 due to it taking itself more serious rather than being self-aware.

Overall though I still really liked it! Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare is an uneven but satisfying ride into insanity and still has me more than onboard for the next Twisted Childhood Universe installment! May not match what came before, but still pretty damn good nevertheless!

Final Verdict: 7/10! Definitely worth a watch and a pretty good start to 2025 Horror Movies! 👍

I went into this movie with fairly low expectations, just like I did and will continue to do with all future films from the Twisted Childhood Nightmares universe. Most of them are quick cash grabs that exploit the names of our beloved childhood heroes without delivering much substance.

I was expecting something like The Mouse Trap, which was a truly awful movie, so I was surprised that this turned out to be more watchable than I thought. In this one, we follow a dark reimagining of Peter Pan who kidnaps children and tries to take them to Neverland. After a brutal opening scene, we are introduced to the main characters from the Darling family. One day, Peter Pan manages to kidnap Michael, the youngest son, and from that point on, his older sister Wendy does everything she can to get him back, feeling responsible for his disappearance.

The film is clearly inspired by other projects and apart from the Neverland aspect, which ultimately goes nowhere, it lacks unique or interesting ideas. There was so much more they could have done with this premise but the movie stays minimalistic and focuses mostly on Peter Pan kidnapping kids, eerily similar to The Grabber from The Black Phone. It is hard not to feel like this was heavily influenced by Scott Derrickson's film in multiple ways.

Peter Pan, played by Martin Portlock, did a decent job and the rest of the cast was mostly fine, despite a few weak moments from some minor characters. Honestly, I expected much worse. That being said, this is still not a good movie overall. It has quite a few flaws and the third act is messy and overly loud. There is also a lot of untapped potential in the story that never really gets explored.

Still, it is almost a decent slasher with brutal kills and some enjoyable gore for fans of the genre. I would describe it as a weirder, messier and worse version of The Black Phone. If you go in with low expectations, it is a watchable flick, but do not expect a genuinely good horror movie because it is not. [5,6/10]