Piglet

When I sat down to watch the 2025 horror movie "Piglet", I have to admit that I was harboring very, very low expectations to the movie. Yeah, I wasn't exactly overly keen on the 2023 movie "Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey" nor the 2024 movie "Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey II". But still, since it was a movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I opted to check it out.

The movie was watchable, I will give it that much. Sure, you're not in for an evening of stellar entertainment, but were you expecting that from a movie titled "Piglet" and with its premise and synopsis? Hardly so. So yeah, you pretty much would get what you would assume from a movie such as this. And I suppose on that account, then writer Harry Boxley did a fair enough job. It was a rather generic slasher horror script, if you look past the fact that this was supposed to be Piglet.

I was not familiar with the actors and actresses on the cast list. I will say that the acting performances were fair, but nothing outstanding or noteworthy though.

Visually, the movie was semi-okay. There were some special effects that were fair enough, and they helped lift up the otherwise bland narrative.

Would I recommend you to go out and watch "Piglet"? No. Will I ever return to watch it a second time? No.

My rating of director Andrea M. Catinella's 2025 movie "Piglet" lands on a generous four out of ten stars.

This was a film that I got the chance to see thanks to Keir from Strike Media. I was asked if I'd like to check out the screener for review. Originally, I thought this was another installment to the 'Twisted Childhood' Universe. This is actually a stand-alone film, taking on the popular character from 'Winnie the Pooh'. Other than knowing who the character is, this being a 2025 horror film and about this not being a sequel, I came in blind.

Synopsis: on Kate's (Alina Desmond) 21st birthday camping trip, her friends encounter Piglet (Alex Butler), a monstrous human-pig hybrid who brutally murders one of them. They uncover his beast's origins and Kate must confront her past to survive the relentless killer.

We start this by getting a bit of backstory about Piglet. He's chained in the back of a transport vehicle. The driver has to stop to relieve himself. In the back are two security guards. The male tells the women about how this prisoner was the smallest guy in a prison. Then a mad scientist did an experiment on him, making him large and hideous. Piglet gets free, killing the guards in the process.

This then shifts over to our group that are coming out to camp for Kate's birthday. Her sister is Susie (Shayli Regan). There is a 'mean girl' of the group, Judith (Valery Dank), who brought marijuana to smoke for the group. We also have a lesbian couple, Alex (Lauren Staerck) and Dianne (Alina Varakuta). This group arrives and meets with the owner of the camp, Mr. Hogarth (Jeremy Vinogradov).

We know that he's up to no good though. He is guarding Piglet, telling him to pick one of the young women that are coming for the weekend. The rest will be killed and put in the freezer. Mr. Hogarth is annoyed though since he feels Piglet is getting sloppy. He's also going too far, ruining the meat.

Now our group also has another car. Driving this one is Bret (Rory Forder). He's with his girlfriend, Riley (Eva Ray), and her sister, Courtney (Tais Sholvie). It never comes out and says it, but I get the idea that Courtney is autistic. Riley is worried that when their car breaks down, her sister won't walk with them through the woods to the camp. Courtney also wears headphones. This isn't an issue though. They head into the woods. What derails them is that Courtney stops to draw a tree while the couple go off to have sex. They're attacked by Piglet.

Our other group settles in. They start to drink and play games. Something of note is that Kate had an abusive ex-boyfriend that has messed her up. She believes that he'll follow them here. This puts her on edge. It doesn't help that they run into a guy who's out hunting. He warns them not to stay at the camp. There's also another guy who was attacked by Piglet. The police are called and Mr. Hogarth convinces them it was a bear that did it. Officer Burke (Tyler Winchcombe) tends to agree and the women are fine with staying. This decision leads them to a night that they'll never forget.

That is where I'll leave my recap and introduction to the characters. Where I'll start is by stating that the title of this is cheeky. They're clearly capitalizing on the fact that the 'Winnie the Pooh' character of Piglet is in public domain and that Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey along with its sequel are popular. This has nothing to do with any of the characters, source material or anything like that. What we're getting here is a slasher film, with a hulking menace of a killer in a pig mask. I can appreciate these elements for what they are but I wanted this as a disclaimer.

I don't normally like to start with a negative, but I have to say that this film's biggest sin is that it wears its inspirations on its sleeve. The opening reminded me of Jack Frost, the killer snowman movie. Then with our group arriving there are so many slasher films, but it felt almost exactly in line with Blood & Honey. The idea of a killer in a pig mask also feels reminiscent of Motel Hell with shades of Texas Chain Saw Massacre. This just makes it feel a bit generic in what it is doing as an amalgamation of elements. To spin this though, it is entertaining.

Sticking with positives, let's go over the filmmaking aspects. I did think that this was made well enough. I like the isolated location. It is believable that this group of women would get out of the city to celebrate Kate turning 21. Even the jerk, because I know I've gone on trips like this for people that I don't care for since we are still 'friends'. Adding to it Kate has her issues with an ex, so getting away from things fits. The cinematography and framing capture that we're out in the woods, which works. What doesn't though is that this film feels confused as to where it is. It seems like the United States, especially since Susie is moving to Salt Lake City and wants Kate to come with her. A license plate looks like we're in the United Kingdom. Some characters have accents where others don't. These were elements that took me out of the film trying to piece it together.

That did get away from me for a bit but finishing out with filmmaking. The practical effects are great. They go brutally. Piglet uses a hook. That feels taken from In a Violent Nature if I'm honest. Moving up past that, I like what they do with the kills. That is worth watching. The farther we get into it, there is more CGI. The blood spray didn't look good there. It almost feels like it ran out of money so it relied on computers to finish it. What did help though was the soundtrack. It reminded me of Phantasm at times. It almost seems to have screaming or animal noises subtly meshed in. That made me uneasy in the best way possible.

All that is left then would be going over the acting. This is where I'll say it is hit or miss. Butler is great size for Piglet. It makes him menacing without doing much. His mask is cheesy because it is used in Blood & Honey. Doing something a bit different there would help alleviate comparisons. Desmond does well as this unstable character due to past trauma. I like the character growth to overcome what is happening around her. Reagan works as her sister. Staerck, Varakuta, Forder, Sholvie and Ray work to fill out the rest of the group. Vinogradov overacts, but it did make me chuckle. Winchcombe factors back in a way that made me roll my eyes. In general, they're fine for a slasher film like this. They're stock characters that show good fear or are menacing enough for the atmosphere.

In conclusion, this is a fun slasher film. I do think it would be better served to not use the title Piglet. Can't fault them for getting people, like I did, to check this out thinking that it falls in line with the other films that are using classic children's characters and going dark. This film does wear its inspirations on its sleeve. There were so many different things that made me think of other, similar films that made this feel generic. What I'll credit though are the practical effects. The isolated location is built by the cinematography and framing. The acting performances were hit or miss, but still solid enough for a film in this sub-genre. If you're a slasher fan, you probably will enjoy this. I'm just not the audience.

My Rating: 5.5 out of 10.

Hello Piglet, this is not based on the Twisted Childhood Nightmares Trilogy, oh no this is a completely different story of Piglet, the mask looks very similar to 2023's Blood and Honey. You may think that this movie is good, well in my book, it is very underrated film about a big Piglet mask murdering tourists that visit for the week. Well some of them using practical effects and rest of them were done in CG just to fill the rest of the B-horror budget. Dialogue for characters is kinda hear it but not as frequent. The campgrounds manager reveals who he's working with early on the film. Very noticeable. This is very underrated film to the Blood & Honey 4.7/10. Underrated and mediocre.

Well where do I start with this one. Short answer do not waste your time. Longer answer below

I've seen some low budget films in my time and I've had many great experiences watching such films.

However Piglet is by a multitude of a million light years the absolute biggest pile of tripe I've ever seen.

Terrible acting, terrible effects. Honestly staring the wall in a freezing cold room would be a better use for your time.

The whole thing looks like it was shot and edited by someone in a bedroom. The blood effects look like they were added using technology from the 90's

I actually said to my wife around 10 mins in the whole film could be condensed into 15 mins.

It seems that there are so few ideas in the Southern Hemisphere that they had to mash up the Poohniverse, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Wolf Creek.

And it's rotten down under. Like a metric kiloton of lard left out in the Australian sun - in late January, when their summer is in swing.

I am also running out of pig analogies to describe how bad and stupid this movie is. The cast is terrible. The plot is so dumb. The script was clearly AI-written. The acting is non-existent.

The characters are terrible. Every second of the movie is annoying in every way. I guess the camerawork is okay - and by that I mean whoever was operating the camera was awake. And the editing is decent. But I am sure that the person who cut this atrocity suffered mental harm having to piece this incompetent nonsense to together.

Avoid.