British independent director Rhys Frake-Waterfield gained some notoriety for his 2023 film “Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey,” at best a fun sketch idea that could hardly support a full-length horror film, much less a very botched sequel. But it wasn’t bad enough to merit cultists or a rack full of Razzies, both of which he found:
New Zealand’s Black Mandala has acquired five horror features for its international sales slate: “The Tree House,” “Babybacks,” “The Driftless,” “Saturnalia” and “The Shug,” spanning psychological horror, survival horror, Midwestern folklore, supernatural giallo and British creature horror. “The Tree House,” directed by Luis Calderón, is a Spanish horror thriller starring Goya Award nominee Sandra Escacena