Bambi: The Reckoning (2025)

Directed by

Dan Allen

Genre

horror film, thriller film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 187 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mother and her son are hunted by a vengeful Bambi after the deer's mother is killed. It is a horror retelling of the classic Bambi story.

tenseviolentmenacingsuspensefulsurvivalgorydark

What happens

Bambi: The Reckoning is a 2025 British independent natural horror film edited and directed by Dan Allen, and written by Rhys Warrington. It is the fourth installment in The Twisted Childhood Universe (TCU) and is a horror retelling of the 1923 novel Bambi, a Life in the Woods. The film stars Roxanne McKee, Tom Mulheron, Nicola Wright, Samira Mighty, Adrian Relph, Alex Cooke, Russell Geoffrey Banks, and Joseph Greenwood. It follows a mother and her son who become hunted by Bambi after his own mother's death. First announced in November 2022 as a Bambi-based horror film, the film was subsequently revealed to be set in the TCU shared continuity. Scott Chambers intended on directing, though Dan Allen was eventually hired to direct while Chambers chose to direct Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare instead, as he felt the latter fit his style better. It started production in London on 6 January 2024 and wrapped twenty days later. Bambi: The Reckoning was released in theatres in the United States on 25 July 2025, and in the United Kingdom on 22 August. The film received mixed reviews from critics and has grossed $2.3 worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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