Bambi: The Reckoning

Plot

After a mother and son get in a car wreck, they soon become hunted by Bambi, a mutated grief-stricken deer on a deadly rampage seeking revenge for the death of his mother and wife.

About Bambi: The Reckoning

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 instalment 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 15 August. The film has grossed $1,085,640 worldwide and marked a critical milestone for its franchise. While it received mixed reviews overall, it became the first instalment in the Twisted Childhood Universe (TCU) to secure a baseline of 10 generally positive reviews, outnumbering its 7 negative reviews from critics at the time of tracking.

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