What Sleeps Beneath is an online magazine that explores the horror genre as one of the most important cultural vehicles of our time. It is a home for all horror-loving nerds, and a space to investigate what the genre tells us about ourselves. We write book and movie reviews, conduct interviews, and write original academic research.

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Ande Thomas 10/25/25 Ande Thomas 10/25/25

[Movie Review] Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2

Last year, I found myself at odds with the majority of moviegoers who saw Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey. The reactions generally ranged from apathy to vitriol—how dare they stain the reputations of such loveable public domain characters? That film garnered only 50% approval from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, and a shocking 3% from critics.

Ande Thomas 6/14/25 Ande Thomas 6/14/25

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey [Movie Review]

It’s hard to imagine that Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey could be any further from the vision A.A. Milne had for his characters in the Hundred Acre Wood when he created them in 1926. Now that the characters are in the public domain, however, it didn’t take long for writer/director Rhys Frake-Waterfield to bring the children’s tale to its inevitable, horrifying conclusion.

Dan Pietersen 5/6/23 Dan Pietersen 5/6/23

[Book Review] ‘The Flaw in the Crystal and Other Uncanny Stories’

Dan Pietersen explores how May Sinclair’s life influenced her weird fiction in British Library Publishing’s latest collection of Sinclair’s short stories, edited by Mike Ashley.