The Poohniverse Expands! Check Out Neverland Nightmare’s Poster!

The Poohniverse—yes, it is real, it is happening, and no, it’s not a series of Disney-knockoff adult films from Wood Rocket. The next movie in the horror cinematic universe (Peter Pan’s Nightmare Neverland) has a brand new poster!

Jagged Edge Productions has released a more fleshed-out poster for Peter Pan’s Nightmare Neverland. And … I have several questions.

I get that JEP’s movies are somewhat limited by their budget, but nothing about this reminds me of J.M. Barrie’s or Disney’ Pan. I see Captain Hook back there, but what are Scott Jeffrey (director/writer) and Rhys Frake-Waterfield (writer) going for here?

According to Bloody Disgusting, Peter Pan’s Nightmare Neverland is less fantasy and more pedestrian slasher. When interviewing Scott Jeffrey, he had the following to say:

“I am taking inspiration from French cinema while in prep for this movie. The film will be incredibly tense following Wendy as she tries to track down her brother, Michael, who has been abducted by Peter Pan. I would say it’s a mesh between ‘Switchblade Romance’ and ‘The Black Phone’ with our own spin on it. It is a nasty, violent, and incredibly dark movie.“

He followed it up with this detail:

“Tinkerbell is not what you think. In our version she is hooked on heroin and convinced it’s Pixie Dust.“

This feels less like an ambitious attempt to rework classic literary characters into the horror genre and more like fitting those icons into a premade script. I could be totally wrong, but this all sounds a little familiar in my decades of covering the genre.

The last time we saw Peter Pan on screen was with Disney’s direct-to-streaming flop, Peter Pan & Wendy. It was exactly what you’d expect from modern Disney: an overreaching message about female agency, an unlikeable Peter Pan, and the entire production hinged on one actor’s excellent performance (Jude Law).

[Source: Jagged Edge Productions]