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Bambi: The Reckoning
2025 80 min United Kingdom 18+
★5.6
Horror, Thriller
Director: Dan Allen
🎭 Based on
«Bambi, A Life in the Woods»
byFelix Salten
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Description
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.
Budget:
$325,000
US Gross:
$172,187
Worldwide:
$558,092
Starring
Roxanne McKee
Actor
Samira Mighty
Actor
Nicola Wright
Actor
Key opinion
Bambi: The Reckoning is a B-movie horror offering that leans into its absurd premise of nature-as-vengeance. While viewers appreciate its campy energy and effective final act, the film is hampered by inconsistent execution and structural unevenness.
| Originality | The film functions as a satisfying and campy 'nature-as-vengeance' concept that effectively leans into horror absurdity. | |
| Ending | The final act succeeds in clarifying the narrative, ultimately salvaging the disjointed momentum established earlier in the film. | |
| Production | The creature effects for the mutant stag are visibly cheap and fall short of the 'Jurassic Park'-inspired vision the film attempts to capture. | |
| Pacing | The film struggles with uneven pacing, leaving the early sections feeling disjointed before the camp elements fully take hold. |