Ooit was hij een schattig hertje. Nu is hij een nachtmerrie op vier poten. Bambi zag zijn moeder sterven onder het geweer van een jager, en sindsdien is het bos niet meer hetzelfde. De bomen fluisteren zijn naam. De dieren durven hem niet meer aan te kijken. Wanneer een groep weekendjagers hun kamp opzet in het Honderdbunderbos, breekt de hel los. Wat begon als een ontspannen trip eindigt in een bloedbad van geweien, hoeven en primal rage. Want Bambi is niet langer het slachtoffer, hij is hier om zijn moeder te wreken...
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- jackmeat28 december 2025My quick rating - 4.8/10. Bambi: The Reckoning is one of those movies where the title alone tells you exactly what kind of ride you’re in for, and to its credit, it mostly delivers. I tossed this onto my Christmas horror watchlist thinking it was Rudolph, which…close enough, I guess. Instead of a glowing nose, we get a grief-fueled, mutated deer on a revenge rampage, and honestly, that’s a holiday miracle in its own right. The film opens with an animated backstory explaining how deforestation and human cruelty may have pushed the forest’s animals over the edge. It’s surprisingly earnest, laying the groundwork for why Bambi has gone full apex predator. After a car accident strands a mother and son, they quickly discover they’re not just injured, they’re prey. Bambi isn’t content with a simple hit-and-run either; his wrath extends to their entire family, including the matriarch (Nicola Wright), who suffers from dementia and shares a strange, unexplained psychic connection with the deer. The movie never really digs into that bond, but it’s weird enough to keep things interesting. As if an enraged kaiju-sized deer weren’t enough, the plot piles on additional chaos with a group of bounty hunters hired to capture or kill the creature, plus other mutated animals roaming the woods. The standout offenders are the rabbits, who have somehow become carnivorous murder machines. Watching them go feral reminded me of the bunny from Monty Python and the Holy Grail on blood thirsty steroids. It’s ridiculous, but it works within the film’s aggressively campy tone. Let’s talk scale. Bambi’s size fluctuates wildly depending on the scene’s needs, but the first attack establishes him as car-sized, literally flipping a vehicle before standing atop it like an angry woodland god. Later moments stretch logic even further, including a genuinely hilarious shot of Bambi delicately turning a round doorknob with his hoof. This comes immediately after he smashes straight through a window and the wall supporting it, because consistency is optional in movies like this. Roxanne McKee brings a bit of polish to the proceedings, while Joseph Greenwood’s Harrison is engineered to be absolutely unbearable, and kudos to director Dan Allen for ensuring that a character this obnoxious gets the kind of send-off he truly earns. The kills, overall, are a pleasant surprise. Several are genuinely well-staged, with the chase sequences and Harrison’s encounter with the bunnies standing out as my highlights. The CGI is better than expected for a film of this ilk, and fans of the original Bambi will appreciate a certain familiar rabbit making an appearance. Sure, there are nitpicks - flares definitely last longer than thirty seconds - but after all the absurd carnage, Bambi: The Reckoning ends up being far more watchable than it has any right to be. It’s silly, violent, occasionally clever, and fully aware of its own insanity, which makes it a solid choice if you’re in the mood for campy creature chaos.
- Zenszulu31 oktober 2025Much like the other movies in the Twisted Childhood Universe this movie is very light on story and plot but as a creature feature it really works will and has that sense of never being safe for long. Much like the other shared universe movies it is fully of gore and often over the top death scenes and as a premise is some how manages to work better than it should with the source material. For the very modest budget this movie had the visual effects are better than espected not amazing but believable at least.
- cultfilmliker7 september 2025Bambi did nothing wrong !!! An OK “C” movie (the ‘C’ stands for ‘crybaby’) The kid constantly yelling for his mother and grandmother was so annoying it was honestly hilarious “Is he okay?” lmfao All of the young men in this film are irredeemable and/or idiots. Dumb and cheesy but with more excitement and better kills than most mainstream horror films nowadays. Some of the best scenes of 2025 are all reaction shots to computer (War of the Worlds) and/or phone (Eddington) videos. Very fitting! Add this one to the list! lol Added to 2025 Ranked
Bambi: The Reckoning Trivia
Bambi: The Reckoning was released on 11 juli 2025.
Bambi: The Reckoning was directed by Dan Allen.
Bambi: The Reckoning has a runtime of 80 m.
Bambi: The Reckoning was produced by Scott Chambers, Rhys Frake-Waterfield.
Ooit was hij een schattig hertje. Nu is hij een nachtmerrie op vier poten. Bambi zag zijn moeder sterven onder het geweer van een jager, en sindsdien is het bos niet meer hetzelfde. De bomen fluisteren zijn naam. De dieren durven hem niet meer aan te kijken. Wanneer een groep weekendjagers hun kamp opzet in het Honderdbunderbos, breekt de hel los. Wat begon als een ontspannen trip eindigt in een bloedbad van geweien, hoeven en primal rage. Want Bambi is niet langer het slachtoffer, hij is hier om zijn moeder te wreken...
The key characters in Bambi: The Reckoning are Xana (Roxanne McKee), Benji (Tom Mulheron), Michael (Adrian Relph).
Bambi: The Reckoning is rated 16.
Bambi: The Reckoning is a Horror, Thriller film.
Bambi: The Reckoning has an audience rating of 5.6 out of 10.
Bambi: The Reckoning had a budget of US$ 325K.
Bambi: The Reckoning has made US$ 558K at the box office.