A filmmaker has created something that should hit home for Shrek fans who found Fiona's ogre transformation upsetting, giving it a terrifying horror movie spin.
The filmmaker, Andy Chen, showcases the character's nightly transformation into an ogre in the fan film Fiona. The short, posted to Chen's YouTube account, locustgarden, features a knight entering Fiona's castle, where she's been condemned to wait for someone to break her curse. However, the gallant rescuer quickly realizes that the woman he came to save may not be as sweet as he thought. Indeed, the princess is shown making a violent metamorphosis into a man-eating ogre, and the body horror is in full-force. The knight watches as Fiona's body writhes and breaks under her signature green dress as he attempts to escape the voracious appetite of his newly green attacker.
Though Fiona comes in at barely under five minutes, that's all actors Dakota Daulby, Sof Puchley, and Maddi Estrada needed to complete the story. Estrada is especially notable in the role of the titular ogre, complete with out-of-place teeth and unseeing eyes. (More detailed versions of the Fiona makeup can be seen in the light on Chen's Instagram page.) While this is Chen's first foray into reimagining popular characters, locustgarden is well-versed in horror. Other films on the channel include Swarm, a short zombie movie, thriller Lying Beside You, and the suspenseful Close Your Eyes, which follows a man who discovers his roommate's terrifying secret. Close Your Eyes won several festival awards, including best horror at the 2021 Venice Shorts festival.
The Shrek franchise, based on William Steig's 1990 book, launched with the hit 2001 CGI animated film of the same name, featuring the voices of Mike Myers as Shrek, Eddie Murphy as companion Donkey and Cameron Diaz as love interest and human-turned-ogre Fiona. The film would be followed by Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third (2007) and Shrek Forever After (2010). Additionally, it led to a spinoff franchise for Antonio Banderas' swashbuckling feline, releasing Puss in Boots (2011), with a sequel, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, set for the end of 2022.
Gory Horror Takes on Classic Family Franchises
Of course, it's no surprise that the family-friendly Shrek franchise became the subject of this disturbing adaptation. Horror takes on childhood properties have been popular lately, largely due to Rhys Frake-Waterfield's feature-length movie Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey. The film, featuring feral versions of the lovable forest animals created by A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepards, was made possible by Pooh's entry into the Public Domain and recently obtained a theatrical release through Fathom Events. The trend will continue since Frake-Waterfiel is set to direct Peter Pan: Neverland Nightmare, steering J.M. Barrie's classic character into terrifying territory.
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