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Anyone recognise this film?

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BrightWolf · 29/05/2025 16:37

I watched this film in the late 80s or early 90s when I would’ve been between the ages of around 7-10. I can hardly remember anything about it but I was obsessed with it. Over the years I’ve tried searching it up many times but had nothing come back.
I can only remember two scenes. One is where the characters are sitting around a fire (I think there are two of them and they are either teens or children) and decide to become blood brothers/sisters (I can’t even remember if they were girls or boys). They use a stick to cut themselves on the hand/finger/arm rub them together and call themselves blood brothers (or sisters).
There is another scene that sticks in my head where rabbits were running up a green bank and being shot at, absolutely no idea who was shooting at them or why but I remember being absolutely petrified.
Does anyone have any idea what it could’ve been?

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WhatICallMyUsername · 29/05/2025 21:31

@BrightWolf absolutely no chance I’d have been allowed to watch a 15 at 10 let alone 7 🤣

WhatICallMyUsername · 29/05/2025 21:33

I actually recall a parent calling everyone’s parents when we were about to watch Pretty Woman at a friends 13th birthday sleepover as her older sister told them it was a 15, she rang them all for permission for us to watch it! Doing that took longer than the bloody film as it was back in the days of landlines!

BrightWolf · 29/05/2025 21:52

Just to add, the blood bonding scene isn’t actually by a fire I don’t think (looking at the trailer) but otherwise it’s exactly as I remember with them using sticks to make cuts in their fingers and then rub them together. I think maybe the campfire bit was another scene. I’m interested to watch it and find out. I’m really hoping it is Celia. All those years of searching and I can’t believe the second post on a mumsnet thread nailed it (probably. hopefully 🤞🏻).
Aww @WhatICallMyUsername that’s sweet of them. My parents were very lax and we had a lot of freedom. They didn’t even know most of what we watched but even when they were aware of us watching inappropriate stuff they didn’t mind. I thought it was probably quite usual for the time but maybe not 😅

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Needmorelego · 29/05/2025 22:16

@BrightWolf it's on Amazon prime? Awesome! I will have a look.
@Goalie55 Channel 4 was probably where I first saw it.

Needmorelego · 29/05/2025 22:18

@BrightWolf glad to have helped 🙂

Y2ker · 29/05/2025 22:41

saltwater1985 · 29/05/2025 17:00

They do the blood brother thing in My Girl

That's what I was thinking too

Summersunshinebliss · 29/05/2025 22:56

Was it the Outsiders op?

CherryRipe1 · 30/05/2025 19:16

There was a 60s black and white film about a little Christian boy and Jewish girl who bond and she takes him to the synagogue. There was definitely a blood bonding ceremony in it. It was very moving.

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