It's Mickey Mouse unlike you've seen him before. Definitely unlike you've ever seen him. A trailer for a horror comedy film featuring the icon as the killer dropped the same day that Walt Disney's ...

Mickey Mouse might seem the most unlikely character to ensnare viewers in a horror flick, but an expiration in copyright protection means an early version of the Disney mascot will stalk film screens.

Mickey Mouse made his first appearance in the 1928 animated short “Steamboat Willie.” That early iteration of the iconic Walt Disney character officially entered the public domain on January 1, 2024, ...

Aya Tsintziras is a freelance writer who writes about TV, movies, and has a particular interest in the horror genre. She has a Political Science degree from the University of Toronto and a Masters of ...

A horror game featuring a murderous Mickey Mouse and an independent British slasher film starring a person in a Mickey costume are among the first projects featuring the famous Disney animated ...

LaMorte is not a stranger to public domain horror parodies. He directed The Mean One back in 2022, a take on The Grinch. Last year saw another of Disney’s public domain characters, Winnie the Pooh, ...

"The Mouse is out." Surprise, surprise, they've already turned Mickey Mouse into a horror icon. Mickey's Mouse Trap is the first ever Mickey Mouse horror movie from filmmaker Jamie Bailey. If you didn ...

At 12:01 am this morning, the earliest iteration of one of the world’s most beloved children’s characters entered the public domain. Shortly thereafter, the trailer for a slasher film called Mickey’s ...

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Mickey's Mouse Trap is the first horror film to take advantage of Disney's Steamboat Willie entering the public domain. Reading time 2 minutes It was inevitable that once Mickey Mouse entered the ...