After Winnie the Pooh
Mickey Mouse is also becoming a new horror film
The cartoon character Mickey Mouse is now license-free – and the trailer for the new horror film “Mickey’s Mouse Trap” has been released immediately.
Trailer for the Mickey Mouse horror film “Mickey’s Mouse Trap” released
The resourceful director Jamie Bailey and his team took advantage of this fact to shoot on January 1st, 2024, the earliest possible date. to release the trailer for his new low-budget horror film “Mickey’s Mouse Trap”.. In the work, a group of young people are terrorized by a masked killer who hides under a 1928 Mickey Mouse mask.
That’s what “Mickey’s Mouse Trap” is about
Alex is celebrating her 21st birthday, but since she has to work at an amusement park that evening, her friends pay her a visit there. However, a masked murderer is on the loose in the arcade and chooses his victims from among Alex’s friends.
In a statement about his low-budget horror, director Bailey explained according to The Hollywood Reporter: “We just wanted to have fun with everything. I mean, it’s Mickey Mouse from ‘Steamboat Willie’ murdering people. It’s ridiculous. We built on that and had fun with it, and I think it shows. “
In fact, the trailer for “Mickey’s Mouse Trap” promises a meta-horror film in the style of “Scream” in places. For example, one character says that he would be back in a moment, to which another character remarks, “Well, he’s dead,” and follows up with an explanation of standard horror movie clichés.
There is no cinema or streaming release date for “Mickey’s Mouse Trap” yet. The rather unknown actors Sophie McIntosh, Callum Sywyk and Allegra Nocita play the main roles.
Horror film following “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey”
Just last year, the horror film “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” was released in German cinemas after the first version of the popular children’s book character Winnie the Pooh became license-free. Although director Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s work received poor reviews, it generated $5.2 million in revenue on a budget of just $100,000 – a gigantic financial success. A sequel is already in the works. The new horror film “Mickey’s Mouse Trap” takes a similar path.