After Winnie the Pooh: Mickey Mouse is also becoming a new horror film

After Winnie the Pooh
Mickey Mouse is also becoming a new horror film

The famous Disney character As of the new year, Mickey Mouse is no longer protected by copyright in the USA. This means that no one will now have to seek permission from the Disney Group to tell new stories about the American pop culture icon. However, with one caveat: Only the Mickey version from the mouse’s first appearance in the classic animated film “Steamboat Willie” from 1928 has moved into the so-called public domain and has become license-free. Later, more modern drawing styles are still copyrighted by Disney.

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.

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