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On January 1, 2024, the earliest versions of Mickey Mouse – seen in the animated shorts Plane Crazy, The Gallopin’ Gaucho, and most famously Steamboat Willie – became public domain… which, of course, means we’re now going to get multiple horror movies that feature characters inspired by Mickey Mouse. Within the first three days of the year, we saw the short film The Vanishing of S.S. Willie, a trailer for the slasher movie Mickey’s Mouse Trap, and an announcement that Terrifier 2 producers Steven Della Salla and Michael Leavy and director Steven Lamorte, who previously made the Grinch-inspired horror movie The Mean One, were teaming up for a Steamboat Willie-inspired horror flick that we now know as Screamboat. And there’s more: Mouseboat Massacre, I Heart Willie, The Dark Domain: Mvw Mickey-vs-Winnie. If you’ve been wondering why Minnie Mouse has been left out of the action – well, writer/director Brett Bentman has been wondering,...

On January 1, 2024, the earliest versions of Mickey Mouse – seen in the animated shorts Plane Crazy, The Gallopin’ Gaucho, and most famously Steamboat Willie – became public domain… which, of course, means we’re now going to get multiple horror movies that feature characters inspired by Mickey Mouse. Within the first three days of the year, we saw the short film The Vanishing of S.S. Willie, a trailer for the slasher movie Mickey’s Mouse Trap, and an announcement that Terrifier 2 producers Steven Della Salla and Michael Leavy and director Steven Lamorte, who previously made the Grinch-inspired horror movie The Mean One, were teaming up for a Steamboat Willie-inspired horror flick that turned out to be the recently released Screamboat. Now, we’ve learned there’s another Mickey Mouse horror movie out there. It’s called Mouseboat Massacre, it comes from ITN Studios (the studio behind the “Poohniverse” horror films...

Not to be confused with The Mouse Trap, The Mouse Experiment, I Heart Willie, or Screamboat, Mouseboat Massacre is yet another indie horror movie exploiting the recent public domain status of Mickey Mouse’s debut, Steamboat Willie.

Great ready for the last ride of your life, because the UK supernatural slasher is now available to rent or purchase on Amazon.

It follows a young woman battling a drug addiction who suddenly begins to see a mutated mouse-human hybrid who infests her life as those around her drop like flies.

From Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey producers ITN Studios, Andrea M. Catinella (Piglet) directs from a script by Harry Boxley.

“This is balls-to-the-wall mayhem. We have really gone for the gore in this movie and think audiences will be very pleased with how nasty the mouse can be,” comments producer Rene August. “One death features an actual literal human sized mouse trap...

Ahead of I Heart Willie‘s theatrical release on February 26, Hewes Pictures has shared the opening scene of the Steamboat Willie-inspired slasher.

Playing below, the four-minute clip sees the mouse-boy brutally torturing a man as an exterminator approaches.

In the film, “Popular YouTubers Daniel and Nico are invited to investigate a haunted property drawn by rumors of a malevolent force. The legend centers around a boy born with deformities, resembling a human-mouse hybrid, who inspired Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie.

“Abused and isolated, the boy, now known as Willie, crafts a bodysuit from the skins of trespassers. Over the years, his gruesome legacy fades into folklore—until a series of disappearances sparks renewed interest. As Daniel and Nico set up for a night of thrills, they unknowingly step into a deadly game of survival.”

The Mexican production is directed by Alejandro G. Alegre and written by David Vaughn, who plays as Willie.

Stars: Alexander Butler, Alina Desmond, Valery Danko, Lauren Staerck, Alina Varakuta, Shayli Reagan, Jeremy Vinogradov | Written by Harry Boxley | Directed by Andrea M. Catinella

We just reviewed Mouse of Horrors, and now its co-writer Harry Boxley, who has also given us the likes of Tsunami Sharks and The Madness of Humpty Dumpty, is back with Piglet. Yes, another attempt to cash in on the Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey franchise from its distributor ITN.

Apparently set in America despite the characters’ British accents, the film opens with a condemned criminal making their escape from custody and heading for a cave in the woods where they don a familiar looking mask in preparation for the arrival of some victims.

They don’t have long to wait before Kate and her friends Judith, Alex, Dianne (Alina Varakuta; Whisper in the Dark) and Susie arrive to celebrate Kate’s 21st birthday.

Back at the cave,...

First there was Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. Then came news of Screamboat, another horror comedy based on a beloved cartoon character that recently entered the public domain, in this case the version of Mickey Mouse seen in Steamboat Willie. Now, get ready for the latest effort, Popeye the Slayer Man, a grisly take on the spinach-chewing, big-forearmed sailor who rose to popularity in the 1930s with a series of cartoons by Max Fleischer.

The film's official synopsis reads: "A curious group of friends sneak into an abandoned spinach canning factory to film a documentary on the legend of the "Sailor Man," who is said to haunt the factory and local docks." Naturally, the group of friends meets the legendary Popeye, here re-imagined as a rage-filled slasher killer, and are offed by the Slayer Man in overly violent fashion. Fans of gore will definitely be pleased by the film's newly released Red Band trailer.