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.

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 ...

The 'Steamboat Willie' version of Mickey Mouse entered the public domain on January 1. According to the film’s synopsis (via The Hollywood Reporter), the film follows a girl named Alex on her 21 st ...

LOS ANGELES — The earliest iteration of Mickey Mouse is on a rampage, barely two days in the public domain. Slashed free of Disney's copyright as of Monday, the iconic character from “Steamboat Willie ...

A rear shot of a scary Mickey Mouse holding a bloodied knife while standing on a ferry deck Image via Sleight of Hand Productions A horror movie based on the Steamboat Willie short film is currently ...

No one in their right mind saw a killer Mickey Mouse coming — but lo and behold, it happened. The trailer for Mickey’s Mouse Trap dropped at the start of 2024, and it features Disney’s original ...

This year, the earliest versions of Betty Boop, Blondie, nine Mickey Mouse cartoons, and the first week of the Mickey Mouse ...

As much grief as we give Disney Adults, one of the most shamed groups of people on the internet, we must now all come together to defeat a much greater evil: the directors creating horror films using ...

When Disney’s 1928 short , the rush began for horror films utilizing Mickey Mouse — or at least that particular version of the character — to enter production, offering a diabolical twist on the ...

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 ...