The trailer for the slasher movie was released as the cartoon character entered the public domain.

It’s Mickey, but not as you’ve ever seen him before.

A trailer for a slasher film, featuring a masked killer dressed as Mickey Mouse, was released on 1 January, the day that Disney’s copyright on the earliest versions of the cartoon character expired in the US.

“We wanted the polar opposite of what exists,” the movie’s producer said.

A new Mickey-inspired horror game, showing the rodent covered with blood stains, also dropped on the same day.

Steamboat Willie, a 1928 short film featuring early non-speaking versions of Mickey and Minnie, entered the public domain in the US on New Year’s Day.

It means cartoonists, novelists and filmmakers can now rework and use the earliest versions of Mickey and Minnie.

  • @atzanteol
    16•6 months ago

    It’s so edgy. At first you’re like “Hey that’s Mickey Mouse! I know him!” And then he’s doing horrible things and you’re like “wait a minute - Mickey Mouse wouldn’t kill people!”

    That’s what makes it artistic.