Gaby Shedwick is a senior author for Collider, joining in December 2023. During her undergraduate Sociology degree at the University of Warwick, she found a real love for horror cinema, writing her ...

A trailer for a new horror movie starring a knife-wielding Mickey Mouse dropped Monday — the same day the 1928 version of the Disney character featured in the short film “Steamboat Willie” entered the ...

The “Steamboat Willie” version of Mickey Mouse has sailed to Walt Disney’s biggest enemy: the public domain. Much like Winnie the Pooh took his first bloody steps into the public domain last year, the ...

Despite several Mickey Mouse horror projects being eager to be the first out of the gate in 2024, a short analog horror film has beaten them to it. The Vanishing of S.S. Willie is a 9-minute short ...

"Steamboat Willie has brought joy to generations, but beneath that cheerful exterior lies a potential for pure, unhinged terror," LaMorte shared in a press release (via Variety). "It's a project I've ...

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 ...

Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. The demand for such fare may simply be driven by “the lure of the counterintuitive,” says Susan ...

The ‘Steamboat Willie’ version of Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain. Filmmakers are taking advantage of that –– for horror movies. Disney, though, maintains the copyright on more modern ...

(CNN) — Mickey Mouse has landed a new role: horror-movie villain. A teaser trailer for “Mickey’s Mouse Trap,” a live-action film directed by Jamie Bailey and released Monday, depicts a group of ...

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 ...