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‘Minnie’s Midnight Massacre’ Exclusive Trailer – Minnie Mouse Becomes a Slasher Maniac

October 16, 2025 John Squires Minnie’s Midnight Massacre, Movies, Public Domain Horror

Mickey Mouse has gotten the public domain treatment with several horror movies this year, most notably the surprisingly entertaining slasher Screamboat, and now it’s Minnie’s turn. Minnie Mouse becomes a slasher in Minnie’s Midnight Massacre. Exclusively watch the official trailer below. Director Brett Bentman’s film sees Steamboat Willie’s first mate, Minnie, go on a killing spree when […]

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‘The Mouse Experiment’ – Slice into the Official Poster for Another Mickey Mouse Horror Movie

September 17, 2024 John Squires Mickey Mouse, Movies, Public Domain Horror, Steamboat Willie, The Mouse Experiment

The classic short film that introduced Mickey Mouse to the world, 1928’s Steamboat Willie has officially entered the public domain, which means filmmakers don’t need the permission of Disney to use that original incarnation of Mickey in their horror movies. And a whole bunch of them are taking advantage, with a slew of twisted Mickey projects already […]

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‘Fairest of Them All’ – Classic Fairy Tale Princesses Fight to the Bloody Death in 2025 Movie [Poster]

September 17, 2024 John Squires Fairest of Them All, Movies, Public Domain Horror

The Hunger Games meets the recent public domain horror trend in the upcoming Fairest of Them All from ITN Studios, which is set to be released theatrically sometime next year. In the film from director Kunahan Thampi… “The Mad Hatter has hunted down princesses from the fairytale lands; Ariel, Belle, Alice, Cinderella, Snow White, Tinkerbell […]

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‘Mouseboat Massacre’ – Exclusive First Look at Another Upcoming Mickey Mouse Horror Movie

September 6, 2024 John Squires Mickey Mouse, Mouseboat, Mouseboat Massacre, Movies, Public Domain Horror

The classic short film that introduced Mickey Mouse to the world, 1928’s Steamboat Willie is now officially in the public domain, and several horror filmmakers have already stepped up to reimagine the iconic mouse as a slasher maniac. The first of these features was The Mouse Trap, released just last month, with Screamboat headed our way […]

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Winnie the Pooh Character ‘Piglet’ Gets His Own Bloody Slasher Movie [Trailer]

September 5, 2024 John Squires Movies, Piglet, Public Domain Horror

Coming soon from ITN Studios is the slasher movie Piglet, the latest twisted take on a public domain character from the Pooh universe, and we’ve got the trailer for you this afternoon. For clarity, this project is not part of the public domain universe known as the “Poohniverse,” which began with Winnie the Pooh: Blood and […]

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‘Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare’ Exclusive Trailer – ‘Poohniverse’ Movie Gets Extremely Bloody

August 30, 2024 John Squires Exclusives, Movies, Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare, Poohniverse, Public Domain Horror

The filmmakers behind Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey are expanding their public domain horror universe with a handful of upcoming “Poohniverse” movies, including Bambi: The Reckoning, Pinocchio: Unstrung, and Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare. Scott Jeffrey directs Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare, and Bloody Disgusting is exclusively debuting the horror movie’s extremely bloody official trailer today. Check it out below. The Jagged […]

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‘Bambi: The Reckoning’ Sales Poster Welcomes You to the Monster’s Stomping Grounds [Exclusive]

August 23, 2024 John Squires Bambi: The Reckoning, Movies, Poohniverse, Public Domain Horror, Twisted Childhood Universe

The team behind the Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey films expands their “Poohniverse” with upcoming films Pinocchio: Unstrung and Bambi: The Reckoning, and Jagged Edge Productions has shared the sales poster for their Bambi horror movie this afternoon. The team tells us that Bambi: The Reckoning is being sold at the Toronto International Film Festival by ITN […]

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‘Pinocchio: Unstrung’ Exclusive Poster Previews Poohniverse Team’s New Horror Movie

August 23, 2024 John Squires Movies, Pinocchio: Unstrung, Poohniverse, Public Domain Horror, Twisted Childhood Universe

From the filmmakers behind Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (and its sequel) and the upcoming Bambi: The Reckoning and Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare comes the latest movie in this twisted public domain horror universe, Pinocchio: Unstrung. Rhys Frake-Waterfield is directing the Pinocchio horror movie for Jagged Edge Productions, and Bloody Disgusting has exclusively been provided with the poster art […]

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Teaser Trailer for Steamboat Willie Horror Movie ‘Screamboat’ Debuts in Theaters with ‘Stream’ on August 21

August 14, 2024 John Squires david howard thornton, Movies, Public Domain Horror, Screamboat, stream

From the team behind the Terrifier movies, Iconic Events Releasing will bring Stream to theaters nationwide on August 21, 2024, and we’ve learned this week that the first teaser trailer for the upcoming horror-comedy Screamboat will debut exclusively in theaters before those screenings of Stream from August 21 – August 25. This special preview offers the first glimpse of the twisted reimagining […]

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‘Sleeping Beauty’s Massacre’ Retitled ‘Ouija Castle’ for VOD Release This Week

August 8, 2024 John Squires Movies, Ouija Castle, Public Domain Horror, Sleeping Beauty's Massacre

Horror movies based on public domain properties are pretty hot right now, but it seems a lot of filmmakers are messing around and finding out when wading into these waters. Much the same way Mickey’s Mouse Trap was retitled The Mouse Trap for its VOD release this week, the film formerly titled Sleeping Beauty’s Massacre […]

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Latest Public Domain Horror Movie Unleashes Killer ‘Piglet’ [Poster]

May 24, 2024 John Squires Movies, Piglet, Public Domain Horror

Coming soon from SpookHouse MediaWorks and Strange Films Studios is a horror movie titled Piglet, the latest twisted take on a public domain character from the Pooh universe. The team tells BD, “This new take on the public domain character Piglet blends elements of classic slasher films like Friday the 13th and The Texas Chain […]

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‘Mickey vs. Winnie’ – The Public Domain Horror Trend May Have Just Jumped the Shark

May 1, 2024 John Squires Mickey Vs. Winnie, Movies, Public Domain Horror

In case you haven’t noticed, the public domain status of beloved icons like Winnie the Pooh, Cinderella and Mickey Mouse has been wreaking havoc on the horror genre in the past couple years, with filmmakers itching to get their hands on the characters and put them into twisted situations. In the wake of two Winnie […]

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‘The Ugly Stepsister’ – Cinderella’s Stepsister Elvira Gets Her Own Horror Movie

April 29, 2024 John Squires Cinderella, Movies, Public Domain Horror, The Ugly Stepsister

In the wake of horror movie Cinderella’s Revenge hitting theaters over the weekend, Variety reports that a horror movie centered on Cinderella’s stepsister is also coming soon. The feature debut of filmmaker Emilie Blichfeldt, the film is titled The Ugly Stepsister, and Variety reports that Memento International is kicking off sales in Cannes this May. […]

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‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Death and Porridge’ – First Look at Fairytale-Based Slasher Movie

February 19, 2024 John Squires Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Movies, Public Domain Horror

Winnie the Pooh. Cinderella. Mickey Mouse. If a beloved character falls into the public domain, you can be sure that a horror movie twist on the classic tale won’t be far behind. The next of these public domain horrors is slasher movie Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Death and Porridge, and Variety shares a first […]

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‘Cinderella’s Revenge’ Trailer – Cinderella Becomes a Masked Slasher in Theaters This April

February 12, 2024 John Squires Cinderella’s Revenge, Movies, Public Domain Horror

We exclusively shared the trailer for Cinderella’s Curse last week, but that’s just one of two Cinderella horror movies on the way this year. The other is titled Cinderella’s Revenge. Cinderella gets her revenge in theaters on April 26, 2024, and Entertainment Weekly has shared the official trailer along with new info this week. Watch the […]

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