As it unspools, a Mickey Mouse mask in a memorabilia cabinet somehow puts Tim in a trance, demanding he put it on and… y’know, kill, kill, kill. Why? Because this is a horror movie, stupid.

“‘The Mouse Trap’ film is famously the first horror film to use the Mickey Mouse character from ‘Steamboat Willie.’ We just wanted to have fun with it all,” Bailey said in a press ...

This film makes use of Public domain Steamboat Willie Mickey Mouse only. Steamboat Willie’s Mickey Mouse entered public domain on January 1st 2024.” Dominic Patten contributed to this report.

Mickey’s Mouse Trap follows last year’s horror film Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, which was made possible after A.A. Milne’s original Winnie the Pooh entered the public domain two years ago.