Mickey Mouse's dark turn into public domain horror exposes Disney's tightly-guarded IP - but the resulting film is anything but thrilling
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Disney failed to keep the original 1928 Mickey Mouse shorts from entering the public domain, paving the way for a low-budget 'The Mouse Trap' horror take
Critics panned the film as 'boring', with one reviewer noting 'the true horror is how unscary this whole endeavor is'
Mickey Mouse's dark turn into public domain horror exposes Disney's tightly-guarded IP - but the resulting film is anything but thrilling
beat sheet
Disney failed to keep the original 1928 Mickey Mouse shorts from entering the public domain, paving the way for a low-budget 'The Mouse Trap' horror take
Critics panned the film as 'boring', with one reviewer noting 'the true horror is how unscary this whole endeavor is'