Mickey Mouse is a serial killer in new horror film trailer released as copyright expired

A version of Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain, so of course someone produced a horror film about him.

The trailer for a new indie horror flick, “Mickey’s Mouse Trap,” features Mickey Mouse as a serial killer, released on the same day the 1928 Disney short film “Steamboat Willie,” which featured an early version of Mickey Mouse, entered public domain.

This version of Mickey Mouse isn’t the furry, cuddly one we know today, it’s from 1928 -- but it that version can now be creatively reused under public domain. Versions of Mickey Mouse depicted post 1928 are still under copyright protection.

Disney, of course, says it will protect their rights in more modern versions of Mickey Mouse.

The film synopsis is listed as: “It’s Alex’s 21st Birthday, but she’s stuck at the amusement arcade on a late shift so her friends decide to surprise her, but a masked killer dressed as Mickey Mouse decides to play a game of his own with them which she must survive.”

Here’s the trailer for the Mickey Mouse horror film:

There is no listed release date for the film.