There’s been a sharp rise in public domain-based horror flicks in recent years, from Winnie the Pooh’s Poohniverse films to Popeye getting a serial killer makeover, but the upcoming The Dark Domain: MVW Mickey-vs-Winnie is the first to pit the two icons against each other. Glenn Douglas Packard directs the film for Untouchables Entertainment.
The upcoming feature “follows two convicts in the 1920s who escape into a cursed forest only to be dragged and consumed into the depths of the dark forest’s muddy heart. A century later, a group of thrill-seeking friends unknowingly venture into the same woods. Their Airbnb getaway takes a horrifying turn when the convicts mutate into twisted versions of childhood icons Mickey Mouse & Winnie-The-Pooh, and emerge to terrorize them. A night of violence and gore erupts as the group of friends battle against their now monstrous beloved childhood characters and fight to break free from the forest’s grip. In a horrific spectacle, Mickey and Winnie clash, painting the woods in a gruesome tableau of blood—a chilling testament to the curse’s insidious power.”
Dark Mickey is played by Daniel Wilkinson, with Dark Winnie played by Chris Boudreaux.
“I love that we can take these iconic childhood characters from A.A. Milne’s original Winnie-the-Pooh and the 1928 Steamboat Willie version of Mickey and create a whole new wicked universe,” Packard said in a statement. “Our film is like the Upside Down World, with these public domain icons getting into a horror smackdown akin to Freddy vs. Jason.”
Check out the Variety-exclusive trailer for The Dark Domain: MVW Mickey-vs-Winnie below:
