We’ve seen public domain-based horror movies inspired by Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse, but the upcoming The Dark Domain: Mickey vs. Winnie is set to be the first to pit the two pop culture icons up against each other. Glenn Douglas Packard (Pitchfork) directed the film for Untouchables Entertainment, and Variety debuted the official trailer today.
The upcoming horror film “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 this week. “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 early poster art below and find the trailer on Variety now.
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