10 Worst Horror Movies Of 2024

It's obvious the Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey films were made to take advantage of a public domain character. Although this practice is disrespectful, the way The Mouse Trap defiles the Mickey Mouse IP is on another level.

In this brainless slasher, an arcade employer watches the first Mickey Mouse cartoon, Steamboat Willie, which somehow inspires him to go on a murder spree while dressed as the beloved Disney character.

Half of The Mouse Trap's scenes involve the unappealing cast traipsing around an amusement park, with long sequences of them playing air hockey and laser tag. Even if the kills were somewhat imaginative (which they aren't), it's nearly impossible to tell what's going on during the hack-and-slash moments due to the sporadic camera movements, horrible lighting, and deranged editing. The sound quality is so poor, it's hard to make out any of the murderer's threats or one-liners (although it's clear he's trying to mimic Pennywise's voice).

Also, the story doesn't make any sense. At the halfway point, the Mickey-masked maniac inexplicably develops the ability to teleport and move objects with his mind.

The fact this project was announced the same day Steamboat Willie went into public domain proves the filmmakers wanted to make a horror movie about Mickey Mouse for the sake of it. But since The Mouse Trap doesn't have a single innovative idea or serviceable quality, there's nothing to justify its existence.