No One Asked for It, but There’s Now a Steamboat Willie Vs. Pooh Horror Movie

Wow, it’s so edgy and shocking to see children’s characters used for cash grab entertainment thanks to the public domain. The tired gimmick is back in the “dark domain,” which is one production company’s twist on getting their grubby hands on Disney or other cartoon IP (Popeye was another recent one) to exploit stupidly and violently for the sake of getting to do it first, over any sort of sincere, genuine, and/or creative substance.

So naturally here’s Winnie the Pooh versus Steamboat Willie(different from the one starring Terrifier‘s David Howard Thorton). Ho-hum—by all means, jump the clip-art shark and try to evoke the excitement horror titans built up with real franchises and legendary lore that led up to Freddy vs. Jason and Alien vs. Predator. Now see this artless abomination that’s been excreted out from bottom of the gas station shop barrel of DVDs that came before, like Blood and Honey—which inspired The Dark Domain: MVW: Mickey vs Winnie, but isn’t even from the same universe it appears.

[60 second fart noise]

Okay, I tried saving you a minute of your time but if you still want to waste it and watch the trailer from Untouchables Entertainment here ya go:

Chicken tastes better than this drivel looks.

Plot from the description:

“A century ago, two convicts disappeared into Hell Forest, a place feared for its dark legends and whispers of a malevolent curse. Their mysterious vanishing marked the beginning of tales about a sinister force lurking within the forest, feeding on those who dared to enter.

In the present day, a group of childhood friends, each haunted by their own unresolved traumas and fears, feels an inexplicable pull to return to the reform school they once attended. Nestled in the center of the forest’s dark heart, the abandoned hell-camp stands as a decaying monument to their lost innocence. Its walls echoing with secrets and forgotten horrors. Each of them is drawn by a force they cannot understand, as if the forest itself is calling them to confront the darkness of their anxieties, regrets, and unhealed wounds.

The forest takes shape in the grotesque forms of twisted versions of two beloved childhood figures: Dark Mickey and Dark Winnie. These monstrous entities, born from the darkest corners of the group’s psyche, embody their worst fears and regrets—Dark Mickey, a sinister manipulator and bloodthirsty force of chaos, and Dark Winnie, a feral predator who thrives on destruction.

As the two clash in a violent, unrelenting battle, their fight becomes more than just a physical confrontation. These twisted incarnations, born from the group’s own inner demons, force them to face not only the nightmarish creatures but also the darkness within themselves.”

The Dark Domain: MVW Mickey-Vs-Winnie does not yet have a release date.

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