The movie’s freaky, big-eared scamp aboard the doomed vessel is, of course, based on 1928’s “Steamboat Willie,” Disney’s first Mickey cartoon. But there are no punishing lawsuits on the ...

Horror ‘reinterpretation’ of Steamboat Willie Screamboat has landed in cinemas (Picture: Sklae Lorand/Signature Entertainment) Screamboat, the horror spin on Steamboat Willie – the short ...

Compared to recent riffs on Winnie the Pooh and Popeye, the 'Steamboat Willie' horror spoof has fun skewering the company that's been so protective of its now-public-domain IP. “Screamboat ...

It's leagues above the competition in the widening sea of public-domain Steamboat Willie horror parodies – though considering the moldy cheese of The Mouse Trap and I Heart Willie, that’s not ...

Screamboat is the second Steamboat Willie horror movie to hit screens in the last eight months. It subverts the iconic Disney animated short that popularized the character Mickey Mouse ...

Slashed free of Disney’s copyright as of Monday, the iconic character from Steamboat Willie is already the focus of two horror films. On Monday, just hours after the 1928 short entered the ...

With Steamboat Willie now in the public domain, director Steven LaMorte has transformed the classic black-and-white short into a blood-soaked nightmare aboard a New York City ferryboat.