The Steamboat Willie horror movie Screamboat is no masterpiece, but it benefits greatly from David Howard Thornton's committed performance.

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 way from the ...

Actor David Howard Thornton says he can't tell fans whether he likes playing Art the Clown or the horror version of Steamboat ...

Compared to recent riffs on Winnie the Pooh and Popeye, 'Steamboat Willie' slasher has fun skewering the company that's been so protective of its IP.

It’s not the first film to capitalise on the copyright to older versions of Disney characters expiring by putting them in slasher flicks and drenching them in blood; The Mouse Trap even beat it to ...

But this time, it’s Mickey Mouse, founder Walt Disney’s own creation – or this first version of him, at least (although The Mouse Trap still manged to be first over the line ...

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 ...

It features David Howard Thornton as killer Steamboat Willie who begins targeting passengers on the Staten Island Ferry. The fairytale-inspired horror film sees a group of drunk girls ...

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 ...

One of the most recent installments in this ever-expanding list of films is Steven LaMorte’s Screamboat, featuring Steamboat Willie, the cartoon inspiration for Mickey Mouse. While the film is ...

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 ...