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‘The Vanishing of S.S. Willie’ – First Mickey Mouse Horror Project Is a 9-Minute Short You Can Watch Here

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It’s been an interesting start to 2024 here in the horror world, as the newfound public domain status of the 1928 animated film Steamboat Willie has resulted in a flood of (wildly unofficial) Mickey Mouse horror projects. The iconic Mouse first appeared in Steamboat Willie, and now that the animated short is in the public domain, well, that version of Mickey is too.

Filmmakers have been lying in wait for this day to come, and today we’ve learned that a horror movie titled Mickey’s Mouse Trap is already on the way. There’s also another untitled Steamboat Willie horror movie in the works, while the world of gaming is getting in on the fun with the upcoming Infestation 88. But the first Mickey horror project is already here.

Running just under 10-minutes long, The Vanishing of S.S. Willie has become the very first horror movie to take advantage of Steamboat Willie‘s public domain status, and it comes courtesy of Night Signal Entertainment. The short is presented as a long-lost documentary from 1928, one that details the disappearance of a commercial steamship, The S.S. Willie.

“Before it could premiere,” the short film’s opening text purports, “a fire broke out in the studio, destroying the only known prints of the film. Until now, it was considered lost history.”

None of this is true, of course, but it gives the short a found footage feel, delivering a twisted take on Steamboat Willie that tells the tale of the 1909 disappearance of The S.S. Willie.

Uncover the mystery by watching the short horror movie below…

The Vanishing of S.S. Willie is Directed and Written by Nick Lives.

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Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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‘DreadOut Remastered Collection’ Announced for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch, Coming Later This Year [Trailer]

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While it’s not a sequel to DreadOut 2 that some fans were hoping for, developer Digital Happiness and Singapore-based publisher Soft Source Publishing have announced the next best thing with DreadOut Remastered Collection, which is set to head to the PlayStation 5 and the Nintendo Switch later this year. This remaster will include the original DreadOut, and the standalone game DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark. Details on just what the remaster includes have yet to be revealed.

“Having worked on bringing DreadOut 2 to consoles, the team at Soft Source Publishing were enthralled by the idea when Pak Rachmad CEO of Digital Happiness threw out the idea of bringing back DreadOut and DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark to consoles,” says Soft Source Publishing director Sameer Pandit in a press release (thanks, Gematsu!). “It’s an immediate thought that we want to be a part of this new project. DreadOut is an iconic IP in Asia and has been spreading its wings in the rest of the world with the release of DreadOut 2 on consoles.”

For those who don’t know, DreadOut (which you can find on Steam) is a third-person supernatural horror game that was released back in 2014 where you play as Linda, a high school student. When the group of high school students Linda was a part of became lost while on a field trip, they stumble across an abandoned town. However, the town holds a dark secret that has left Linda fighting to get out of the town. Using a similar mechanic to Fatal Frame, Linda is equipped with a smart-phone and an SLR camera, which she will use to battle against the horrors in the town and solve puzzles.

Meanwhile, DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark is a “missing chapter” from the original game, where you will help Linda face off against more ghosts and challenges in The Mirror Realm: a portal of worlds that connects it to eight haunted dominions where horrific ghosts are ready to greet her in the most terrifying way possible.

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