My quick rating – 3.0/10. The public domain giveth, and the cash grab taketh. Mouse of Horrors boldly asks, “What if Steamboat Willie was a murder-happy maniac who teamed up with a deranged Pooh Bear to harvest human organs and build a DIY Franken-bride?” And I guess someone in a dimly lit basement screamed, “YES, LET’S MAKE THAT!”.
To give credit where it’s due, the opening kill scene where someone gets choked out with their own intestines had me momentarily hopeful. “Maybe,” I thought, “this will be that rare straight-to-Tubi gem.” And then the actors opened their mouths. Or tried to. Hard to tell since the sound mix makes everyone sound like they’re whispering through a kazoo into a pillow.
The performances? Think Spirit Halloween meets local community theater. The lead duo, credited only as “The Killer” and “The Bear” (subtle, guys), are doing their best dime-store cosplay of Mickey and Pooh while playing Operation with live people. And yes, they are building a bride. Because why just kill people when you can also be creepy Frankenstein fanboys?
Danielle Scott is here again, doing what she does in all these public domain horror flicks: surviving, showing up, and sometimes vaguely reacting. She’s basically the horror version of that one background extra who always gets hired because they own their own wardrobe. She’s apparently playing Sleeping Beauty next in Fairest of Them All, so we’ll see if she actually gets to lie down and nap through that whole one.
Visually, the drone shots are weirdly high-quality, like the cinematographer briefly borrowed a camera from a real movie before giving it back and going full GoPro duct-taped-to-a-mop-handle. Practical gore? Surprisingly solid at times! You get some old-school splatter and viscera that’ll make you grin. But then they remembered CGI was a thing and… oh no. Just, no. There’s a kill where someone’s eyes are pulled out that reveled in the fact they were doing it.
Plot-wise, there isn’t one. Characters wander in, give a single line of dialogue (when the mic works), and die. The movie is less horror narrative and more PowerPoint of murder vignettes. Any attempt at a character arc or emotional weight was clearly left on the cutting room floor, assuming they had a cutting room and not just a toddler with Adobe Premier.
Then there’s the boat fight. Oh, the boat fight. A jarring, inexplicable jump cut takes us from land to open water mid-fistfight, and it just keeps going. Like a drunk slap-fest in a kiddie pool. No rhythm, no stakes, just flailing limbs and confused actors trying to remember their blocking.
If you’re here for story, acting, or logic—run. If you’re here for weird low-budget nonsense, cartoon-mascot carnage, and intestine strangulation… yeah, you’ll get a few chuckles. Just don’t expect Steamboat Willie to steer this ship anywhere but straight into the nearest dumpster fire. A trash barge full of wasted opportunities… but hey, public domain horror is still young. It was better than Piglet LOL.
You know Amazon has this, but FYI, Tubi and Roku are 2 streamers that have it free with ads.