Mickey Mouse is the worlds most famous mouse and yet for some strange reason when Disney let the copyright on what is technically his second ever cartoon expire. Horror filmmakers leapt at the chance to tell a story that the house of mouse would never be able to tell with there iconic mascot with this film also being one of many in a long line of films that are based off of a beloved cartoon character and so then join me as I review the film that sees Mickey Mouse become a serial killer with the film in question being called simply just "The Mouse Trap" enjoy.
The plot of the film is when a group of friends go to surprise a friend at the arcade where she works for her birthday they all find themselves attacked by a man wearing a Mickey Mouse mask. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty for lack of a better word weird but not in a good way as the film doesn't even tell a complete story with the film just ending for no rhyme or reason with the films plot not really coming to any kind of conclusion with the plot of this film also being fairly weak at best and at it's worst just down right bad as the plot just comes an goes as and when it pleases and yet when it is here and is focused on it's just not that interesting of a plot either with the films plot just being the kind of plot that you'd expect to find in a film like this ne only without any of the fun or charm that you'd really want from the plot of film like this one to have with the plot of this film also being not really rather entertaining and as well as not rally being really rather engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this film is Sophie McIntosh as Alex Fen , Madeline Kelman as Jayna and Ben Harris as Ryan. Also starring in this film is Callum Sywyk as Marcus , Mireille Gagné as Gemma , James Laurin as Paul , Kayleigh Styles as Jackie , Mackenzie Mills as Rebecca , Jesse Masmith as Danny , Allegra Nocita as Marie , Damir Kovic as Detective Cole , Nick Biskupek as Detective Marsh and this films writer and one of this films producers Jack Says and Kill Keith star Simon Phillips as Tim Collins / Mickey Mouse.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual actin that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this films acting really being alot better then what it really had any right to be as no one would have expected great or even good acting from a low budget film like this one and while this films acting isn't that good it's certainly alot better then what it really should have been as it's quite clear as day that this film mostly unknown actors rea;;y are indeed all trying there best to turn in a good performance even given this films somewhat really weird concept with the acting that's in this film not really being helped by this film script as this films script gives none of this films actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that rally does help to lower the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.
To give this film some sort of credit it does have a rather unique setting that being an arcade which is a setting that really isn't used in horror films. While this film doesn't really use it's setting to it's full advantage it is still a fun setting for a horror film and it's one that really does allow for alot of really creative kills and alot of really creative scares as well just due to the fact that the killer can appear in so many places that they just couldn't do in another slasher film and it also means that the victims can also be stored in the games themselves which just that very thought in of itself is such a cool idea that it makes you wonder why other horror films haven't used an arcade as a setting for there film just due for the amount of creative things that you could really do in that setting and on top of that is the fact that for a small independent feature film like this one it's a really great setting as it means that the film already has all of it's locations in one big location instead of having to pay for studio space you can just use all of the locations that you can find in an arcade and just go wild in them but at the same time there is only so many places that you can have the killer appear from before it gets really old as does the fact that are only so many places where you can have the victims stored before it's becomes repetitive as well.
For all of you that perhaps don't know this film was only made because of the fact that the copyright on what is technically the first ever Mickey Mouse cartoon Steamboat Willie ran out at the start of the year. Which means that this version of Mickey Mouse and all of the characters that appear in that short and the short film itself can be used in none Disney related media with this film being the first horror film to do just that as not only do they use Mickey Mouse which yes they mention by name several times but they also have the original short film playing not only in the films opening credits but also in the actual film itself with this film following the trend that was started back in the 2023 film Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey in that it uses a very well known Disney character but now it puts them in a new light by making them the villain of a slasher film only this film at ;east has the common sense to make this film a horror comedy the issue being that the jokes that this film tries to tell aren't even that funny and as all alot of them are are just them commenting on the fact that they can now use Mickey Mouse in a horror film and that's really it and there's only so many times that you can here jokes like that before it starts to get old and boring.
The worst thing that can be said about this film is the fact that it's forgettable as that's exactly what this film it's forgettable. Just to give you all an example of just hoe forgettable this film is this review is being written a few hours after the films finished and I can barely remember what happened in the film as yes this film did the impossible it made a Mickey Mouse horror film which should be really memorable somehow forgettable that is something that really does take alot of skill as on paper this film should be memorable just for the share fact that it has perhaps the most beloved cartoon mouse as a horror film villain and yet for some strange reason the makers of this film chose to make this film really forgettable by giving us bland characters , a sub-plot involving one of the survivors of this film telling the police about the plot of this film which goes nowhere and only serves to set up a post credits scene and that's it and heck even this films unique setting which while yes does help the film stand out a bit doesn't really do enough to make the film feel all that memorable and even the films carboard cutout characters aren't really all that memorable either as alot of them only have one function in the film and that's really it and even then the film doesn't really allow them to fulfill that function due to the fact that the film just stops.
As was just mentioned this films characters aren't really all that memorable as pretty much all of them just have one characteristic each and that's really it. Heck even in the main bulk of the film the film even forgets about one character in he film and she's meant to be the main character of the police portion of the film and yet she's barely even mentioned and she's the most interesting character in the movie as at least the makers of this film went through some effort to make this character at least somewhat interesting even if it was just by making her a goth girl and that's really it it's still better then what the rest of the characters get which is just the stick traits from a stereotypical slasher film only with nothing new added to them to make them standout and nothing interesting about them to make those traits feel new and different again but this film does get some credit for killing of who we are meant to believe is this films final girl Alex Fen as she just had nothing interesting about her character with her trait being that she's the typical all American girl next door kind of character and that's really it except the film does nothing new or interesting with her character and as a result of that is the fact that all of this films characters barring goth girl Rebecca.
Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and twenty minuets and ten seconds. Which is about the right amount of time for a film like this one to have as the film really doesn't have all that much there interms of plot to really cover a longer running time and while yes it would have helped the film if the film really did have a much more longer running time as that allow for the makers of the film to fully develop there characters alot more beyond the one character trait that they all seem to have it would also mean making this films plot even weaker and giving this film alot of pointless filler scenes that would add nothing to the overall plot of the film but on the plus side is the fact that it would also allow the film to actually have a complete ending and not end on a scene that's blatantly sequel baiting by teasing the arrival of a Minnie Mouse and while this film does a solid running time this film is also one that if it was shorter would have actually helped the film more then hurt it as it would then allow the plot of the film to be alot more focused then what it already is as the films plot is a really weak plot that really isn't focused all that much either but I will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is slasher film that means that I gave to actually talk about all of the kills that are actually in this very film and well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. However thats also the problem as this films kills aren't all the good either as alot of this films kills are just this films killer walking up behind one of his victims killing them with a knife and that's really it and while that does work for the kind of horror film that this is it;s also one one that not only gets old and boring really fast but its also one that shows off just how cheaply that this film was made as those kind of kills require very little practical effects and can there for be done very cheaply unlike with Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey which whilst it was a very cheaply made film it at the very least had alot of really creative kills that you remember where with this film there's only kill that's memorable and that's really it and outside of the fact that the killer is someone dressed up as Mickey Mouse having one memorable kill isn't enough to save this films kills from feeling dull and boring in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this film really isn't fun nor as funny as it really should have been as it doesn't really take full advantage of the fact that it's basically got Mickey Mouse as it's main villain which is something that really does allow itself a really fun film and yet this film just doesn't give us any of that whatsoever in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.Now then i've talked about all of the good and as ell as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 4.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for whee I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Disney fandom wiki page , Tenor and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images really simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and really plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images really were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we really always do with really our one and really true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.
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