Mouse of Horrors

Granted, I harbored absolutely zero expectations to this 2025 horror movie, as I've watched the likes of horror movies taking on classic characters such as Winnie the Pooh, Piglet and Popeye, and they haven't exactly been stellar movies. Yet, I still opted to watch "Mouse of Horrors" on account of it being a horror movie that I hadn't already seen before.

Writers Harry Boxley and Marc Gottlieb put together a fair enough script. Sure, it was rather generic, even for a slasher movie, but it proved to be entertaining enough for the silly premise that it was.

So the movie ties in with the 2023 "Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey" movie and the 2024 "Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey II" movie, as killer Pooh shows up in the narrative.

The only familiar face on the cast list was Danielle Scott. Yeah, I've seen enough low budget horror movies to be familiar with her. The acting performances in "Mouse of Horrors" were actually fair enough, taking into consideration the premise of the script.

Visually, I found the movie to be adequate. There are some viscerally graphic murder scenes which made up for the otherwise bland storyline. Most of the special effects were actually not bad, but some were just laughable to look at.

The movie is tacky, sure. And if you are a diehard horror fan then I doubt you'll find much entertainment in the movie. But if you don't mind your horror movies mixed with a hefty doze of silly concepts, then perhaps you'll find some enjoyment in "Mouse of Horrors". I found "Mouse of Horrors" suitable enough for a single viewing.

My rating of director Brendan Petrizzo's 2025 movie "Mouse of Horrors" lands on a four out of ten stars.

I don't know know where to begin. Everyone in this movie is stupid and wants to die., apparently? No one runs from the killer. Most of them are literally walking away from the masked killer they're so afraid of. The time sequences make no sense. One minute the killer is maiming a "teen"in a completely different section of the park and the next minute, they're chasing a different person on the opposite end. At one point the killer is fighting with his brother, Pooh bear, on land and in the next cut, they're on a boat.

The editing was terrible. The dubbing was horrible and the sound effects didn't match at all. There was random audience clapping throughout that made no sense. The CGI at the ending was atrocious (they obviously gave up at the end).

Just, nothing made sense. The character's actions made no sense. The dialogue made no sense. And they had the nerve to allude to ANOTHER DAMN MOVIE!!! No one wants that. Everyone involved in this abomination needs to be banned from cinema.

Yes, it's another sort-of Mickey Mouse (& in this case, a sort-of Winnie the Pooh), but unlike The Mouse Trap, this time we have a British fun fair rather than an American Amusement Arcade. Again, it's a killing spree, though there is a plot and it's loosely a gory Bride of Frankenstein remake.

And again, Mickey is not mentioned by name, even calling him a rat (likewise for Pooh, it is a creation who looks similar but the inspiration is not named).

Sure, the editing isn't brilliant, while the sound effects are way OTT, and the effects, acting and direction are, well, low-budget, but the film is entertaining enough.

Credit has to go to Quint, who provide all the music tracks.

Despite all the nay-sayers, it's not that bad! Okay, so that's not a full recommendation, but if you like low-budget horror, especially slasher films, watch it with an open mind (and preferably a few drinks).

This is easily the worst movie I've ever had the displeasure of watching. It was garbage from start to finish.

The acting is easily the worst I've seen. In scenes where they're being hunted down, everyone looks kind of bored. It felt like it's a college project where they had $50 to make a whole movie, didn't focus on writing a script at all, and used the $50 to buy day passes to their local amusement park. The only direction they gave the mouse character was "act like Art the Clown if he were given no direction, no props, and tragically bad acting to bounce off of".

The sound effects made me realize that there aren't any rules against hiring a 3 year old to do the heavy lifting in the editing booth. They spammed the same few sounds the entire movie, it felt like the days of Vine where the boom sound effect was spammed every 5 seconds. The punching and walking sound effects were the most egregious use of sound effects editing out of hundreds of movies that I've watched. I'm nearly certain they repurposed the Minecraft walking sound for this.

It works much better as a comedy because of how stupid it is. Wow. I actually can't believe this.

It isn't all bad to be completely fair.

Save for some of the random victims, the acting's fine. The movie doesn't look inherently bad and the gore and kills are all decent to well done.

But the movie ignores the characters you're supposed to care about to a ridiculous level. That might be fine but there's little to no backstory or character interaction at all in the meantime. It's just killing. No rhyme, no reason, and more often than not, not entertaining.

Ultimately it's slow. There's shockingly little story and just focusing on the characters doesn't even happen. It's genuinely difficult to spoil anything about it.

Gratuitous. Kinda the only word.

I'd skip this one.