After Winnie the Pooh and Popeye, This Is the Beloved Children’s Character That Needs the Horror Treatment Next

The Tintin story The Black Island has everything the next public domain horror movie needs to be a hit.

Mar 21, 2025 - 12:22
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After Winnie the Pooh and Popeye, This Is the Beloved Children’s Character That Needs the Horror Treatment Next

The history of horror cinema is filled with trends, with different eras of the genre being defined by the wild ways creators try to terrify their audiences. From the schlocky teen slashers of the early 2000s to the 'elevated' melodramas of the late 2010s, modern fans have seen countless trends come and go to varying success. Yet there's been a new emergence that has viewers split: public domain horror, when creators pounce on classic stories that have finally become free to use and twist them into the most horrific parody possible.