By MICHAEL GINGOLD
They’re aiming to beat the “Poohniverse” crossover flicks to the marketplace.
Untouchables Entertainment has released the teaser trailer for THE DARK DOMAIN: MvW MICKEY-VS-WINNIE, which turns two legendary children’s characters evil–and against each other. Directed by Glenn Douglas Packard (PITCHFORK), it introduces Dark Mickey (Daniel Wilkinson, who played the title role in PITCHFORK) and Dark Winnie (Chris Boudreaux), along with new figures such as The Stitcher, Hellshadowers and The Wickeds, dwelling in the cursed Hell Forest. Emmy-winning artist Daniel Phillips (THE HOBBIT trilogy) created the makeup effects. The synopsis: “A century ago, two convicts disappeared into Hell Forest, a place feared for its dark legends and whispers of a malevolent curse. Their mysterious vanishing marked the beginning of tales about a sinister force lurking within the forest, feeding on those who dared to enter. In the present day, a group of childhood friends, each haunted by their own unresolved traumas and fears, feels an inexplicable pull to return to the reform school they once attended. Nestled in the center of the forest’s dark heart, the abandoned hell-camp stands as a decaying monument to their lost innocence. Its walls echoing with secrets and forgotten horrors. Each of them is drawn by a force they cannot understand, as if the forest itself is calling them to confront the darkness of their anxieties, regrets, and unhealed wounds.
“The forest takes shape in the grotesque forms of twisted versions of two beloved childhood figures: Dark Mickey and Dark Winnie. These monstrous entities, born from the darkest corners of the group’s psyche, embody their worst fears and regrets—Dark Mickey, a sinister manipulator and bloodthirsty force of chaos, and Dark Winnie, a feral predator who thrives on destruction. As the two clash in a violent, unrelenting battle, their fight becomes more than just a physical confrontation. These twisted incarnations, born from the group’s own inner demons, force them to face not only the nightmarish creatures but also the darkness within themselves.”
“I love that we can take these iconic childhood characters from A.A. Milne’s original WINNIE-THE-POOH (1926) and the 1928 STEAMBOAT WILLIE version of Mickey and create a whole new wicked universe. Our film is like the Upside Down World, with these public domain icons getting into a horror smackdown akin to FREDDY VS. JASON.”
