Horror Movie Review: Minnie’s Midnight Massacre (2026)

Winnie the Pooh, Alice (in Wonderland), Peter Pan, Aladdin, Betty Boop, Bambi, Popeye, Dorothy (Wizard of Oz), Mickey Mouse, and so on. If it’s in the public domain, it’s going to get a horror reimagining these days, and the trend isn’t ending anytime soon.

Brett Bentman is partially responsible for some of these, serving as both writer and director, including this film. Which sees Minnie Mouse now reimagined as a slasher villain. It stars Cliff Dean, Hannah Hueston, Tiffany McDonald, Erin Marie Garrett, Doug Jeffery, and Indira Starr.

Minnie’s Midnight Massacre, which is a name that promises way more than the film delivers, is a slasher horror telling a story that has been told so many times, it’s groan-worthy.

As a kid, Winnie was bullied constantly by a group of girls (and one boy) at her school and one day it went too far. The girl was chased, attacked, and locked in disused storm shelter, where she was promptly forgotten about and eventually, presumed dead. Don’t bother trying to pick the opening of this film apart as a slight scratch results in it completely falling apart. It’s the set up and that’s all we need to fast forward twenty years when Winnie, now Minnie, is out for revenge.

You see, she didn’t die. She lived amongst the rats and developed a new playful and psychotic attitude, transforming herself with an outfit, notable for the mouse mask she now wears.

Coincidentally, the same group that tormented her as a kid have met up at a secluded house to celebrate their longstanding friendship. Some are haunted by what they did to Minnie (sort of), others could care less, but all will have to answer for what they did as the young woman prances back into their lives with vicious intent.

How did she survive though and how did she know just where everyone would be? Answers that come via a twist that every single person will be able to see coming, and not a good one either.

Though, if you make it that far, congratulations because this a slog to get through. It’s not that it’s a terrible film as standards go. It’s filmed competently, acted well enough, and the sound is fine. The issue is that it’s beyond basic and offers nothing new at all, failing to use the Minnie character in a meaningful way. It could be any childhood character ever, or none at all, and it wouldn’t affect the story. So, what’s the point?

This could be forgiven to some extent, if the film was engaging, but it’s not. A boring story with boring characters (all of whom are so unlikable) and a boring villain, whose only link to the character in the title is a mask and a name. Offering nothing fresh, saying nothing interesting, and failing to inspire in any way, what is the point of a film like this even existing?