First Look at The Dark Domain: Mickey-vs-Winnie — Public-Domain Icons Turned Blood-Soaked Monsters

Dark Winnie and Dark Mickey emerge from Hell Forest in the first teaser for The Dark Domain.

THE DARK DOMAIN: MICKEY-VS-WINNIE

The “versus” era of horror never dies — it just mutates. Dracula vs. Frankenstein, Freddy vs. Jason, Alien vs. Predator, Godzilla vs. King Kong — each generation of horror eventually finds its way back to the primal thrill of two monsters colliding in the dark. Now, in the age of public-domain reinventions and twisted childhood nostalgia, Untouchables Entertainment has entered the ring with its first official crossover feature: The Dark Domain: Mickey-vs-Winnie, directed by Glenn Douglas Packard.

Packard is no stranger to provocative genre swings — and the teaser they dropped is exactly the kind of feral, blood-caked chaos this new lane of public-domain horror has been starving for. The footage is pure grindhouse mania, soaked in crimson and sweat, introducing audiences to two escaped convicts transformed into grotesque, monstrous visions of A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh and Steamboat Willie’s Mickey. These aren’t mascots — they’re mutilated killers forged in Hell Forest.

The film marks the first public-domain crossover of its kind, merging two of the most recognizable childhood icons into a vicious nightmare battle. Rising talent Givanni Gotay takes on the role of Dark Winnie, while Daniel Wilkinson steps into the unhinged skin of Dark Mickey. Both characters are crafted with explicit horror DNA — Packard describes Dark Winnie as “Jason Voorhees leveled up into the Predator,” while Mickey pulls from “Pennywise meets Freddy Krueger.” The teaser reflects that energy — jagged, gleefully mean, packed with practical gore.

The cast expands with Fayna Sanchez (Abraham’s Boys, House of Ashes) joining the project as Clare, who’s fighting to protect her friends from the horrors buried in both their past and their present. Sanchez, one of the strongest emerging genre actresses, brings immediate credibility to the film’s modern–folk-horror slant.

Set in the sinister expanse of Hell Forest, the story follows a group of former reform-school kids pulled back to the decaying ruins of the place that ruined them. Their unresolved traumas take shape as Dark Mickey and Dark Winnie — embodiments of their fears, failures, and deeply buried guilt. The monsters aren’t just hunting them; they are them.

Packard, who came to filmmaking after a celebrated career as an Emmy-nominated choreographer, promises a brutal, immersive experience. According to him, production pushed beyond the limits of typical indie horror: “We brought in a body-piercing suspension artist. A few cast members vomited. We wanted authenticity. We wanted to elevate this sub-genre. Horror fans deserve the real thing.”

From the gore-slick imagery to the unflinching grindhouse tone, The Dark Domain looks like the most aggressively self-aware public-domain reimagining yet — a twisted collision between nostalgia and nihilism. Whether audiences embrace it or recoil from it, Packard’s universe is coming in 2026, and the teaser makes one thing obvious: this isn’t parody, this isn’t camp, and it sure as hell isn’t for kids.

This is public-domain horror pushed to the brink — Mickey vs. Winnie, soaked in blood and ready to claim a spot in the pantheon of exploitation-era monster brawls. Horror Movies Uncut will be watching every step of the Dark Domain as it grows.