I had some reservations about seeing The Mouse Trap, especially considering how many hastily made public domain movies lately have been dull and lacking imagination. However, when Steamboat Willie became available in the public domain and this film was announced, I wanted to see just how far it would push the limits of what’s permissible. The Mouse Trap is certainly a low-budget slasher movie, and it doesn't hide …

I had some reservations about seeing The Mouse Trap, especially considering how many hastily made public domain movies lately have been dull and lacking in imagination. But when Steamboat Willie entered the public domain and this film was announced, I became interested to see just how aggressively it would capitalize on that. The Mouse Trap is certainly a low-budget slasher movie, and it doesn’t try to hide that f…