Public-domain horror has given us killer Pooh bear, murderous childhood icons, like Steamboat Willie-era Mickey, and a graveyard’s worth of “sure, why not?” premises. Some are fun, some are… choices. But every now and then, one of these reimaginings actually clicks with the character’s DNA and a genre that suits it. Enter Betty Boop, as she’s the latest classic cartoon character getting the new horror movie treatment, and honestly, this one makes a ton of sense. Or at least more sense than a spinach-eating sailor as a slasher.
According to Deadline, sales outfit VMI is taking Boop to AFM with a logline that’s refreshingly straightforward: a team of horror podcasters breaks into an abandoned theater to investigate the hauntings of a once-famous flapper era star known as “Boop,” only to find themselves trapped in a blood-soaked revenge tale.
