Carbon Costume

With Disney’s copyright on the classic cartoon Steamboat Willie expiring, creators wasted no time taking advantage. On the very day the Mickey Mouse short entered the public domain – January 1, 2024 – a trailer for a horror slasher called Mickey’s Mouse Trap dropped, continuing the tradition of the previous year’s Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey. In the film, a killer masked as Mickey Mouse (Simon Phillips) stalks victims at a late-night birthday party in an amusement park. To take your costume from mascot to monster, cut out or black out the eye holes of your rubber Mickey mask.

Siren is from the fifth series of Living Dead Dolls, and is named for the mythological creature of the same name. She is one of the first mute storied dolls, the other being Frozen Charlotte, and she was the first doll in the line to have a stitched mouth.

She has long bright pale blonde hair worn back off of her forehead, black sclera eyes with bright yellow centers, purple eyeshadow rimming her eyes, and a stitched shut mouth. Her outfit is similar in style and color to the traditional Maleficent outfit, being elaborate black and purple, with a matching overcoat. Her nailpolish is in the same purple shade.

In The Witch (The VVitch), Thomasin and Caleb are in the forest when a hare frightens their horse and their dog Fowler runs off. Young Caleb eventually finds Fowler’s dead body. Nearby in a thicket emerges a beautiful young woman dressed in a bright red cloak… but barefoot with disheveled clothes underneath. She seduces Caleb and gives him a kiss, then pulls him into her, with a haggard arm that reveals her true nature as an old witch.

Dahlia is from the fifth series of Living Dead Dolls, and is the third doll in the main series of dolls that is based off of a real person, that being the Black Dahlia, Elizabeth Short.

She has messy curly black hair, extremely vibrant and red rimmed blue eyes, red lipstick, and her mouth has staples along the edges leading up her cheeks. Her outfit consists of a light golden ruffled top, a tasseled skirt in a slightly lighter color, golden leg garters, a sparkly pink night robe, pink chunky strappy shoes, and a loose pearl necklace. Her nail polish is a deep red color and her midsection has stapled together scars running across the entire circumference of it.

Ms. Eerie is part of the fourth series of the Living Dead Dolls, and she is dressed in funeral wear, seemingly for her own, according to her death certificate.

She has long platinum hair, worn in a side part, red rimmed completely white eyes, and dark red lipstick, that her polish matches. For the full look, she wears a black hat with a spiderwebby funeral veil around it. Eerie has a high collar black dress with mesh sleeves, with a shiny purple waistband, and black platform sandals.

Lilith is a part of the third series of Living Dead Dolls, and is the first of many categories of their dolls, including first open mouth, vampire, and painted veins.

She has long black hair with a widows peak, light blue skin, extremely vibrant green eyes, black lipstick, and bloody lips from her vampire fangs. She wears an outfit that looks like a mix between Morticia Addams and a typical horror movie nun. Her chest has been impaled by a stake.

In The Witch (or The VVitch), Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy) is eldest daughter of a family that is banished from a New England Puritan settlement. The family must set up a homestead in the isolated wilderness, but a malevolent spirit in the woods around them, which they suspect is a witch, begins to curse them. Blaming Thomasin, her parents make plans to send her away to serve another family.

This is a variation of the original Sadie doll from the first series run of Living Dead Dolls, with this one being a school outfit.

Her eyes are a vibrant white, she has a red x on her forehead, her hair is the same style of long black middle part as the original doll, and she has black lipstick. The school uniform consists of a white turtleneck with a black ribbon worn around the collar, a black school blazer, a heather grey pleated skirt, white cuffed socks, and black t-strap mary janes. She also comes with a mini hatchet, a black shiny backpack, and a black journal.