Betty Boop the serial killer? It’s cinema’s sickest fad

Are cinema-goers ready for a bloodthirsty Betty Boop? The question will be answered later this year when the Jazz Age cartoon ...

Will Betty Boop become a horror movie slasher? Iconic characters head to public domain

A host of characters, movies, and songs created in the early 1930s will enter the public domain at midnight on Jan. 1, 2026.
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Betty Boop Is The Latest Classic Cartoon To Get A Horror Movie, But I Think This One Actually Makes Sense

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.

Betty Boop, Nancy Drew and more just joined the public domain: Here's what that means

Jennifer Jenkins, Director of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain and clinical professor of law at Duke Law School ...

Hiltzik: Blondie and Dagwood are entering the public domain, but Betty Boop still may be trapped in copyright jail

Beloved characters entering the public domain with the new year include Blondie, Dagwood, Dick and Jane and Nancy Drew, but ...