Dark take on Disney's wonderland

As A child, Randy Moore was haunted by Disney World, which he visited every summer with his father.

So, as an adult and a film maker, Moore wanted to capture and question the allure of such manufactured fantasy.

The result is Escape From Tomorrow, shot undercover at Disneyland and Disney World without the permission of the Walt Disney Company.

"I was pretty confident that Disney wasn't about to go out of its way and give me permission," Moore said. "So I didn't ask them for it."

Moore insists that there was no other way to tell his story of a frustrated family man who begins losing his grip on reality on a trip to Disney World.

So Moore and his crew bought season passes to Disneyland in Anaheim, California, and to Disney World, in Orlando, Florida, and used hand-held digital cameras to shoot scenes, and tiny digital audio recorders.

Escape From Tomorrow, available on video-on-demand and in a few theatres in the US from Friday, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.

The black-and-white indie film quickly built a buzz because of its surreptitious shooting and dark take on Disney. The movie's poster shows what looks like a Mickey Mouse oversized hand covered in blood.

Representatives of Disney did not respond to requests for comment.