Nicely, blow me down! The beloved sailor man, Popeye, already had two horror films coming this yr between final month’s Popeye’s Revenge and Popeye the Slayer Man this spring, however his third public-domain fright fest is now locked in for April. Shiver Me Timbers simply launched its official trailer, confirming its spring arrival and unveiling a brand new tackle the traditional Thimble Theatre character that guarantees to be each haunting and hilarious. Gravitas Ventures will sail the movie into U.S. theaters, although the brand new take a look at the horror-comedy comes because it prepares to move to the European Movie Market in Berlin to safe a launch abroad.
The place Popeye the Slayer Man depicted Popeye as a supernatural legend haunting an deserted spinach manufacturing unit, Shiver Me Timbers as a substitute paints him as a extra tragic sufferer of circumstance. The movie primarily follows Olive Oyl, who, throughout one summer time in Northern California in 1986, joins her brother Castor and their movie-obsessed pals on a tenting journey to get one of the best view of a once-in-a-lifetime meteor bathe accompanying the passing of Halley’s Comet. As an alternative of a soothing night watching the celebrities, nonetheless, they discover themselves trapped in a slasher film come to life after a meteor crashes into Earth and warps Popeye into an out-of-control killing machine. Their battle for survival is filled with “thrilling 80s slasher references and comedic twists,” invoking the classics of its period all through the quick 75-minute runtime.
The trailer leans into the low-budget 80s really feel of all of it because it introduces a reimagined Olive Oyl and Popeye. Whereas Olive is about up because the stereotypical remaining lady with good pals, a loving brother, and a brilliant future at MIT, Popeye is an older sailor residing a easy fisherman’s life till the meteor transforms him into the muscle-bound, “robust to the finich” slayer man. As soon as he begins his rampage, the footage turns into a montage of youngsters screaming by means of the woods and piles of gore that trace on the violence forward. A mixture of “intercourse, medication, and rock ‘n’ roll” provides to the sleazy, gritty tone much like classics like Friday the thirteenth, full with a scrappy survivor in Olive who is not afraid to battle again with a chainsaw. All of it ends with Popeye uttering one among his many catchphrases which are more likely to be heard earlier than the credit roll—”Nicely, blow me down.”
Who Is Behind ‘Shiver Me Timbers’?
Paul Mann writes and directs Shiver Me Timbers in what shall be his characteristic debut. He has a protracted profession in movie courting again to the early 2000’s the place he largely labored as an editor or producer. Amongst his earlier credit as a producer is Trance, a 2002 psychological drama starring Karate Child and Cobra Kai star Martin Kove. Along with helming the undertaking, he’ll play a small position within the forged, becoming a member of Tony Greer and David Hallows as Popeye, Paul Dwedney as Homeless George, Amy Mackie as Olive Oyl, and Leona Roberts as Lizzy. Mann additionally partnered with Keith Montgomery and Alastai Statha to govt produce the flick, whereas Eric Zapata produced.
Shiver Me Timbers premieres in theaters within the U.S. in April. Take a look at the trailer within the participant above.
Popeye’s Revenge
Director
William Stead
Writers
Harry Boxley, E.C. Segar
Producers
Nathan Todaro
