We’re residing in a golden age of bonkers horror movies, the place childhood favorites are getting gloriously twisted into nightmare gas. From the blood-soaked absurdity of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey to the darkish maritime terror of Screamboat, these movies show that no beloved icon is secure from a horror makeover. And now, brace yourselves—as a result of it’s Popeye’s flip to take a terrifying plunge into the style. That’s proper, the spinach-loving sailor all of us grew up with is about to commerce laughs for screams in Popeye the Slayer Man. Overlook the heroic underdog; this Popeye is able to crush extra than simply canned spinach—and we couldn’t be extra excited to see him unleash his twisted wrath!

Popeye the Slayer Man, a brand new horror function exploring an alternate backstory for the legendary sailor, will are available early 2025. The primary trailer, stills, and teaser artwork have been launched.
The movie considerations a bunch of associates who sneak into an deserted spinach canning manufacturing unit to movie a documentary on the legend of the “Sailor Man,” who is alleged to hang-out the manufacturing unit and native docks.

“We will’t await audiences to get a load of this gory and scary model of Popeye,” says producer Jeff Miller. “We went old-school and centered on utilizing actual sensible results and never counting on CG for the gore. We’re speaking with very enthusiastic and patrons now. ”

Popeye the Slayer Man stars Sean Michael Conway, Elena Juliano, Mabel Thomas, Marie-Louise Boisnier, Jeff Thomas, and Steven McCormack, together with “scream queens” Angela Relucio (“Code Black,” “The Cabining”) and Sarah Nicklin (“Nun of That,” “The Black Mass”). Jason Stephens performs the title position.

Robert Michael Ryan (“Ouija Witch”) directs from a screenplay by John Doolan (“Stays”). Jeff Miller (“The Toybox”), Cuyle Carvin (“Ouija Witch”), and Ryan additionally contributed to the story. Producers are — together with Miller, Carvin, and Ryan — Alexander Tucker, Nathan Todaro, and Alysa Blasetti. Korey Rowe was the Director of Images. R.J. Younger supervised the particular make-up FX.
The film was filmed in New York State.
Popeye the Slayer Man is a co-production between Salem Home Movies, Millman Productions, Ron Lee Productions, and Otsego Media.

