2025 is truly the year of gory schlock adaptations of Popeye.
After sitting through POPEYE THE SLAYER MAN, I found out there are at least two more Popeye-as-slasher movies out there, in an attempt to cash in on the character having recently crossed over into the public domain, where anyone can make a film using him and his world. Being the cinematic masochist that I am, I sat through POPEYE'S REVENGE (2025), and I was amazed to find that other than it being British of origin, it was virtually identical to POPEYE THE SLAYER MAN, beat for beat and almost right down to every last detail. As noted with POPEYE THE SLAYER MAN, POPEYE'S REVENGE is basically yet another tired adherent to the FRIDAY THE 13thj template, only with Popeye standing in for Jason Voorhees. There's zero suspense and it barely makes it over the line into amusing territory. That said, It was instantly forgettable, though there was some decent gore and general savagery.
Poster for the streaming release.
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