Shiver Me Timbers, one of several recent indie horror movies exploiting Popeye the Sailor’s public domain status, is getting a sequel. Tarzan and Betty Boop will join Popeye and Olive Oyl in Shiver Me Timbers 2: Chainsaws Are for Children. Watch the teaser below. Picking up mere weeks after the events of the first film, […]
Shiver Me Timbers, one of several recent indie horror movies exploiting Popeye the Sailor’s public domain status, is getting a sequel.
Tarzan and Betty Boop will join Popeye and Olive Oyl in Shiver Me Timbers 2: Chainsaws Are for Children. Watch the teaser below.
Picking up mere weeks after the events of the first film, the sequel sees Popeye land in New York for a brutal killing spree in Little Italy, tearing through the local mafia’s ranks.
Olive Oyl, now armed with a bionic, super-powered hand, travels to the city to avenge her brother’s death. Her journey leads her straight to the mafia boss’s nightclub, where she unexpectedly bonds with sultry singer Betty Boop.
Meanwhile, the mafia boss learns that his long-lost son, now a grown man, has been found after disappearing as a child during a vacation in the jungle. However, while attempting to rehabilitate him, he escapes, tackling Popeye and taking a puff from his legendary pipe.
As a result, he transforms into a savage beast man, forging a twisted alliance with Popeye. Olive and Betty, with a little help from the mafia, must face the monstrous duo before it’s too late.
Writer-director Paul Stephen Mann is back at the helm, with Tony Greer and Amy Mackie reprising their respective roles as Popeye and Olive Oyl.
Committed to using all practical effects this time around, the UK horror comedy is said to be a love letter to grindhouse cinema, pulpy comic-book chaos, outrageous characters, and zero restraint.
Alpake Entertainment is launching an Indiegogo campaign on December 20 to help fund Shiver Me Timbers 2. Rewards include on-screen victim roles, producer credits, screen used props, signed memorabilia, and more.
