Popeye's Revenge is the latest public-domain horror movie, and this one doesn't feel at all connected to the source material.

Popeye's first live-action film was released in 1980 and starred the late Robin Williams as the famous sailor. It was not well received among critics, though it did turn a financial profit ...

The early version of the cartoon sailor is now in public domain, and he's already the star of a slasher movie.

Beloved sailor Popeye is the latest of these nostalgic characters to get the horror movie treatment, just a month after entering the public domain at the start of 2025. If Popeye’s Revenge is up ...

Cause Popeye needs revenge. For some reason. ITN Movies bills Popeye’s Revenge as a “horrifying take on the classic character.” We agree with that. Just not in the way the company means it.

And there's already a Popeye slasher movie awaiting distribution with a gleefully bloody trailer and an unbeatably clever name, "Popeye: The Slayer Man." The original Popeye, introduced in a comic ...