This week, we're boarding the Staten Island ferry for a late-night cruise that's anything but relaxing. In Screamboat (2025), director Steven LaMorte unleashes a pint-sized terror as a mischievous mouse turns a routine commute into a bloody nightmare.
With David Howard Thornton, known for his role as Art the Clown, donning the ears of a deranged Steamboat Willie, this horror-comedy sails into uncharted waters of public domain mayhem.
Is Screamboat a delightful detour into madness or just another sinking ship in the sea of horror parodies? Let's find out!
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Screamboat (2025)
• Release Date: May 2025
• Director: Steven LaMorte (The Mean One)
• Writer: Steven LaMorte
• Starring:
○ David Howard Thornton as the killer steamboat captain
○ Allison Pittel
○ Amy Schumacher
○ Jesse Posey
○ Amber Grayson
○ Brian Quinn
When a group of partygoers boards a historic river steamboat for a booze-fueled escape, they quickly find themselves stalked and slaughtered by a silent, mouse-eared menace with a twisted sense of cartoon justice.
Background & Interesting Details
• Public Domain Panic: Screamboat capitalizes on the iconic 1928 cartoon Steamboat Willie entering the public domain on January 1, 2024. Within hours, parody and horror creators jumped aboard—this film is one of the first major productions to do so.
• Familiar Face of Fear: David Howard Thornton, best known for playing Art the Clown in the Terrifier franchise, steps into a new silent slasher role—this time with suspenders and mouse ears. He's got the silent killer vibe down cold.
• LaMorte Strikes Again: Director Steven LaMorte is also behind The Mean One, the horror parody of The Grinch. He’s building a bit of a cottage industry on twisted childhood favorites.
• Tone & Style: The film walks a line between campy horror and absurd parody. It’s gory, ridiculous, and full of cartoon gags turned deadly—think a deranged, rubber-hose animation fever dream drenched in blood.
• Not Affiliated with Disney (Obviously): The team made it crystal clear this is a parody based on public domain characters, and it has no ties to Disney. Still, the mouse-shaped shadow looms large.
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