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‘Screamboat’ Review: Mickey Mouse Attacks a Handful of ‘Terrifier’ Veterans in a Twisted Disney Ferry Tale
Compared to recent riffs on Winnie the Pooh and Popeye, 'Steamboat Willie' slasher has fun skewering the company that's been so protective of its IP.
Channeling the “splatstick” vibe of directors like Peter Jackson and Eli Roth with decidedly far-from-G-rated gags that include a severed penis and a headless Statue of Liberty mascot, LaMorte’s style is more overtly comedic than “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” creator Scott Chambers’ relatively unimaginative takes on other Disney characters. Willie’s presented as a mangy rodent in big-button knickers and oversized shoes (played by “ Terrifier ” star David Howard Thornton under even more elaborate makeup than he wore as Art the Clown), manipulated to appear knee-high to his human victims. A drunken old-timer (Jarlath Conroy) describes the urban legend of “some kind of experiment abandoned in the cargo hold” while a rudimentary black-and-white cartoon flickers on screen (primitive enough to make “Steamboat Willie” look sophisticated by comparison).
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