Film Review : Shiver Me Timbers (2025)

Well we’ve made it through all 3 Popeye related horror IPs this year now (so far) and this is by far not only the worst but one of the worst films I’ve seen in some time.

Set in 1986 we follow a group of teens (Olive Oyl and her brother Castor) as they head to the beach to witness Halley’s Comet. After almost hitting an unnamed old sailor looking man they meet up with their friends to watch the comet. A piece of it falls in the sailors pipe though making him a mutated like monster who goes on a killing spree.

From here we get some horrible looking kills mixed with some that look low budget but fine. The real crime here is the CGI which is horrendous. Our Popeye is an all CGI looking face that seems like it couldn’t be edited to move at times even with the frame. It looks cheap and somewhat broken at times.

Characters have nothing going for them with most not even getting their name known until they die. Let alone that for a film set in 86 they take no care at keeping it in that time period with cars being seen and characters quoting films that aren’t released. Thats not even mentioning scenes transitioning from night to day and back between camera cuts.

There is cheap IP rip offs then there is this. In a world of films that are already bad, Shiver Me Timber does stand out, as the worst.

Score :

.5 / 5