Popeye the Slayer Man(2025)
2025 · Robert Michael Ryan · 88 min
A curious group of friends sneak into an abandoned spinach canning factory to film a documentary on the legend of the "Sailor Man," who is said to haunt the factory and local docks.
Horror
5.4170 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How Popeye the Slayer Man scares
Popeye the Slayer Man leans hard into cheap thrills, throwing a mutated, hulking killer at a group of dumb teens with a camera. The scares come fast and blunt, built more on gross-out gore and sudden attacks than any real sense of dread. It's the kind of movie made to be laughed at with friends, not one that will haunt you afterward. Expect a goofy premise played mostly straight, with buckets of fake blood standing in for actual tension.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Popeye the Slayer Man rates psychological 1/5, visceral 4/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 1 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 65 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 30 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 15 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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A slow creeping setup gives way to a mid-film rise in scares that keeps escalating into a rough, punishing home stretch before a brief final breath.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3.
How scary is Popeye the Slayer Man?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Popeye the Slayer Man rates 3/5 — solidly scary, delivering its fear through jump scares more than lingering dread. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be heavy on gore and fun-first. The dread fades once the credits roll.
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