Film Review: Screamboat (Steven LaMorte, 2025)
"A scream is a wish your heart makes" When looked at from a purely WTF angle, this shitcrazed garbage movie (which is a lot like it's Staten Island Ferry setting, filthy, disgusting, & crusty) is weirdly entertaining, and loads better than any of the rabid plethora of public domain horror films bloodying up the cinematic waters as of late. Sure, it's badly acted (comically bad by some), and really makes no narrative sense at times, and for some reason, the size of our intrepid anti-hero villain, the public domain-inized Steamboat Willie, keeps changing from a few inches tall to about a foot tall, but it's still a fun ride - and in something deeper than mere MST3K style. David Howard Thornton, best known for his manic portrayal of Art the Clown in the Terrifier series, seems to take more than just a little glee in playing wild Willie - and i took more than a little glee in watching him take more than a little glee. And that one scene (if you've seen the mov...