Screamboat is an upcoming American slasher film directed by Steven LaMorte.[1][2] The film is set to be released on April 2, 2025.[3]
Premise[]
The story of a late-night ferry ride in New York City where commuters and deckhands and all the usual passengers are attacked by a murderous and mischievous mouse who is mean, tiny, and loves getting up to no good.
Plot[]
Aboard an old Staten Island Ferry named Mortimer, maintenance workers Neil and Dominique inadvertently release a mutant mouse, Steamboat Willie, from a sealed chamber below deck. The sentient, humanoid rodent kills Neil before attacking Dominique.
Selena, a bartender with disillusioned dreams of becoming an artist, races to the ferry to escape a quintet of obnoxious socialites drunkenly celebrating a birthday. Selena has a meet-cute moment with Pete, a ferry employee who helps her get away from the girls. Selena and Pete later reunite aboard the ferry.
While alone, Selena witness Willie, who exhibits a romantic attraction to her, murdering a police officer. Selena tries to alert Pete, an EMT named Amber, police officer Lieutenant Diaz, and First Mate Tommy, but no one believes her wild claim about a homicidal mouse wearing a hat and tiny trousers.
After brutally strangling Captain Bill Clark to death, Willie redirects the ferry’s course. Throughout the rest of the night, Willie kills numerous passengers including birthday girl Cindi and her friends as well as several cops and deckhands.
Upon finding the captain’s dead body, Tommy puts himself in charge and appoints Pete as the new first mate. Now recognizing the danger, Tommy directs Pete and Lt. Diaz to escort the passengers to the lower level for their safety. Amber also realizes Selena was telling the truth when she sees Willie using a forklift to kill Cindi’s friends Jazzy and Arianna. Willie later kills Tommy by crushing his head with a heavy monitor.
Passengers panic when they discover they’ve been mysteriously locked inside one room. Diaz calms everyone by rallying them as strong New Yorkers ready to heroically stand against a terrorist threat. However, Willie suddenly kills Diaz by thrusting a pole through his throat.
Willie stops the angry mob from assaulting him by spraying everyone with a firehose. He then triggers a power box to mass electrocute all of the passengers standing in the water.
With his mother becoming one of Willie’s victims, Matteo, the son of Borough President Molinari, ends up escorted by a burly man named Moses. Following the electrocution massacre, Moses and Matteo regroup with Selena, Amber, and Pete on the bridge.
The five survivors encounter Barry, a drunkard who was a ferry deckhand in the 1960s. Barry explains how the ferry once had a kindhearted captain named Walter, and Walt took pity on Willie when he found the mouse being transported in a cage after mad scientists abandoned their experiments on the rodent. Walt befriended Willie and set him free, but the mutant mouse became deeply disturbed and disappeared following an unknown tragedy.
Pete and Selena share a kiss while searching with Amber, Moses, and Matteo to find distress signal flares. Dominique unexpectedly knocks down Moses, revealing that since his initial attack, she has been doing Willie’s bidding to help the mouse find another one of his kind. Despite doing everything he asked, Willie viciously attacks Dominique following an encounter with Selena and Amber.
Moses sacrifices himself by firing a flare whose resulting explosion engulfs Willie and Dominique. However, the blast also blows a hole in the ferry.
With the ferry taking on water, Selena and Amber save Matteo from drowning while Pete willingly stays behind to battle Willie. Selena mourns Pete’s subsequent death.
From a photograph recovered by Matteo, Selena and Amber discover Willie had a female mate whose disappearance turned him evil, and he redirected the ferry to search for her. Selena has Amber take Matteo to safety while she uses a trunk of theater costumes to dress like Willie’s lost love.
Amber battles Willie until Selena arrives. Willie knocks Matteo into the water. Although he is initially distracted by her ruse, Willie also knocks Selena over the ferry’s railing. Flashing back to how his mate disappeared in the water the same way, however, Willie pulls Selena back to safety.
Amber distracts Willie, which allows Selena to stab him in his head with a pair of scissors. Willie falls into the water.
A rescue boat uses a life preserver to pull out Matteo and reunite him with his father, Borough President Molinari. Molinari informs Selena and Amber that they are the only known survivors of Willie’s killing spree aboard the ferry. Amber convinces Selena that the experience has hardened her as a New Yorker, so Selena decides to remain in the city to pursue her dream of becoming an artist. Meanwhile, Willie is seen aboard a trash barge reuniting with his lost love.
Cast[]
- David Howard Thornton as Steamboat Willie
- Allison Pittel as Selena
- Amy Schumacher as Amber
- Jesse Posey as Pete
- Rumi C Jean-Louis as Matteo
- Kailey Hyman
- Jesse Kove as Lieutenant Diaz
- Jarlath Conroy as Barry
- Charles Edwin Powell as Borough President Molinari
- Jared Johnston as Neil
- Jarod Lindsey as Moses
- Anthony E. Williams as Officer Martinez
Advertising and Marketing[]
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References[]
- ↑ John Squires, ‘Terrifier’ Star David Howard Thornton Playing Killer Steamboat Willie in ‘Screamboat’, Bloody Disgusting, June 10, 2024.
- ↑ John Squires, Teaser Trailer for Steamboat Willie Horror Movie ‘Screamboat’ Debuts in Theaters with ‘Stream’ on August 21, Bloody Disgusting, August 14, 2024.
- ↑ John Squires, ‘Screamboat’ Teaser Trailer – David Howard Thornton Is a Killer Steamboat Willie!, Bloody Disgusting, August 30, 2024.
External links[]
Screamboat at the Internet Movie Database- Screamboat at Wikipedia
