Believer it or not, a third cheapo Popeye slasher flick has released…. yes this movie exists. It follows the much worse Popeye’s Revenge and the better Popeye the Slayer Man. I’m giving it a low score but there’s part of me that respects half of the film… in an ironic, cheesy kind of way.

A bunch of college kids go to the beach to watch a meteor shower. Meanwhile, an old sailor is out catching fish when Halley’s Comet (?!) releases a meteorite that transforms him into a hulking bruiser with a face stranded in the uncanny valley. He proceeds to moider people.

This movie is deliberately corny and, you know, in its first half I was along for the cheesy charming ride. The acting is iffy, some of the characters a little interesting, and the shots dreamy, surreal, and sometimes even interesting. The foley guys were having a little too much fun though… but not always in a good way.

Unfortunately, the film relies way too much on terrible CGI blood and gore. Most of it has an Asylum level of crudity… but I was kind of ok with that because at least it matched the goofy good time tone of the film. It felt deliberate… at least for a little while.

Unfortunately, the film fails when it decides to be a real horror movie. The director apparently has no skill in delivering scares or thrills… it’s very clumsy and dull. But even worse was its attempt at a coup de grâce of a chainsaw massacre… I respect the Tokyo Gore Police level of camp carnage but the level of boring, static, unmoving shots as the blood flew was boring.

And my reference to Chainsaw Massacre was apt as the film directly calls out both Texas Chainsaw and Evil Dead 2. The comparisons are as ambitious as they are delusional.

Half of this movie is a good bit of corny fun, the second half is as bad as you can get. I had fun until I didn’t. You can probably get together with some friends for a good popcorn flinging time… just know you (surprising, I know) are not in for a good film.

Score: 62