PREVIEW: Screamboat (2025 FIlm) - A New Slasher Horror Sets Sail with a Sinister Twist

Preview by Jon Donnis

David Howard Thornton, best known for his terrifying portrayal of Art the Clown in the Terrifier series, takes on a new kind of menace in Screamboat, a fun and frantic slasher horror that promises to turn an ordinary ferry ride into a nightmare.

Set against the eerie backdrop of New York's waterways, the film follows a group of unsuspecting passengers on a late-night ferry when a seemingly harmless mouse turns into a relentless killer. As chaos erupts, the unlikely crew must work together to stop the tiny terror before it picks them off one by one.

Joining Thornton in the cast are Terrifier 2's Kailey Hyman, Teen Wolf star Tyler Posey, Jesse Posey (Selena: The Series), Jarlath Conroy (Day of the Dead), Jesse Kove (D-Day: Battle of Omaha Beach), and Brian Quinn (Impractical Jokers). The film features creature designs from Quantum Creation FX, the team behind The Last Voyage of the Demeter, with inspiration drawn from Avatar: The Way of Water artist Christian Cordelia.

Directed by Steven LaMorte (The Mean One) and co-written by LaMorte and Matthew Garcia-Dunn (Silent Hill: Ascension), Screamboat blends slasher horror with darkly comedic thrills, offering an experience that will make audiences think twice the next time they hear a squeak in the night.

Distributed by Signature Entertainment, Screamboat will be released exclusively at Vue cinemas on 2 April.