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{{Infobox film

| director = Paul Stephen Mann

| writer = Paul Stephen Mann

| producer = Paul Stephen Mann
Keith Montgomery
Alastair Statham

| starring = Anthony Greer
Paul Dewdney
Brendan Nelson
Stephen Corrall
Amy Mackie

| cinematography = Andrew Begg

| editing = Paul Stephen Man

| music = Ryan Kerr

| studio = Alpake Entertainment

| distributor = Gravitas Ventures

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2025|02|28|Romford Horror Festival|ref1={{Cite web |title=Friday 28th February |url=https://www.romfordhorrorfestival.com/Friday-28th-February |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.romfordhorrorfestival.com |language=en}}}}

| runtime = 74 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

}}

Shiver Me Timbers is a 2025 British comedy horror film{{Cite web |last=Hamman |first=Cody |date=2025-02-05 |title=Shiver Me Timbers trailer: Popeye horror comedy gets an April release |url=https://www.joblo.com/shiver-me-timbers-trailer/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=JoBlo |language=en-US}} directed, written, and produced by Paul Stephen Mann. The film is a horror retelling of E. C. Segar's Popeye.

The film premiered at the Romford Horror Festival on 28 February 2025.

Premise

In Northern California during the summer of 1986, Olive Oyl, along with her cinema-obsessed friends and brother Castor, embark on a once-in-a-lifetime camping trip to witness the dazzling meteor shower accompanying the arrival of Halley's comet. But what starts as a serene evening of stargazing quickly turns into a harrowing nightmare when a fragment from the comet transforms Popeye, into a terrifying and unstoppable killing machine.

Cast

Anthony Greer
Amy Mackie as Olive Oyl
Paul Dewdney as George
Brendan Nelson as Castor Oyl
Stephen Corrall as Lt. Lang

Production

Filming took place in Edinburgh.{{Cite web |last=Larkin |first=Holly |date=2025-03-05 |title=Shiver me Timbers! – World Premier At Romford Horror Festival |url=https://thehaveringdaily.co.uk/2025/03/05/shiver-me-timbers-world-premier-at-romford-horror-festival/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=The Havering Daily |language=en-GB}}

Release

The film premiered at the Romford Horror Festival on 28 February 2025. The film is set to be released theatrically in the United States and Canada on 1 April 2025 by Gravitas Ventures.