Shiver Me Timbers 2: Chainsaws Are for Children – Popeye Horror Sequel Adds Tarzan and Betty Boop

 

If you thought the 1986 "Comet Massacre" was the end of the Sailor Man, think again. Alpake Entertainment has just dropped a bombshell announcement for a sequel that looks to be twice as bloody and ten times as insane: Shiver Me Timbers 2: Chainsaws Are for Children.

The production team has officially launched an IndieGogo campaign to fund what they’re calling the "most outrageous finale in horror history."

Catch Up: The First Voyage

For those who missed the 2025 sleeper hit Shiver Me Timbers, the film reimagined Popeye as a mutated slasher. While camping to see Halley’s Comet in 1986, Olive Oyl and her brother Castor encountered an old sailor who inhaled "space dust" from a fallen meteorite.

The result? A muscle-bound monster who decimated the campsite. Most notably, he murdered Castor Oyl by dunking him into a barrel of toxic waste, melting him down to nothing. The film ended with Olive losing her hand and replacing it with "Bernice"—a massive buzzsaw—to seemingly put an end to the nightmare.

The Sequel: New York City Splatter

Picking up just weeks after the first film, the sequel moves from the Northern California woods to the gritty streets of Little Italy, New York.

Here’s what we know so far:

The Return of Popeye: Despite his injuries, the Sailor Man is alive and hunting through the NYC mafia ranks.

A "Beast-Man" Tarzan: In a bizarre twist, the public domain legend Tarzan is introduced as a mafia boss’s long-lost son. After puffing on Popeye’s pipe, he mutates into a feral killing machine, forming a "twisted alliance" with the sailor.

The Final Girls: Olive Oyl (Amy Mackie) returns with a new, weaponized mechanical hand to avenge her brother. She won’t be alone, though—she’s teaming up with a nightclub singer version of Betty Boop.

Practical Gore and Practical Effects

Director Paul Stephen Mann is promising "three times as many kills" and a shift away from CGI. The production is leaning into all-practical effects, promising disembowelments, faces being torn off, and a nightclub finale that will reportedly make the club scene in Scarface look like a tea party.

Amazon Pick: Shiver Me Timbers (2025)