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What is ‘Popeye’s Revenge’ About?

Popeye (played bySteven Murphy) and Olive Oyl (Kelly Rian Sanson) have other plans.

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Horror history runs thick with new entries and franchises that “borrow” from trope codifiers.

Was it costume day?

Why did it grow with his supernatural reincarnation?

Steven Murphy in Popeye’s Revenge

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Where did the massive anchor come from?

Rhys Frake-Waterfield will direct the next installment of the scary franchise.

The film is also full of half-thought ideas that really could have worked.

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It doesn’t make sense, and if you’re introducing spinach (finally!

), why not use it?

Would it be hilarious for Nick to, say, become possessed by a can of spectral spinach?

Kelly Rian Sanson as Olive Oyl in Popeye’s Revenge

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Yes, but instead, it’s downgraded to a mere prop.

It’s just a shame the same effort wasn’t put into the rest of it.

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Popeye’s Revenge follows a group of adventurous friends as they enter an abandoned spinach canning factory to document the legend of the “Sailor Man,” a ghostly figure rumored to haunt the premises and nearby docks.

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Popeye’s Revenge

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