New York's Staten Island Ferry provides the backdrop for this limp comedy-horror - part of the trend of scarifying newly-out-of-copyright children's characters in cheap-as-chips horrors - in which a 'large killer mouse' takes the place of the standard masked killer and picks off crew and random night-travellers, including a group of obnoxious princesses celebrating a birthday night out amongst other broadly-drawn stereotypes. Apart from some nice shots of the city at night, the film follows well-worn 1980s slasher conventions quite slavishly in a lethargic manner, right down to its simple gloopy physical effects and synth-orchestral soundtrack. Indeed, the kills are basic, relying on copious blood-spatter for effect, although one bravura scene dispenses with most of the supporting cast in one fell swoop, and the attempts at comedy mostly fail to land. Even with David Howard Thornton - Art The Clown himself - playing Screamboat Willie, the character/physical work is much less effective here than in his signature Terrifier role. Whilst Screamboat is nowhere near as weak as Winnie-The-Pooh - Blood And Honey, it is still rather weak overall.
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