Director: Steven LaMorte
Cast: David Howard Thornton, Jesse Kove, Jesse Posey, Charles Edwin Powell, Amy Schumacher
Screamboat is a 2025 American horror-comedy film directed by Steven LaMorte, starring David Howard Thornton as a monstrous giant rat that turns New York City's final night ferry into a bloodbath. Clocking in at 102 minutes, it blends slasher violence with darkly comedic set pieces aboard a vessel where no one can escape.
What is Screamboat about?
Late at night, a packed Hudson River ferry sets out on what should be a routine crossing back to shore. Somewhere below deck, a colossal and savage rat has made the boat its hunting ground. One by one, passengers and crew members find themselves cornered in narrow corridors, engine rooms, and crowded lounges with nowhere to run. As panic spreads and the body count climbs, a loose group of survivors — strangers thrown together by circumstance — must figure out how to fight back against something far too large and far too angry to reason with. The film escalates its mayhem with a gleeful disregard for safety, turning a mundane commute into an increasingly wild ordeal on open water.
Cast & crew
David Howard Thornton, best known for playing the mime-faced killer Art the Clown in the Terrifier series, leads the film as the creature performer, bringing the monstrous rat to life with physical menace. Jesse Kove and Jesse Posey head the human cast as passengers trying to survive the night. The ensemble includes Charles Edwin Powell, Amy Schumacher, Jarlath Conroy, Allison Pittel, and Jarod Lindsey.
Context & significance
Horror-comedies with exaggerated monster premises have long been a guilty pleasure in Persian-speaking households abroad — from classic creature features shown on late-night satellite channels to the newer wave of self-aware slasher comedies that lean into their own absurdity. Screamboat fits squarely in that tradition: it does not pretend to be anything other than a high-energy creature romp with comedic timing and practical gore. For diaspora viewers who grew up watching dubbed creature-feature films at family gatherings, the Persian dub makes this an accessible watch without subtitles. Its setting on a New York ferry also gives it a distinctly urban American texture that many Iranian-diaspora viewers living in North American cities will recognize.
Where & how to watch
Screamboat is available on K-Time with a full Persian dub and Persian subtitles included. Stream it on your browser, smart TV, or phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Subscribe and cancel anytime.