The early version of the cartoon sailor is now in public domain, and he's already the star of a slasher movie.

Popeye the Sailor Man is one of the most iconic ... Plus, he’s just hanging out at the docks next to a boat that one could assume is his (or, at least, a boat he works on).

That's been axed and replaced by a dock on a calm lake where Popeye apparently lives on a boat. A boat he never sails or is seen in. As for the kills in this film, well, like the Winnie-The-Pooh ...

Popeye popped up the next January in a strip ... “You could have all these copyright-free characters in a boat race.” He and Winterstein have been toying with a werewolf plot, he said, which ...

Popeye popped up the next January in a strip ... “You could have all these copyright-free characters in a boat race.” He and Winterstein have been toying with a werewolf plot, he said, which ...