Actor David Howard Thornton says he can’t tell fans whether he likes playing Art the Clown or the horror version of Steamboat Willie more … or rather, he could — but then he’d have to turn into a real-life slasher and start killing.

We caught up with the actor in Los Angeles recently … and, we had to ask if he enjoyed playing a killer clown in the ‘Terrifier’ movies or a ravaging rat in “Screamboat” more.

DHT says he just can’t choose between the two … and, the person next to him suggests that he could answer the question, but then he’d have to kill the cameraman — and David readily agrees.

Thornton’s killed quite a few people onscreen … so, we thought better than to press him on this one — instead asking how audiences are receiving the flick. He says it’s getting a lot of laughs, which is a little shocking to hear about a movie where an anthropomorphic rat mutilates and murders a group of ferry passengers.

As for whether there will be a sequel as teased in the movie’s post-credits scene … take a listen for yourself — it sounds like that’s up to the audience.

If you don’t know … the movie, filmed on Colin Jost and Pete Davidson‘s Staten Island Ferry, is based on the Steamboat Willie character from Walt Disney‘s classic 1928 cartoon — one of the first pieces of media with fully synchronized sound. That IP entered the public domain once the copyright on this specific iteration of the character lapsed in 2024.