POPCORN FRIGHTS 2023: Santastein (2022)
When Max Causey (Jared Korotkin), he made the biggest mistake a kid can make. He accidentally killed Santa. Now, 12 years later, Max has fixed that error by resurrecting Father Christmas but soon realizes the creature he created — Santastein (Michael Vitovich) — wants to kill everyone, naught or nice, and is on his way to […]
POPCORN FRIGHTS 2023: Silent Madness (1984)
Shot with the ArriVision 3-D camera system, Silent Madness wasn’t just late to the 80’s 3D revival, it was late to the slasher madness too. It was directed by Simon Nuchtern, president of August Films. He brought over plenty of foreign films and had them re-edited for American tastes, like the film that the Findlays […]
POPCORN FRIGHTS 2023: Jaws 3D (1983)
If you are a regular visitor to our site, you may realize that we love shark movies. We have a whole Letterboxd list devoted to them. While Sam’s taste may veer toward the ripoff side of the Jaws equation, Becca’s heart is with the sequels, even Jaws: The Revenge. After a career as a production designer — […]
POPCORN FRIGHTS 2023: Puzzle Box (2023)
Kait (Kaitlyn Boyé) is trying to self-rehabilitate from her drug habit with her sister Olivia (Laneikka Denne) filming the entire journey. Yet the house they have picked to undergo this process in keeps warping and changing, threatening to trap them forever. Directed and written by Jack Dignan, this Australian found footage film places the sisters […]
POPCORN FRIGHTS 2023: Blood Feast (1963)
I’m proud to say that Herschell Gordon Lewis was born in the same town as me, Pittsburgh, PA. He was lured from a career as an educator into being a radio station manager and then, well, advertising got him. I can relate. I’ve spent the better part of 25 years doing the same. But then Lewis […]
POPCORN FRIGHTS 2023: Friday the 13th Part III 3D (1982)
With Amy Steel uninterested in returning to the series, the filmmakers had to reboot and figure out what made Jason tick. And that ticking was a hockey mask — three movies into the series. The original plan was that Ginny would be confined to a psychiatric hospital and he would track her down, then murder the […]
POPCORN FRIGHTS 2023: Subject (2022)
Instead of going to jail, Willem (Stephen Phillips) takes a different sentence, in which he has to stay all alone in an isolated facility. Phillips takes on so much in this, because he’s largely on screen all by himself for the entire run time. While watching the monster, Willem reflects on his life, like how […]
POPCORN FRIGHTS 2023: Sorry, Charlie (2023)
Charlie (Kathleen Kenny) is a remote helpline volunteer who comes into the grip of The Gentleman, a sinister being that uses the sound of a crying baby to lure people into his destructive embrace. One night, while home alone, she realizes that she is anything but when she hears an infant outside her home. Directed […]
GET READY FOR POPCORN FRIGHTS 2023!
The Popcorn Frights Film Festival is here! Established in 2015 by Miami locals Igor Shteyrenberg and Marc Ferman, it has quickly grown into the leading international genre film festival in Southeast United States. The Festival is hosted at the O Cinema South Beach, located just across the street from the world-famous Ocean Drive boulevard in […]
POPCORN FRIGHTS PRESENTS WICKED WEEKEND!
Just in time for the spooky season, Popcorn Frights has announced its annual Wicked Weekend program celebrating all the eerie, weird, wild, and strange things that go bump in the night! The event, running September 28 through October 2 at Savor Cinema Fort Lauderdale, will feature nine film events plus a host of filmmakers, restorations, […]
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