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Buy a bag... Go home in a box.
A horror film festival, held in a theater which was once the scene of a tragic fire, turns into a real life horror show.
Popcorn
1991 Directed by Mark Herrier
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Phantom of the Cinema, Skinner, Попкорн
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Popcorn is the bridge from the goofy late 80s horror, which in itself had turned into a parody of early 80s slashers, into the next step of self-aware 90s horror, which would also start to grow around that same time with Fulci's A Cat in the Brain and then later take bigger steps with New Nightmare and of course Scream
Popcorn is like Phantom of the Opera at an all night horror marathon. The twist and turns are as silly and illogical as they are fun. -
A fun semi slasher that is simultaneously a love letter to the communal experience that is watching movies at the theatre, as well as a tribute to William Castle-like movies/ gimmicks. There are some very nice elements to this, like the movie cult, the protagonist with a forgotten past and the face swapping killer. Popcorn isn't executed as well as it could have been and it gets a bit cheesy at times, but it's still a blast.
So much fun watching this with Michelle.
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I hadn’t seen this since back in the day when Jill Schoelen and Kelly Jo Minter were both household horror names, at least in my house! In other words, it’s been more than a minute, but hey it all holds up really well! Something about a horror movie in a theater always seems to work well for me and this one has that and tons of early 90’s goofiness on top of it so it’s a winner!
More of a comedy in many parts, but it still delivers on the horror goods and that ending is pretty memorable, mostly because it was a bit traumatic to kid me. The cast is great with Dee Wallace playing Jill’s mom and Tony…
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Popcorn revolves around the transition from broken matter to broken minds, from atoms to acid, from Castle to Corman as the axis about which the 1960's horror film continuums, from the exterior without-threat to the interior within-threat. That this can take place in a delightful old theatre during a Schlock Horror Fest with what has got to be the most involved and into-it audience to ever such an event makes it even more fun. There is a thesis at work, one with which I am not sure that I agree, that a restoration toward broad unificatory horror which can get us out of our heads and into laughing and jeering and freaking out with our friends and neighbors might just…
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Popcorn is a total blast. The most bombastic Halloween party in a movie theatre known to man. One of the most uniquely original horror films of the 90s. I hadn't seen it in years and I was totally loving it. Quirky characters, inventive kills, psychedelic dream sequences, 90s actors galore and one of my favourite horror movie settings. Outside of Demons and Anguish this may be the best horror film set in a theatre.
A cult member known as the Possessor shows his audience his trippy arthouse film before murdering his family on stage. He then burns down a movie theatre killing several people in the process. Years later a bunch of dorks decide to hold an all night horror…
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Part of HOOPT🚨BER 7.0: “Stay Inside (the Salt Circle)!” challenge.
7/31
---------------//---------------The old school poster with a funny tagline ("Buy a bag, go home in a box") makes it clear that this is a film made for fans of horror movies, especially classical B-horror made with love for the genre and for the entire grindhouse subculture.
And in this respect, "Popcorn" does a good job. It's fun to watch the horrorthon filled with gimmicks à la William Castle in a beautiful and crowded vintage theater.The plot is as corny as those of the old B-films being presented, but unlike their audience, we aren't surrounded by tricks that make the experience remarkable.
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"Coming Soon. Justice, Retribution, & Death. The film they tried to stop, but couldn't. 15yrs in the making."
I've had Popcorn in my queue for way too long. & Everytime I scroll past, I just hear Dan Aykroyd's voice saying the title 😂
For many reasons, this slasher was overdue! Perhaps the most important reason:
👏🏻 IT 👏🏻 FK 👏🏻 ING 👏🏻 SLAPS!Kamikaze marquis letters, interactive cinema, & a mutilated maniac with a mounting motive, who clearly prepared lots of punny one-liners to ensure that opening night would make a killing (& then some).
This film boasts a satisfying story, a likeable yet disposable cast of vaguely familiars, lots of latex, creative kills, movies in movies at the movies, comedy that…
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pretty sure that obnoxious college student who yells that police academy 5 has better character development than ingmar bergman follows me on twitter
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Talking about a film that ups its ranking and my appreciation for it towards the very end, til then this was a nice and enjoyable horror slasher film that I wouldn’t be surprised it inspired the likes of SCREAM with its very Meta approach and discussion on B level filmmaking, this one taking the front and center of the entire picture as a group of film students try to bring back the glory of B movies and horror to a group and era apparently has developed a taste for something much “sophisticated” or no interest at all.
The acting in this for the most part is as great as you would expect from a slasher film in the 90s that…
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One of the most positive things I can admit about this pandemic is that I have given myself the opportunity to watch films that I have always left (for some reason) pending and that I can now dedicate to them from my free time and not leave them behind. This little slasher film is one of many.
Popcorn's flaw is that it is a disorganized film (which even though it doesn't look like it), making a bad parody inside another, with known gags from other horror films and I clarified that I like this kind of films about make a satire or a spoof of others Terror movies but Mark Herrier's goal was not met. The darkest thing that helps…
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I am at least going to try and do one movie a night for the remainder of the year; xmas rewatches do not count. So I may have to roll this one over for tomorrow in case I do not feel like watching one tomorrow. There were serious buzzing noises a bleary WAMP of static every few minutes defensively, I stopped paying attention yet, despite this aversion therapy not much different than electric shock theater seats, I was surprised how often I looked at the screen and was just delighted by whatever the fuck was happening...no I'm asking. What is it? This thing seemed to take literally forever. I love that it's Jill's face on that stick. Short bangs do…
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My god, it’s been a long time since I enjoyed a slasher on this level.
Starts as your usual slasher movie but when it hits the 15 minute mark it’s a non stop juicy ride. The whole set up was amazing, the production design crew and the practical effects crew( I miss practical effects so much ) did an amazing job.
The movies that were shown in the movie were damn entertaining and hilarious as well ( I loved the mosquito 🦟 one ). And after a long time I understood the villain’s motive as the actor who portrayed it was really good. The one liners he had was freaking good. He just goes a little bit too far…
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