Borserie it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Michael_Elliott Popcorn (1991)** (out of 4) Some film students need to raise some money for their program so they decide to show three horror movies at an old movie palace. They plan to re-create a William Castle like atmosphere and all is going as planned until a maniac shows up and starts killing off the students.I remember watching POPCORN the day that it was released and thinking it was an incredibly bad movie. I pretty much stayed away from it until now and my second viewing of it had me enjoying the picture a tad bit more but at the same time there's no question that this is one of the most uneven horror movies that I've ever seen. A part of it wants to be a throwback to the old days when the likes of Castle was putting on these type of strange promotions. Another part of the film wants to be a slasher picture and in the end the two just don't mix.What I enjoyed about the film is the fact that it pays a loving tribute to the type of movies that were being released in the 1950s. The three films shown within the movie deal with a flying mosquito, a killer who was electrified but lived and a strange one dealing with bad smells. If you're familiar with the likes of William Castle then you know the gimmicks that they'd do to promote their movies and that's basically re-created here and this aspect of the film is fun.The problem is that that part of the movie eats up probably seventy percent of the running time. The subplot dealing with the Possessor movie, its creator and his revenge idea was just very poorly done and in my opinion it was a disaster. None of this is entertaining and it really takes away from the rest of the film. I understand that the producers were trying to do two things at once but sadly it just didn't work and we're left with an incredibly uneven picture that falls apart.The cast is fun for the most part and we do get to see familiar faces like Dee Wallace Stone, Ray Walston and Tony Roberts. That adds to the entertainment factor but one wishes that the entire screenplay had been reworked at the start of the production. Of course, this film suffered various production issues, which explains a lot.

Darth-Helmet 15 years ago, a motion picture called The Possessor which is almost like a snuff meets psychdelia film made by a man named Lanyard Gates who killed his family and destroyed the theater it was being filmed in. Maggie (Jill Scholen from The Stepfather) has been having bizarre realistic dreams of a killer and visions, her mother Suzanne (Dee Wallace Stone) is worried about her daughter with these nightmares and Maggie wants to be a script writer for Hollywood. Her friends decide to help reopen up the abandoned movie theater like Mark (Derek Rydell) and others to bring in classic gimmick ridden b- movies from the 50s/60s for nostalgic fun for everyone to attend. Professor Davis (Tony Roberts) and Dr. Mnesyne (Ray Walson) help bring in the stuff for the gimmicks to help the audience interact with the movies they watch in the gimmick horror movie marathon. A deformed Leatherface meets Phantom of the Opera type killer (Tom Villard) is on the loose in the theater during the showings, killing off the teens one by one until Maggie will find out who is the mysterious cretin.An entertaining and fun horror comedy from writer Alan Ornsby is a nice tribute to the William Castle gimmick movies of the 50s and 60s long before there was "Matinee". It deals with the gimmick movies as part of the plot which are influenced by the 50's/60's monster films with some slasher elements which helps the movie be a combo of both. The maniac in this movie is quite unique as he can change his face with the help of special mask-masking even voice disguising as his make up effects are really quite effective. The kills aren't really gory but quite mild like you would expect a gore-feast but this is more of a horror- comedy thriller in aspects and has some good suspense with a nice climax no doubt about it. Sure the acting isn't all that great except for Ray Waltson and Dee Wallace Stone whom are both talented actors but this is a low budget horror film here, the film is set in California but is actually filmed in Jamaica which is very unique as it's one of the rare horror films that are filmed on that island. There's even a funky reggae soundtrack thrown in since it makes sense being filmed in Jamaica, the movie has some surprises and thrills.The movie got some OK reviews and was a flop at the box-office but became a cult favorite on home video through the years. It's really an enjoyable slasher film and a tribute to William Castle's stuff.

Matt Kracht I've always been kind of surprised that people find this movie remarkable in any way. Maybe the problem is that I was already getting tired of movie psychopaths, serial killers, and the whole slasher formula by this point, and having yet another entry in that crowded scene kind of bored me. This one was admittedly a bit smarter and wittier than the competition, but that just wasn't enough to win me over. You'd have the be a hell of lot wittier and smarter than this to win me over, and very, very few slasher films have done so, since the 1980s (when the genre was already in decline, thanks to a glut of low budget sequels).I probably should mention that some people consider it a cult classic, so maybe you'll like it better than I did, but I can't really recommend it. If you'd really like to see a really good slasher movie, I'd suggest Halloween (the John Carpenter original), Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, or Man Bites Dog.

atinder This not to bad at all, all got to do enjoy this movie sit down with Popcorn and watch popcorn.A Group of teens plan an all-night horror film festival from movies that were made in 50's that was made in 3D and all the seats seem to have electrical shockers on them.Maggie seem to having these nightmare about man who lost in life in fire in the same place few years ago, after he was being casted into a movie made by Maggie.Now Maggie think that man is back from the dead and then she find out her friends are dying one by one by this man.This is really good (very) cheesy horror movie, you need to be a really cheesy mood to watch this movie, or you will really hate it! I had fun watching this movie so i going to give this movie 5 out of 10