A group of teenagers bring an old movie theatre back to life for an all night movie marathon while a twisted flesh mask wearing psycho tries to put them out of business.
At times this movie makes me laugh, at times it annoys me, but overall this is a movie that really should be seen by genre lovers because it gives a good feel to what horror is about. It also gives some insight on movies that were put out back in the 50's in such forms as "Aroma-Rama", "Shock-O-Vision" and 3D and what not. Usually they changed up the names with the movies but overall it was a chance to put the viewers into the movie which would be awesome if they practiced today in modern theatres.
Now being that this movie was made a little after the turn of the decade you figure that it wouldn't have much of a difference between most 90's movies and most 80's flicks... Well that's how it is.
 
Other than the 90's style clothing and the 90's style hairstyles *not so poofy hair*, this movie has an 80's feel to it which I really love. It was like watching a Nightmare on Elm Street movie without the Fred Krueger, ALTHOUGH our killer looks alot like him, in fact you'd be suprised to find that he was burned severely in a fire much like Fred Krueger. This movie really has a good horroresque vibe to it, and although it's extremely cheesy you'd be suprised to see how detailed they turn the Dreamland Theatre. Popcorn had to have at least some sort of budget for some of the sets and what not, and if it was a small budget, these guys are masters of the craft.
There was only a few things I didn't like in this movie, the first being the dream sequences Maggie has of "The Posessor", the fact that she walks around with a stupid voice recorder to document her thoughts and lastly the TERRIBLE MUSIC. Popcorn had the worst soundtrack ever, including a terrible Reggae band that comes on close to the end and sings some sort of love song. Other than that this movie is definately one to keep next to movies like 976-EVIL, Fright Night and Vampire's Kiss.... Classic Cheese.
Classic cheesy 80's horror fans will like this movie, not love it but like it, others might find it kind of pointless, overall I thought it was worth seeing.
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MOVIE YEAR: 1991
DIRECTOR: Mark Herrier
WRITING CREDITS: Mitchell Smith, Alan Ormsby
GENRE: Horror
CAST: Dee Wallace-Stone, Jill Schoelen, Tom Villard
COUNTRY: USA
RUNTIME: 93 min
RATING: 5/10
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