Themes: Serial Killers, Haunted By the Past, Criminal's Revenge
Main Cast: Jill Schoelen, Tom Villard, Derek Rydall, Malcom Danare
Release Year: 1990
Country: JM/US
Run Time: 93 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
In this off-beat horror outing, a band of film students decide to scare up some cash by holding a film festival celebrating horror films from the '50s. Its all great fun until they discover that the projectionist is a homicidal maniac. Gory violence ensues as audience members begin dying in horrible ways. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Elliott Hurst - Leon; Freddie Simpson - Tina; Kelly Minter - Cheryl; Tony Roberts - Mr. Davis; Karen Witter - Joy; Bruce Glover - Vernon; Thom Adcox - Corky; Ed Amatrudo - Boy Friend; Nico Bernuth - 2nd Hood; Guy Christopher - Student in Theater; Lori Creevay - Marge; Robert Dickman - Skeeter; Mat Falls - Lanyard Gates; Maki Fame - Lab Technician; Wayne Farnes - Student in Theater; Ray Garaza - Student in Theater; Bobby Ghisays - Judge; Giana Hanly - Sarah Gates; April Harris - Student in Theater; Rohan Henry - 3rd Hood; Suzanne Hunt - Dr. Latimer; Barry Jenner - Lieutenant Bradley; Will Knickerbocker - Landlord/"Electrified Man"; Fumito Naozaki - 1st Miner; George O - 1st Hood; Adam Ormsby - Student in Theater; Ethan Ormsby - Two-Headed Guy; Ken Ryan - Radio Announcer; Kimio Satoh - Scientist; Ivette Soler - Joanie; Mike Stephens - Student in Theater; Ben Stotes - Hatchethead; Cindy Tavares-Finson - Gloria Gates; Scott Thomson - Bearded Guy; Lindenberg Von Von - Student in Theater; Ray Walston - Dr. Mnesyne; Hikonori Washino - 2nd Miner; Munair Zaza - Doctor; Dee Miller; Dee Wallace Stone - Suzanne
Credit
John Myhre - Art Director, Sophie Hurst - Co-producer, Heidi Kaczenski - Costume Designer, Mark Herrier - Director, Stan Cole - Editor, Howard Baldwin - Executive Producer, Karl Hendrickson - Executive Producer, Howard Hurst - Executive Producer, Paul Zaza - Composer (Music Score), Peter Murton - Production Designer, Ronnie Taylor - Cinematographer, Bob Clark - Producer, Ashok Amritraj - Producer, Gary Goch - Producer, Torben Johnke - Producer, Giorgio Ferrari - Special Effects, Mitchell Smith - Screen Story, Jan Kubicki - Screenwriter, Alan Ormsby - Screenwriter, Tod Hackett - Screenwriter
Popcorn revolves around a group of film students planning an all-night horror film festival in order to raise funds for their cinema club. They decide to show a number of (fictional) horror films from the 1950s that rely on gimmicks such as 3-D, Odorama, and electrical "buzzers" in seats. Unbeknowst to the group, a homicidal maniac is stalking the theater where the festival is being held. A filmmaker named Laynard Gates, who murdered his family during a screening of his only film in the 1970s, supplies the decoy killer character, since young Maggie (Jill Schoelen) may or may not be his missing daughter.
