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Anakin W Jul 27, 2014 Popcorn is a movie that subverts your expectations and gives you something different than what you would expect. I knew very little about the film's plot before watching it, but judging from the title and the cover, I assumed it would be about a group of teenagers being offed one by one in a movie theater. I was sort of right, but not really. It's not a typical slasher movie, and in fact has more to do with The Phantom of the Opera than a straight up horror film. The story is about a group of film school upstarts who decide to do a horror festival at a local theater, but one of them has a dark secret from her past that is being dug up as the murders start to occur. One of the cool things about the movie, and the main thing that I like about it, are the fake movies that were shot specifically for the movie. Instead of shelling out the cash for the rights to some B movies or horror classics, they made their own. The movie is fun and mostly lighthearted, but it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense plot-wise if you stop and think about it after the fact. Regardless, it's still a pretty good crowd pleaser that's self-aware, campy, and fun. See more

Poe R Sep 20, 2009 A cheesy, low-budget but original slasher film from the early 90s. Popcorn concerns a group of film students who put on a horror film festival that features different kinds of gimmicks (3-D, flying monsters in the theatre, electric shocks in the seats, stinkvision, etc.) to accompany the films. Some of the film's real humor and charm derives from the humorous old sci-fi/horror film parodies that the audience watches. All of them parody 1950s era sci-fi/horror and are hilarious. A homage to filmmakers like William Castle, Popcorn is a fun and funny horror/comedy hybrid. See more

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