MIAMI,
FL – Horror fans will soon rejoice as South Florida’s first and only genre film
festival, the Popcorn Frights Film Festival, launches October 1-4, 2015 at the
O Cinema Wynwood, premiering four acclaimed and highly anticipated
international films, and an additional six shorts.
“We’re
thrilled to present such an array of cool, twisted, beautiful, mind-bending,
horrifying, and hilarious films for our inaugural genre festival,” said
Co-Founders & Co-Directors Igor Shteyrenberg & Marc Ferman. “We scoured
the globe for the freshest and craziest films to present for our community of
film lovers, and this first incredible selection of films just gives a small
taste of the fun that will be in store as our Festival grows in future
editions.”
The
program for the first annual Popcorn Frights Film Festival is a fearsome feast
filled with vampires, werewolves, psycho slashers, cannibals, and all the
sinister things that go bump in the night. Opening Night will see the Florida
Premiere of Tales of Halloween, an anthology film featuring shorts by the likes
of Neil Marshall (The Descent), Luck McKee (May), and Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw
II), while the closing night highlight will be Bone Tomahawk, starring Kurt
Russsell, Matthew Fox, Patrick Wilson, David Arquette, and Sid Haig in a
horrific Western about how the west was truly won...against savage cannibals!
Other
buzzy entries in the lineup include the Florida Premieres of Howl, An American
Werewolf in London-inspired creature feature, and the genre-bending
supernatural shocker Diabolical, starring Ali Larter (Final Destination,
Heroes). In addition to these feature films, the Festival will also present six
award-winning short films as part of its official program, notably The Night of
the Slasher, a remarkable shot-in-one-take short with nods to the slasher
genre’s roots, and the eerie stop motion animated film The Shutterbug Man,
which features a voice over narration by the queen of horror Barbara Steele.
The
Festival’s Opening Night on Thursday, October 1st will kick-off with an under the stars courtyard reception
courtesy of Pollo Tropical. The reception will be exclusive to the Festival’s
Badge Holders.
LOCATION:
All
films will screen at 11pm at the O Cinema Wynwood (90 NW 29th Street).
TICKET
SALES:
Festival
Premiere Badges are on sale for a limited time for $45, and single screening
tickets are available for $12. To purchase badges or tickets and view the
Festival schedule, visit www.popcornfrights.com
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FESTIVAL LINEUP
October
1st
TALES
OF HALLOWEEN, Florida Premiere
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, Axelle Carolyn, Adam Gierasch, Andrew
Kasch, Neil Marshall, Lucky McKee, Mike Mendez, Dave Parker, Ryan Schifrin,
John Skipp, Paul Solet
US | 92 minutes | 2015
Ten
tales of terror unfold in a sleepy suburb on All Hallows Eve as ghouls, imps,
aliens, goblins, demons, axe murders, and serial killers roam the witching
hour. Join our celebration of all things Halloween with a host of dreaded
nightmares directed by the cream of the scream industry crop.
INVADERS,
Florida premiere
Directed
by Jason Kupfer
US | 7 minutes | 2014
It’s Thanksgiving and two would-be robbers are planning a quick heist.
But they might get more than they bargained for.
October
2nd
THE
DIABOLICAL, Florida Premiere
Directed
by Alistair Legrand
US
| 86 minutes | 2015
Ali
Larter (Final Destination, Heroes) stars in this genre-bending supernatural
shocker as a single mother trying to protect her two young children from an
increasingly strange and intense presence tormenting their quiet suburban home.
Seeking help from her boyfriend, they embark on a hunt to destroy the violent
spirit.
THE
SHUTTERBUG MAN, Florida Premiere
Directed
by Chris Walsh
Canada
| 5 minutes | 2014
An
all-out stop motion horror short that’s heavy on shadows and atmosphere and
narrated by the queen of horror Barbara Steele.
HUSH,
Florida Premiere
Directed
by Michael Kehoe
US
| 6 minutes | 2015
A young college graduate babysits an 8 year old girl during a terrible
storm, only to realize their house is possessed by a malevolent entity
October
3rd
HOWL,
Florida Premiere
Directed
by Paul Hyett
UK | 95 minutes | 2015
Make-up
effects master Paul Hyett (Dog Soldiers, The Descent) creates a lycanthropic
horror tale about a group of passengers on a midnight train who find themselves
under attack by a terrifying pack of werewolves. As his effects background
might imply, Hyett completely eschews CGI beasts and takes a more American
Werewolf-inspired practical approach that is unlike anything the silver screen
has seen before.
BAD
GUY #2, Florida Premiere
Directed
by Chris McInroy
US
| 10 minutes | 2014
This outrageously gory comedy follows a struggling hitman whose upward
mobility lands him at the dreaded position of Bad Guy #2 – a prominent but
ultimately expendable character in the bad guy pantheon – leaving him no choice
but to up his game or die violently at the hands of his emotionally erratic
boss.
NIGHT
OF THE SLASHER, Florida Premiere
Directed
by Shant Hamassian
US
| 12 minutes | 2015
Every slasher has rules for selecting his prey. But tonight’s prey might
have the upper hand.
October
4th
BONE
TOMAHAWK, Florida Premiere
Directed
by S. Craig Zahler
US | 95 minutes | 2015
Kurt
Russell stars in this character driven and horrific Western about a group of
men (including Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, and Richard Jenkins) who set out to
rescue a local woman and a young deputy who have been kidnapped by a tribe of
cannibalistic troglodytes. This is a men-on-a-mission Western full of all the
genre staples we love, but with the added joys of brutal horror such that, by
the end of the film, you will understand how the west was truly won...against
savage cannibals!
CROW
HAND!!!, Florida Premiere
Directed
by Brian Lonano
US
| 3 minutes | 2014
The title says it all!
This is fantastic! I wish I could go!
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