What makes it different from others?

Such a frustrating disappointment

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Spoilers ahead!Popcorn, a movie that was released in 1991, was one of those movies that I spent a lot of effort trying to watch when it came out. I distinctly remember trying to see it in the theater, but it being out of the theater before I could. I also remember renting it once or twice, and for some reason or another, never getting to watch it. Well, I finally got to watch it, and I am glad for that.When a group of film students decide to have an all night horror movie marathon at a local theater, luck falls their way. They get to not only show three classic (albeit fake) horror movies, and they manage to get their hands on the original gimmicks that went with the flicks. The first movie is "Mosquito", a movie about the attack of a giant mosquito. For this movie, they have a giant mosquito prop that they shoot through the theater over the heads of the film-goers (and eventually, straight through their teachers chest!). Then there is "The Attack of the Amazing Electrified Man", in which a man is executed in the electric chair, but doesn't die. All the seats in the theater are wired to deliver a mild shock to the movie goers (and a not-so-mild shock to one of the students!). Then there is "The Stench", which we don't really get to see enough of the movie to know what it is about, however, the students have a big smoke machine that they can add scents to (and one of the students is gassed to death in the bathroom!).While the students are going through the props that are so graciously loaned to them by Dr. Mnesyne (played by the great Ray Walston), they discover a reel of film that when watched, seems to be an odd art house style movie. Maggie (Jill Schoelen), however, recognizes the face in the film as someone she has seen in her dreams. Their teacher Mr. Davis (Tony Roberts) tells them that the creator of the film was a cult leader, and at one time had gone mad, and during the showing of the film, killed his entire family on stage, then burned down the theater, killing several members of his cult as well. Soon, people are going missing left and right, and it seems that the cult leader may be back from the dead!I am really happy I caught this movie finally after so many years. From all the things I have read about it, it seems that it suffered from a lot of problems during the film making process, some of which were replacing directors and main actresses, financial problems, and releasing problems. I found this movie to be a big change from a lot of the movies that were coming out in the late 80s/early 90s, as the killer is a little more original with the kills, and in general, the film is just fun to watch. The characters are likable, and even the reveal at the end of the movie was kind of a surprise for me. Sure, there are plot holes all through this movie, but it has a certain charm to it, that to me, really translates on the screen to a real enjoyable movie, and one that I am pretty sure I will be revisiting again.

This 1991 horror film stars Jill Schoelen, Tom Villard, Dee Wallace, Derek Rydell and Kelly Jo Minter. Schoelen (The Phantom of the Opera) plays film student, Maggie who has been having weird dreams and thinks about using them to write a film. Soon, she and her classmates have a chance to run an all-night horror film festival. That's when a mysterious, scarred killer starts wiping out the employees to get to Maggie. Maggie begins to wonder if the killer is someone from her past or not. The late, Villard (One Crazy Summer) plays Toby, Wallace (The Howling) plays Suzanne, Rydell plays Mark and Minter (Summer School) plays Cheryl. This isn't a bad horror flick and Schoelen and Villard are great in it. I recommend this.

Although it takes a while to get going, POPCORN proves to be a warm and affectionate little slasher movie made along the same lines as Joe Dante's Matinée – i.e. a celebration of the world of the B-movie in its cinematic form. Indeed, the ghost of William Castle seems to be watching over this movies, both in the presence of the cheesy films shown by the fictional cinema and in the bizarre antics of the film students, determined to give their audience an interactive experience!It's all about the gimmicks and the celebration of the weird, so much so that the actual slasher plot comes second. It's a slight shame, because the story isn't bad, even if it is remarkably familiar: there's an evil killer from the past returning to affect the heroine in the present, and his calling card is that he uses prosthetic masks to disguise himself as anyone and anything. The subsequent kills aren't particularly gory, but they are well staged with an element of Grand Guignol that becomes especially apparent during the over-the-top climax.POPCORN was made in Jamaica doubling for small-town America, which gives it even more of an offbeat vibe – and the reggae soundtrack is great. The acting is nothing to write home about (THE HOWLING's Dee Wallace-Stone is the only actress of note in a minor part), but when the story and screenplay are so obviously written by genuine fans of old-time horror shows – well, this becomes a film impossible to dislike.

For early 1990s horror POPCORN is a hoot to watch. You already know what is going to happen, but you want to see how it happens. Besides being predictable, the film is a bit corny although very watchable. A new film class is finding itself in the need of funds, so the professor(Tony Roberts)agrees to a all-night horror movie marathon. The plan is to show several old scary flicks with added enhancement like 3D, sound effects, horrid aromas and even giving several theater seats the old "shock treatment". Not expected is the return of an old has-been forgotten film maker(Matt Falls), who wants to go on a killing spree...using the faces of his victims.A very lively cast featuring: Dee Wallace-Stone, Ray Walston, Kelly Jo Minter, Tom Villard, Jill Schoelen, Freddie Marie Simpson and Derek Rydall.