I LOVE THIS MOVIE! IT'S SO GOOD & THE KIND OF MOVIE THAT KEEPS YOU IN SUSPENSE & GUESSING WHO IS THE KILLER & WHY!
July 24, 2008I remember this preview from my youth-seeing it in my grandparents old creepy house and it freaked me out. Recently, ive been buying movies that ive always wanted to see and this was one of them. I loved the tag ine of the movie too-Buy a bag, go home in a box. This movie was perfect in every sense-the concept, the story, the atomsphere, the timing. The characters were even good, a rare thing in horror films since they all usually follow the same cliche. I enjoyed the end, even though the villian looked and acted like Freddy Krurger. All in all, get this movie if your a horror fan. It was excellent film and highly recommend it.
June 25, 2008 |  | Forgotten Early 90s Horror Films-Part 1 |  |
"Buy A Bag....Go Home In A Box" has got to be one of the best horror film taglines of all time. Unfortunately the film isn't quite as cool. This movie came in at the end of the slasher era, and along with Dr. Giggles was one of the last...ahem....stabs....at the genre before the dumb "I know I'm in a horror movie" slashers started by Scream. The action takes place at a movie theater. A high school film class decides to earn some cash by having a B horror movie marathon complete with William Castle-esque gimmicks including a giant mosquito on a wire for a film titled, "Mosquito", electrified theater seats for "The Amazing Electrified Man", and stinky gas from the theater vents for "The Stench". During the films the students start getting bumped off, usually in the manner of the film gimmick they're operating. As in most slasher flicks, the killer's motive is revenge for a past trauma. He's able to look like the people he's killed by creating realistic skin disguises for himself a la Darkman. His sights specifically are on "Maggie", our heroine, and her aunt played by scream queen Dee Wallace Stone. What's their connection? You'll be shocked to find out!!!!!!!!!!! No, actually you won't really. The backstory involving the theater and a bizarre film and it's director are actually pretty cool(the avant garde bizarro short film, "Possessor" is kinda neat actually), but it's rather weak as far as slasher material. A low body count and rather skimpy on the gore. The films that are watched in the theater are actually the best part of the film; very good reproductions of old 50s/60s monster movies. Ray Walston shows up in a cameo, and Tony Roberts has a small role as the film class teacher(apparently Woody Allen wasn't making a movie that week). It's more of a 3 and a half as far as the rating goes coz it's certainly not without entertainment value, and does manage to be clever now and again. All the other reviewers are right-This dvd transfer is terrible.
March 1, 2008 | | *If You Like Older Horror Flicks-Maybe!* | |
I love horror movies,but this movie just did not do anything for me.Some may enjoy it.It was a bit slow for me.I might just prefer some of the new horror movies alot better.
January 17, 2008Popcorn surrounds a group of film school students. They decide to hold a 'Horror-thon' at the Dreamland Movie Theatre for the night to raise funds for their school's film department. One of the main characters starts having strange recurrent nightmares. While at the theater a Film Memorobilia expert shows her and her friends an Eerie 60's cult movie called 'Possessor'- It just so happens that the director of the film was a madman who years ago burned down the theater and locked the audience inside... It also turns out the film and her dream have some sort of connection.
The students begin the night by playing old 1950's horror movies for the Audience...They are all having a great time but when the movies begin strange things start to happen. Somewhere in the theater there's a masked killer who wants the students dead. This all goes on while the audience is in the theater watching the movies.
It's a fun movie that has some a somewhat nostalgic vibe, inventive killings and a decent story. Popcorn is definitely one of the better horror films of the 90's.
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