‘Terrifier 2’, ‘Scare Package 2’, and ‘Smile’ Come To Popcorn Frights’ Wicked Weekend
Just in time for the spooky season, Popcorn Frights is thrilled to announce its annual Wicked Weekend program celebrating all the eerie, weird, wild, and strange things that go bump in the night! The event, running September 28 through October 2, will feature nine film events plus a host of filmmakers, restorations, and special screenings.
Everything kicks off with the opening night debut of Smile. The disturbing new horror from Paramount Pictures stars Sosie Bacon as a doctor whose life unravels as increasingly bizarre forces drag her to the edge of sanity. Wicked Weekend is also headlined by the North American Premiere of the fun and fantastically splatter-packed Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge. The hotly anticipated sequel to the cult-favorite slasher Terrifier 2 is also screening.
Other highlights include the 35th anniversary of Kathryn Bigelow’s ultra-violent triumph Near Dark and the 25th anniversary of the Kevin Williamson-penned 90s slasher I Know What You Did Last Summer.
This year’s Wicked Weekend will feature one hell of a family reunion. Check out a special double-bill presentation of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers. This includes a Michael Myers & Jamie Lloyd costume contest with special prizes and giveaways.
Rounding out the program is the Florida Premiere of Spirit Halloween: The Movie. Starring Christopher Lloyd and Rachel Leigh Cook, Nickelodeon meets the Goonies in thisdiabolical coming-of-age thriller. They’ll also be screening Alex Proyas’ gloriously gothic and brutal revenge tale The Crow starring Brandon Lee as a badass antihero in his final electric performance.
Check out the full Wicked Weekend line-up below:
Smile (2022), Dir. Parker Finn (OPENING NIGHT)
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) started experiencing frightening occurrences that she can’t explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality.
The Crow (1994), Dir. Alex Proyas
A man brutally murdered comes back to life as an undead avenger of his and his fiancée’s murder in AlexProyas’ gothic revenge tale starring the late-great Brandon Lee.
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), Dir. Dwight H. Little
Ten years after his original massacre, Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece.
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989), Dir. Dominique Othenin-Girard
One year after the events of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, the Shape returns to Haddonfield once again in an attempt to kill his now-mute niece.
I Know What You Did Last Summer 25th Anniversary Presentation (1997), Dir. Jim Gillespie
In screenwriter Kevin Williamson’s iconic 90s thriller, four young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town.
Near Dark 35th Anniversary Presentation (1987), Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
A small-town farmer’s son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter in Kathryn Bigelow’s ultra-violent genre triumph starring Bill Paxton, Jenny Wright, and Lance Henriksen.
Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge (2022), Dirs. Aaron B. Koontz, Alexandra Barreto, Anthony Cousins, Jed Shepherd, Rachele Wiggins
When horror guru Rad Chad Buckley’s funeral turns into an elaborate series of hilarious death traps, the guests must band together and use the rules of horror to survive the bloody game.
Spirit Halloween: The Movie (2022), Dir. David Poag
When a Halloween store opens in a deserted strip mall, three friends decide to spend the night locked inside. But their night of spook-filled fun soon turns to outlandish survival.
Terrifier 2 (2022), Dir. Damien Leone
Resurrected by occult forces, Art the Clown returns to wreak bloody havoc on the residents of Miles County.
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