Popcorn (1991)
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Maggie is all ready to help her classmates and friends re-open an old movie theater with new props and fun special effects. But the deeper involved she gets the weirder her experience is becoming. Seems years back her mom was involved in a cult and the director of a film (happening to be found in that theater that is being cleaned up) was was killed there and took much of the audience with them. Well the theater and that film start to cause hallucinations for Maggie, ones she'll have to overcome - if she lives that long. The staff of the theater can't stay alive long enough for the final act. Maggie might survive, until then but the ending is killer!
Overall: One of Jill Schoelen's last films and definitely not the greatest script there ever was. The film really brings alive what John Goodman tried to do in "Matinee" while also trying to do a bit of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" with the bad guy. The motive for the killer makes no sense in why he's killing who he does and the supernatural stuff really lack any connection to the killer. As for the title? Should have been called "Soda-Pop." Comparison: Matinee meets Silence of the Lambs |
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