The Popcorn Frights Film Festival is currently underway, both in-person and virtually, unleashing a variety of premieres and events.
Now at the halfway point, the programming still has plenty of horror to come.
Here’s a round-up of some of Popcorn Frights’ feature offerings so far, from musical horror comedies to experimental mindbenders.
Big Easy Queens
Rivalries, betrayal, murder, sisterhood, and musical glamour ensue in the horror-tinged Big Easy Queens from director Erynn Dalton and writer Robert Leleux. Made in Florida but set in New Orleans, the film follows French Quarter mob queen Minnie Bouvèé (Eric Swanson) and her rivalry with nemesis Poodles Makenzie (Jennifer McClain). Their bitter feud for Big Easy domination escalates when Minnie’s estranged sister Mimi (Benajmin Shaevitz) resurfaces, and the body count rises, though Poodles may not be to blame.
What Big Easy Queen lacks in budget, it makes up for in dazzling musical numbers and charming camaraderie between queens.
Now at the halfway point, the programming still has plenty of horror to come.
Here’s a round-up of some of Popcorn Frights’ feature offerings so far, from musical horror comedies to experimental mindbenders.
Big Easy Queens
Rivalries, betrayal, murder, sisterhood, and musical glamour ensue in the horror-tinged Big Easy Queens from director Erynn Dalton and writer Robert Leleux. Made in Florida but set in New Orleans, the film follows French Quarter mob queen Minnie Bouvèé (Eric Swanson) and her rivalry with nemesis Poodles Makenzie (Jennifer McClain). Their bitter feud for Big Easy domination escalates when Minnie’s estranged sister Mimi (Benajmin Shaevitz) resurfaces, and the body count rises, though Poodles may not be to blame.
What Big Easy Queen lacks in budget, it makes up for in dazzling musical numbers and charming camaraderie between queens.
- 8/16/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
"It gives me a unique perspective on things." "They said you'd be weird." A festival trailer has debuted for an indie genre film titled Psychosis, marking the feature directorial debut of Australian filmmaker Pirie Martin. Shot it black & white in Adelaide, Australia, this is premiering soon at the 2023 Popcorn Frights Film Festival in Florida. Pirie Martin & Kessel Run Prods. present: Psychosis, a hypnotic and hallucinatory descent into the murky depths of the human mind. A criminal fixer who experiences auditory hallucinations must confront old demons when a new contract drags him into a surreal maelstrom of mind-altering drugs, delusional vigilantes and a sadistic hypnotist who seems more monster than man. With Derryn Amoroso, Kate Holly Hall, Henry Errington, and Michael Wilkop. Described as a "audacious and dramatically gripping Lynchian thriller." Looks like a super experimental creation, though the 1:1 framing is a bit strange. // Continue Reading ›...
- 7/20/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Australian horror film Psychosis aims to bring psychedelic, violent madness to Popcorn Frights Film Festival next month, and Bloody Disgusting has been provided with exclusive images and a clip that highlights the hyper-stylized feature.
Popcorn Frights describes the film, “Stylishly gloomy tour-de-force of grainy high-contrast black-and-white photography, Psychosis offers a polarizing whirl of arresting visuals and noirish action set in a hypnotic, mystifying world. In this audacious and dramatically gripping Lynchian thriller, a criminal fixer’s unique psychological condition gives him an edge in the underworld, but when he’s hired by two amateur drug dealers claiming they were attacked by “zombies,” he suddenly finds himself dragged into a terrifying and bizarre mystery that will force him to relive the traumatic past he thought he escaped.”
The exclusive clip below introduces the grainy monochrome style and aspect ratio, teasing a psychological horror story ahead. If you scroll further, however, you...
Popcorn Frights describes the film, “Stylishly gloomy tour-de-force of grainy high-contrast black-and-white photography, Psychosis offers a polarizing whirl of arresting visuals and noirish action set in a hypnotic, mystifying world. In this audacious and dramatically gripping Lynchian thriller, a criminal fixer’s unique psychological condition gives him an edge in the underworld, but when he’s hired by two amateur drug dealers claiming they were attacked by “zombies,” he suddenly finds himself dragged into a terrifying and bizarre mystery that will force him to relive the traumatic past he thought he escaped.”
The exclusive clip below introduces the grainy monochrome style and aspect ratio, teasing a psychological horror story ahead. If you scroll further, however, you...
- 7/5/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
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