Popcorn Frights Film Festival Announces Full Slate
July 31, 2019The fifth annual Popcorn Frights Film Festival is shaping up to be one of the best yet, with 24 films scheduled over nine days of horror!
It has now been revealed the films that we can expect in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., including kicking things off with the world premiere of Haunt, from the creative duo behind A Quiet Place, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, both of whom will be in attendance. In fact, taking into consideration all of the short films, the festival will feature 73 film premieres, including 10 world premieres, spanning over 16-different countries. The event will close with the East Coast premiere of Bit, starring Supergirl‘s Nicole Maines. With two waves of film announcements, this is not a year to miss this event!
FIRST WAVE
Notable films announced include, The Sonata, starring recently-deceased sci-fi legend, Rutger Hauer, Paradise Hills, starring Emma Roberts, Eiza González, Milla Jovovich and Awkwafina, and Villains, which stars Bill Skarsgård, aka Pennywise in IT, Maika Monroe and Jeffrey Donovan. Peep the other films unveiled in the first wave, HERE.
SECOND WAVE
Standout films revealed will feature Seann William Scott in a Blumhouse offering, Bloodline, former WWE wrestler C.M. Punk in The Girl on the Third Floor, a horror sex comedy from director Keola Racela, Porno, and Infección, a film which satirically captures a turbulent Venezuela in zombie canon. You can check out the rest of the second wave announcements, HERE.
The event began in 2015 and has quickly become the top international genre film festival in Florida. It takes place in a historical landmark, the Savor Cinema, a converted 1940s Methodist Church.
The 2019 Popcorn Frights Film Festival launches on Thursday, Aug. 8, and culminates on Friday, Aug. 16. Click HERE for the complete schedule and HERE for the feature films list.
Click HERE for festival badges, which will get you admittance to each-and-every film. If you are looking to see select films, you can find individual screening tickets per Popcorn Frights Facebook events for each film, HERE. All films will run at the Savor Cinema, located at 503 SE 6th Street, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
We’ll see you all there!
