hyped garbage

A Masterpiece!

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

15 years ago, a motion picture called The Possessor which is almost like a snuff meets psychdelia film made by a man named Lanyard Gates who killed his family and destroyed the theater it was being filmed in. Maggie (Jill Scholen from The Stepfather) has been having bizarre realistic dreams of a killer and visions, her mother Suzanne (Dee Wallace Stone) is worried about her daughter with these nightmares and Maggie wants to be a script writer for Hollywood. Her friends decide to help reopen up the abandoned movie theater like Mark (Derek Rydell) and others to bring in classic gimmick ridden b- movies from the 50s/60s for nostalgic fun for everyone to attend. Professor Davis (Tony Roberts) and Dr. Mnesyne (Ray Walson) help bring in the stuff for the gimmicks to help the audience interact with the movies they watch in the gimmick horror movie marathon. A deformed Leatherface meets Phantom of the Opera type killer (Tom Villard) is on the loose in the theater during the showings, killing off the teens one by one until Maggie will find out who is the mysterious cretin.An entertaining and fun horror comedy from writer Alan Ornsby is a nice tribute to the William Castle gimmick movies of the 50s and 60s long before there was "Matinee". It deals with the gimmick movies as part of the plot which are influenced by the 50's/60's monster films with some slasher elements which helps the movie be a combo of both. The maniac in this movie is quite unique as he can change his face with the help of special mask-masking even voice disguising as his make up effects are really quite effective. The kills aren't really gory but quite mild like you would expect a gore-feast but this is more of a horror- comedy thriller in aspects and has some good suspense with a nice climax no doubt about it. Sure the acting isn't all that great except for Ray Waltson and Dee Wallace Stone whom are both talented actors but this is a low budget horror film here, the film is set in California but is actually filmed in Jamaica which is very unique as it's one of the rare horror films that are filmed on that island. There's even a funky reggae soundtrack thrown in since it makes sense being filmed in Jamaica, the movie has some surprises and thrills.The movie got some OK reviews and was a flop at the box-office but became a cult favorite on home video through the years. It's really an enjoyable slasher film and a tribute to William Castle's stuff.

The majority of this movie was filmed on location in Kingston, Jamaica in the Ward Theatre, 10, North Parade, Kingston. The theatre was opened December 16, 1912 with a production of Gilbert & Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance". It is in a poor state of repair after being badly damaged by Hurricane Dean in 2007 and from 2012 funding has been sought for renovation.I watched this film recently on the Horror Channel in the United Kingdom and found it entertaining, holding my interest until the end. The acting was average for this type of film. As an aficionado of cinema and theatre building, it was its authentic setting which made it most enjoyable for me, and it was great to see the building in such good shape. Let's hope it will be restored in the near future.

To help raise money, a film class decides to throw a horror movie marathon featuring old films. But one they stumble on, "Possesor" is connected to a cultist from the 1960s, and it soon seems he has returned to kill off theater patrons.I stumbled across this film when video stores began switching to DVD and were selling their VHS for cheap. I had not heard of it at that point, but soon loved it, and its star, Jill Schoelen (who was great in this, as well as everything she has ever done). Perhaps as DVDs are replaced by Blu-Ray, I will again have the luck to acquire this title cheaply.The film is well-scripted, really plays up classic films and film nerd knowledge, but what really sells it are the films featured in the film. Both "Mosquito" and "The Stench" call to mind the gimmicks of William Castle, and the film "Possessor" is a scary film all its own (and should be included as a bonus feature on the DVD).I think the film is relatively unknown and not highly praised, as many may consider it "just another slasher", but it's really more deep and well thought out than that. This is not the basic teenagers dying flick, there is a real mystery and some odd back story -- how is the lead character's mother involved, for example? I would urge people to seek this one out, and if a decent DVD does not yet exist, I hope some company comes along and gives us a fully loaded one like this film deserves.

When a group of film students need to raise some cash, they organise a horror movie festival at a run-down theatre, offering fright-fans a selection of old monster movies—complete with their original promotional gimmicks! As a packed house enjoys a triple bill of hokey trash (fictional B-movies 'Mosquito', 'The Amazing Electrified Man' and 'The Stench'), a disfigured killer proceeds to use the movies' gimmicks to bump off the students, whilst wearing a variety of latex masks to deceive his victims.Popcorn is exactly like its title suggests: a light-hearted, teen-centric, and not-to-be-taken-too-seriously popcorn movie. Although this means it is fairly light on the gore (and features absolutely no nudity), with its pretty nifty horror-film-themed script (that any fan of the genre should get a kick out of), some fine make-up effects, and a genuine sense of fun, this early 90s offering proves to be great escapism for its duration (plus, I'm a sucker for a gorgeous brunette in peril, so the film automatically scores points with me for starring the lovely Jill Schoelen as its helpless female in distress).The screenplay, by talented genre scribe Alan Ormsby definitely shows that the man knows his stuff when it comes to schlock horror, with the three films-within-the-film taking plenty of good natured swipes at the clichés and conventions of the genre. The cast all give spirited performances, with Dee Wallace-Stone racking up another solid horror film credit, Tom Villard giving a particularly memorable performance as goofy film fan Toby, and the always impressive Ray Walston appearing in a short but welcome cameo.Occasionally the film gets a little too daft for its own good (the running gag where the hero continually gets hurt soon becomes tiresome), and the ending seems to rattle on forever, but there's easily enough fun stuff in this one to make it worth checking out.7.5 out of 10, rounded up to 8 for IMDb.