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This summer, the Popcorn Frights Film Festival returns for its 11th edition, and it’s bigger, bloodier, and bolder than ever. From August 7 to August 17, the festival will takeover South Florida, unleashing a massive program of the best in genre cinema. Today, the festival has revealed its highly anticipated First Wave lineup—featuring 19 film premieres and 9 special presentations that bring together horror royalty, cult icons, and scream queens for a cinematic experience with the volume cranked all the way up.

The festival will kick off with an Opening Night World Premiere Double-Bill from fan-favorite filmmaker and two-time Popcorn Frights award-winner Brandon Christensen. He has not one, but two films coming to Shudder and the festival gets a first look at his tales of terror, Bodycam and Night of the Reaper.

Popcorn Frights is also rolling out the red carpet for horror royalty with the arrival of Barbara Crampton, who’s...

Nothing beats the heat like a little horror. Or a lot. Or how about 11 nights of "pure unfiltered terror"? The 11th edition of the Popcorn Frights Film Festival will offer all that, in-person in South Florida from August 7-17, 2025, alongside an internet ("virtual") component. The opening night festivities will include a double-bill from Brandon Christensen, with both Bodycam and Night of the Reaper. Barbara Crampton, the Queen of the Night, will be present to introduce Re-Animator, From Beyond, and Teacher's Pet, and Lloyd Kaufman, the King of Troma, will present Mr. Melvin. And that's not all! Linnea Quigley, also Queen of the Night -- we're allowed up to four Queens -- will be live and in person to present three of her 80s...

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A film festival that is truly a blood-splattered love letter to horror's past, present, and future, Popcorn Frights is an infectiously fun celebration of not just the scares on the big screen, but also the people that put their hearts and souls into creating them. This August, that celebratory cinematic spirit will haunt South Florida when Popcorn Frights returns for its eleventh edition from August 7th–17th with an in-theater and virtual lineup that is brimming with legendary special guests, retrospective screenings, immersive theatrical experiences, and must-see movies from emerging filmmakers with their own killer styles.

The impressive first wave of programming for this year's Popcorn Frights includes the “Straight Outta Crampton” triple feature of the Re-Animator 4K restoration, From Beyond, and Teacher's Pet with the legendary Barbara Crampton in attendance, A Quiet Place with live commentary from co-writers Scott Beck & Bryan Woods that will be moderated by horror author...

The Popcorn Frights Film Festival is back with its eleventh this year, both in-person and virtually, from August 7-17. The Southeast’s largest genre celebration announces its first wave of programming this morning, from new premieres to repertory screening classics.

For the first time ever, the festival will kick off with an Opening Night World Premiere Double-Bill from fan-favorite filmmaker and two-time Popcorn Frights award-winner Brandon Christensen. Popcorn Frights is also rolling out the red carpet for horror royalty with the arrival of Barbara Crampton, Lloyd Kaufman, and Linnea Quigley in attendance for special screenings.

In a one-of-a-kind genre celebration, Popcorn Frights, in partnership with Paramount Scares, will present a special screening of A Quiet Place with live commentary by screenwriters Scott Beck & Bryan Woods, moderated by Josh Malerman. The event will also include a “See No Evil, Hear No Evil” interactive game with exclusive prizes, offering fans a uniquely immersive horror experience.

Exclusive: Isabel DeRoy-Olson (Fancy Dance) and Luke Barnett (The Crossing Over Express) have joined the cast of AMC and AMC+ hit thriller Dark Winds for Season 4.

Production on Season 4, which will consist of eight hourlong episodes, is currently underway in Santa Fe, Nm, with a premiere set for 2026.

In a series regular role, DeRoy-Olson will portray Billie Tsosie, a decisive and resourceful Navajo teenager who wants nothing more than the freedom to connect with her people outside of her boarding school. When her cousin takes her out of school, she finds herself quickly in over her head with only her cunning and resilience keeping her alive.

Barnett will recur as FBI Special Agent Toby Shaw, who arrives searching for answers to a mystery involving one of his friends. Loyal to the bureau, Shaw finds himself in deep with Leaphorn, Chee, and Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten).

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