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Popcorn Frights Brings ‘Anna and the Apocalypse’ and ‘Puppet Master’ to Florida Film Festival
Popcorn Frights Film Festival announced today their first wave of programming for the fourth annual celebration of genre-twisting cinema, occurring August 10 through 16, 2018. The Southeast United States largest gathering of genre films and fans will be hosted at the historic Savor Cinema in Fort Lauderdale, a state-of-the-art theater that in the 1940’s was a Methodist Church.
Opening Night features a triple-bill of mayhem kicking-off with the World Premiere of Havana Darkness, touted as the first English language horror film to be shot in Cuba; the East Coast Premiere of the zombie holiday musical Anna and the Apocalypse, which will also feature a live immersive musical performance by Infinite Abyss Productions; and the Florida Premiere of the gruesomely fun Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich.
This year Popcorn Frights will also celebrate director Chuck Russell, who will host a night of 80’s terror with a special 30th Anniversary screening of his ooze-drenched remake The Blob as well as much-loved sequel A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.
Other buzzworthy titles in the first wave lineup announcement include the Southeast US Premieres of the stunningly macabre The Dark and the sci-fi thriller Prospect; the East Coast Premieres of Blumhouse’s Boogeyman Pop, Darren Lynn Bousman’s new nightmare St. Agatha, and the audience award-winning documentary Wolfman’s Got Nards; and the Florida Premieres of Colin Minihan’s brutal tale What Keeps You Alive and the chilling creepfest Satan’s Slaves.
The second wave of Popcorn Frights 2018 programming will be announced in the coming weeks.
The Wayans are out to cancel the Cancel Culture with Scary Movie, and the cast assures it will do just that.
“They sort of have an across-the-board style,” Anna Faris tells EW. “It’s always been a part of the Wayans Brothers, their electricity. ‘Can we offend you? Will you still love us? Come on, you still love us, don’t you?'”
Regina Hall concurs, promising the “boundary-pushing” sixth installment in the horror parody franchise will “offend everyone.”
EW has shared a batch of behind-the-scenes images from Scary Movie, which hits theaters June 5 via Paramount.
Faris and Hall are joined by fellow franchise favorites Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Dave Sheridan, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, Chris Elliott, and Jon Abrahams in the legacy sequel.
The ensemble includes Damon Wayans Jr., Gregg Wayans, Kim Wayans, Benny Zielke, Cameron Scott Roberts, Heidi Gardner, Olivia Rose Keegan, Ruby Snowber, Savannah Lee Nassif, Sydney Park, Kenan Thompson, and Felissa Rose.
Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House) directs from a script by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, original Scary Movie director Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans (Scary Movie 2), and Rick Alvarez (A Haunted House).
The film will slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final.
Scary Movie launched in 2000, followed by Scary Movie 2 in 2001. The Wayans’ involvement ended there, but the series continued with 2003’s Scary Movie 3, 2006’s Scary Movie 4, and 2013’s Scary Movie 5.
Regina Hall & Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans & Regina Hall on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Michael Tiddes & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Regina Hall & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
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