The 3rd and final wave for Popcorn Frights is finally here, with even more to showcase
The nightmare just got bigger!
Florida’s largest horror film festival is packing every possible punch and bringing audiences over 70 short films, 13 world premieres, and if you missed the last two announcements, you can find wave one and wave two here!
This final wave of shorts and movie premieres also ahs some fun suprises in store for audience members who will be in attendance or watching from the safety of their couch, you can enjoy the 35th anniversary restoration of Robert Kurtzman’s ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ as well as the 30th anniversary of Michael Dougherty’s ‘Season’s Gretings’ in a brand-new 4K restoration that introduced us to the beloved Sam before he became the halloween icon he’s known for now.
Below is the entire short film lineup for this year’s Popcorn Frights and there is plenty of gore to choose from!
SHORT FILM LINEUP
Zombie Patrol directed by Andres Bronnimann
Animation Domination
The endless possibilities of genre animation are on dazzling display in this retina-reeling, round-the-world showcase of some of the medium’s most innovative, boundary-pushing, and mind-enhancing short films:
Butterly Kiss, dir. Zohar Dvir (Germany); Cracked, dir. Jessica Rizk (USA); The Double, dirs. Aljosha Klimov, Mitya Kokorin & Misha Sprits (Canada-Germany, North American Premiere); Eaternal Dead End, dir. Ziyaad Jina (South Africa); Find Enjoyment in Your Toil, dir. Rob Kleinschmidt (USA, U.S. Premiere); The Foley Artist, dir. Rob Aiello (USA); Hell, dir. Parker Croft (USA); Run from It, dir. Racha Kongsommart (Canada); Snacktime, dir. Alphonse Ferrari (France); Zombie Patrol, Andres Bronnimann (Costa Rica-USA)
Pumpkin directed by Mack Reyes
Homegrown: 100% Pure Fresh Squeezed Florida Horror
Celebrating the cream of Florida’s homegrown crop:
Bodies of Water, dir. Biagio Gulino (USA)
Cheap Meat, dir. JP Bradham (USA, World Premiere)
Final Frames, dir. Michael D. Elliott (USA, World Premiere)
Horror Insurance, dir. Christopher Pinto (USA, World Premiere)
Hot Mess, dir. Yessica Lepe (USA, World Premiere)
Mary Rich and Often, dir. Jessica Bachman (USA, World Premiere)
Pumpkin, dir. Mack Reyes (USA, World Premiere)
Come In directed by Peter Ricq
International Midnighters
A celebration of some of the year’s most fantastic international short films from new emerging voices and established filmmakers:
Appetite of a Nobody, dir. Amanda Kaye (Australia)Banshee, dir. Peter Vass (Ireland)
The Beneath, dir. Lisette Vlassak (Netherlands)
Come In, dir. Peter Ricq (Canada)
Freya, dir. Fredrik Lindton (Sweden)
Gulp, dir. Conor McMahon (Ireland, World Premiere)
Halfway Haunted, dir. Sam Rudykoff (Canada)
Headphones, dir. Steven Arriagada (Australia)
Heirlooms, dir. Dan Abramovici (Canada-USA)
The Humbug, dir. Cole Paviour (UK)
My Mother, the Zombie, dir. Samantha Pineda Sierra (Canada, World Premiere)
Sweetie, dir. Taylor Olson (Canada)
Wax, dir. Alexandre Forgues (Canada)
Burning of a Family Tree directed by Alison Mattingly
Midnighters
A celebration of new works from cinematic scaremongers that bring nightmares into waking hours with thrills, chills, and spills:I
Artichoke, dir. Amir Moini (USA, World Premiere); Burning of a Family Tree, dir. Alison Mattingly (USA, World Premiere); Feed the Dark, dir.Rob Himebaugh (USA); House Rules, dir. Geri Courtney-Austein (USA); Inheritance, dir. Arvind Palep (USA); Rough Cut, dir. Mitchell Vincent Slan (USA); Sola, dir. Brian Hernandez (USA); Total Party Kill, dir. Alan Sanchez (USA); The Woman Is perfected, dir. Ruth Iorio Fowler (USA)
II
Blindsided, dir. P. Patrick Hogan (USA); The First Hour, dir. Harrison Thomas (USA); No.3, dir. Joe Heath (USA); The Orange Circle, dir. Mike Robinson (USA); Scissors, dir. Hannah Alline (USA); Scullion, dir. Trevor Graciano (USA); Shroomery, dir. Dane A. Benko (USA); Stay In, dir. Michael Buran (USA); Trad, dir. Dave Bekerman (USA)
III
American Cheese, dir. Kate Thulin (USA); Blossom Needs a Ride Home, dir. Tim Schwagel (USA); Carousel, dir. Christopher Kosakowski (USA); CHÄIR, dir. Chris McInroy (USA); Drones, dir. Steve Acevedo (USA); Four Itchy Boys, dir. Andrew Hebert (USA); Gimme, dir. Steven Schloss (USA); Monstrous Me, dir. Ariel Baska (USA, World Premiere); MurderBird, dir. Barrett Lesly Shuler (USA); Plain Folks, dir. Fatima Liaqat (USA); Rave, dirs. Jimmy Gruss & Riley McMahon (USA); Tapestry, dir. Jason Sheedy (USA)
IV
The Bogeyman, dir. Kenneth Thompson (USA, World Premiere); Bokeh, dir. Ivan Salcedo (USA); Earworm, dir. Ben Baraad (USA, World Premiere); Imprint, dir. Ran Jing (USA); The Last Draft, dir. Barrett Nicholas Guilak; The Me in the TV, dir. Gordon Phillips (USA); My Severed Arm, dir. Casey de Fremery (USA); Nightfall, dir. Zac Villanueva (USA); Prey for Us, dir. Zoe Kerr (USA); The Witchening, dir. MK Kopp (USA); Worst Thing You’ve Ever Done, dir. PJ Germain (USA)
