12th Annual Popcorn Frights Film Festival – First Wave Announcement

12th Annual Popcorn Frights Film Festival, first wave announcement is here. It is taking place August 6-16 in-theater and virtually nationwide. Here are some the details!

This summer, it’s bigger, bloodier, and bolder than ever as the 12th Annual Popcorn Frights Film Festival returns August 6-16 for an electrifying 11-day takeover of South Florida. As the Southeast’s largest genre celebration, Popcorn Frights is unleashing its most thrilling program yet with the reveal of its highly anticipated First Wave lineup—featuring 14 film premieres and 7 special presentations + live immersive events that bring together horror royalty and live events for a cinematic experience with the volume cranked all the way up.

The festival will kick off with an Opening Night Zombie-Charged Double-Bill from master filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho, who will present the premiere of Colony, the adrenaline-fueled zombie nightmare that shocked audiences at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Paired with the premiere is a celebration of the 10th anniversary of Train to Busan, as Yeon Sang-ho’s genre-defining masterpiece returns in a breathtaking new 4K restoration.

Popcorn Frights also rolls out the blood-red carpet for horror royalty with the arrival of legendary actor Stephen Lang. First, he’ll introduce the gloriously over-the-top, neon-soaked Miami cult classic Band Of The Hand, the unapologetically explosive ‘80s action fever dream produced by Michael Mann and starring an all-star ensemble including Laurence Fishburne, Lauren Holly, and John Cameron Mitchell. Then steel your nerves for the 10th anniversary of Don’t Breathe, one of the most intense theatrical horror experiences of the last decade that transformed a simple home invasion into pure cinematic terror. Capping off the celebration is the premiere of Remains, the latest film from his son, Noah Lang, making this a one-of-a-kind family affair celebrating two generations of fearless filmmaking.

But wait… there’s more! Prepare for a psychic showdown that will Blow. Your. Mind. as Popcorn Frights celebrates the 45th anniversary of David Cronenberg’s Scanners with legendary actor Michael Ironside in attendance. Come for the exploding heads. Stay for the mind-melting psychic combat. Leave questioning the limits of the human mind. Ironside also blasts into Popcorn Frights for the 4K restoration of Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi masterpiece Total Recall, where audiences can experience one of the greatest sci-fi action films ever made exactly as intended: louder, bigger, and with a crowd!

You may find out more details on Popcorn Frights website here.