Thursday, 7 August 2025

793 Popcorn (1991 )

 This  postmodern slasher spoof isn't nearly as clever as it thinks it is  with its  films-within-a film  structure and numerous  references to other movies.  A group of film students  and their tutors stage a horrorthon using old 50s  B-movies  at a condemned cinema where a gruesome tragedy once played out  and of course there's a hideously deformed survivor out  for  revenge. Even given it's a spoof ,you expect  some internal logic and avoidance of plotholes - the reggae band that can play during a powercut is a classic - and  I  don't  think  the  heavy  dose of Talking Killer Syndrome is  deliberate.

Jill  Schoelen ( as Maggie/Sarah)

Sex : No

Death : Survives


Jill's straight-faced  conviction in the leading  role keeps  the  film  afloat.

Freddie Marie Simpson ( as Tina )

Sex : Tina is having an affair with her tutor

Death : Killed by the maniac offscreen, means unknown


Freddie made only two films in a very brief career in the early nineties

Kelly Jo Minter ( as Cheryl )

Sex : No

Death : Survives


Kelly Jo only has a small role in this one.

Ivette Solar ( as Joanie )

Sex : No

Death : Survives


Ivette was a bit part actress active in the first half of the nineties.

Karen Witter ( as Joy )

Sex : No

Death : Survives


Karen  was both a  medical student and a Playboy model before going into acting. She  was  mainly  a  TV actress with a two year run in One Life To Live  and bit parts in films although she was the female lead in 1989's Buried Alive. She seems to have retired now.



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