Popcorn

Theatrical - Wide 2019-02-12

Cast Jill Schoelen Tom Villard Dee Wallace Derek Rydall
Directed by Mark Herrier
Written by Alan Ormsby

Genres: Horror

Synopsis

A “Leatherface” type murderer who wears other people’s faces, kills at an all-night horrorthon at an old theatre put on by a bunch of film students. Maggie, the lead character, believes it’s really Lanyard Gates, a crazed film maker who killed his family live on stage, fifteen years ago. And now he’s back to kill his daughter, Sara, who is believed to be really Maggie.

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