Popcorn

Year: 1991

Director: Mark Herrier

Written by: Tod Hackett

Threat: Psychopath

Weapon of Choice: Mosquito

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Rish Outfield's reviews
Jill Schoelen again, folks. Tyranist LOVED this movie, and I didn't. I can see some redeemable points to it, though. It had a nice little story, a fun movie-within-the-movie, a few familiar faces in the cast, and nice production values. When it worked, it was pretty clever. But the rest of the time, there was nothing special here. I just didn't care for it. It's hard to put a finger on it. Jill Schoelen continues to be pretty but vapid. Tyranist would say my dislike for Ms. Schoelen is the reason I disliked this movie, and he may be right. Go on to his review, he might be more convincing.

The tyranist's thoughts
We rented this simply because it had Jill Schoelen in it. It turned out surprisingly good. It has a good plot that is fairly original and some excellent twists that keep it interesting. This is probably Jill Schoelen's best work and it is a movie that is definitely worth seeing in spite of the title and box. The idea is most of what makes this movie what it is, but I think the special effects are also remarkably good for the quality of film it is. Imagine a film that is part homage to the classic horror films (I am talking about the horror films that most of us consider to be way to campy to be scary now) and part creeped out slasher. Possessor is disturbing.
My only complaint about the movie would probably lie with the weakness of the subplots. There is very little creativity outside of the main storyline. As much as I liked Jill Schoelen's character, there wasn't much else going on. I tried to forget about that, though, and just enjoy the great theatrical experiences the characters have instead. It seemed to work as much as in any other horror film.

Sequel
Owes everything to/rips off earlier film
Sequel setup
Bad title skull
Bad premise
Bad acting
Bad dialogue
MTV Editing
OTS
Girl unnecessarily gets naked
Wanton sex
Death associated with sex
Characters forget about threat
Secluded location
Power is cut skull
Phone lines are cut
Someone investigates a strange noise skull
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door skull
Camera is the killer skull
Victims cower in front of a window/door
Toilet stall scene skull
Victim locks self in with killer
Killer is in car with victim
Cat jumps out
Fake scare skull
Laughable scare
Blood hits camera
Beheading
Killer doesn't stay dead
Stupid discovery of corpse
Dream sequence skull
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls
No one believes only witness skull
Blood fountain
Poor death effect
Excessive gore
Music detracts from scene skull
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie skullskull Mosquito, Attack of the Electrified Man, The Stench, Possessor
Future celebrity appears
No one dies at all
Death in first five minutes
Virgin survives skull
Geek/Nerd survives
Little kid lamely survives
Dog/Pet miraculously survives
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes
Unresolved subplots skull
"It was all a dream" ending
Unbelievably happy ending skull
What the hell?

Total Skulls: 15

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