Popcorn Frights’ Wicked Weekend Brings The Fear This September
Sharpen those fangs, polish your pitchforks, and prepare your popcorn offerings to the dark gods of cinema, because Popcorn Frights’ Wicked Weekend is back to possess your senses from September 25 to 28 at the historic Gateway Theater. With six films playing over four nights, including Sisu: Road to Revenge and Bryan Bertino’s new film Vicious, Wicked Weekend promises to be the ultimate baptism by blood for horror lovers who dare to surrender to the dark gods of cinema!
From big screams to underground fever dreams, Popcorn Frights’ Wicked Weekend is a fright-fueled horror-palooza that celebrates everything eerie, outrageous, and gloriously unholy about genre cinema. For four nights only, South Florida becomes the beating heart of horror.
Access to Popcorn Frights’ Wicked Weekend in-theater experience is available through an all-access pass, which will provide an all-inclusive experience for films and special events hosted at the historic Gateway Theater in Fort Lauderdale. To order an all-access pass, click here.
The official poster for this year’s Popcorn Frights Wicked Weekend was created by South Florida artist Jason Sheppard, who has been crafting imagery for the event over the past five years.
Check out the full Wicked Weekend line-up below!
Bone Lake (dir. Mercedes Bryce Morgan)
United States | 2025
A couple’s vacation at a secluded estate is upended when they’re forced to share the mansion with a mysterious couple. A dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex, lies, and manipulation, triggering a battle for survival.
Fuck My Son (dir. Todd Rohal)
United States | 2025 | 94 Min.
A mother’s manic quest pulls an unwitting bystander into a twisted, obscene ordeal that spirals into lunacy and terror.
Shelby Oaks (dir. Chris Stuckmann)
United States | 2024 | 91 Min.
A woman’s desperate search for her long-lost sister falls into obsession upon realizing that the imaginary demon from their childhood may have been real.
Sisu: Road to Revenge (dir. Jalmari Helander)
Finland-United States | 2025 | 88 Min.
Sisu: Road to Revenge is a wall-to-wall cinematic action event, a sequel to the original sleeper hit Sisu. Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, “the man who refuses to die” (Jorma Tommila) dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honor. When the Red Army commander who killed his family (Stephen Lang) comes back hellbent on finishing the job, a relentless, eye-popping cross-country chase ensues, a fight to the death, full of clever, unbelievable action set pieces.
Vicious (dir. Bryan Bertino)
United States | 2025 | 103 Min.
When Polly (Dakota Fanning) receives a mysterious Box from an unexpected late-night visitor (Kathryn Hunter), it comes with a simple instruction: place three things inside: something you need, something you hate, and something you love. What begins as a strange ritual quickly unravels into a waking nightmare. Trapped in a terrifying world where reality bends and memory betrays, Polly must navigate a series of impossible choices. As time slips away, she’s forced to confront the darkness not just around her, but within her—before it consumes everything and everyone she’s ever known.
V/H/S/Halloween (dirs. Bryan M. Ferguson, Casper Kelly, Micheline Pitt-Norman & R.H. Norman, Alex Ross Perry, Paco Plaza, Anna Zlokovic)
United States | 2025 | 115 Min.
A collection of Halloween-themed videotapes unleashes a series of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival.
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