A surprise dog which your partner didn’t consult you on? It sounds frustrating, but it becomes scary in Ryan Valdez’s short film We Got a Dog (2022), screened at this year’s Popcorn Frights film festival.

Popcorn Frights film festival showcased Aristotelis Maragkos’s creative retelling of a familiar story in The Timekeepers of Eternity (2022).

Max Gold’s Belle (2202) was showcased at Popcorn Frights Film Festival and it’s a beautiful addition to a genre festival.

This year, Popcorn Frights Film Festival features Christian Schultz’s Presence (2022), a methodical and spooky character study about trust and friendship.

Distress Signals (2022), co-directed by Terence Krey and Christine Nyland, is making its world premiere at Popcorn Frights Film Festival this year.

Tara Thorne’s feature debut Compulsus (2022), part of Popcorn Frights film fest, is a tense and emotional, hard look at rape culture and violence against women and feminine people.

Popcorn Frights film festival showcased Jay Burleson’s throwback slasher double-feature The Third Saturday in October Part V (2022), and The Third Saturday in October (2022). Meant to be watched in that order, they are love letters to the classic ‘80’s slashers.