Mermaid

DATE: Thursday, August 14
TIME: 9:00PM
VENUE: Cinema Paradiso Hollywood

From the twisted mind of Popcorn Frights alum Tyler Cornack and starring T-1000 himself, Robert Patrick, comes a bizarre new nightmare soaked in saltwater, blood, and Florida sleaze.

Doug is a washed-up, Percocet addicted Florida man circling the drain—jobless, divorced, and teetering on the edge after being fired from cleaning aquariums at a sleazy strip club. With nothing left to lose, he speeds his boat into the Gulf, planning to disappear into the deep blue forever. But instead of death, he finds Destiny… literally. An actual mermaid. Mysterious, otherworldly, wounded, and barely alive.

He sees it as a sign from the universe and drags her back to his home, plops her in the tub, and nurses her back to health like some warped Ron Howard-directed fairy tale come to life in a Florida fever dream. But when word gets out about the sea creature, Doug spirals into madness, willing to do anything to keep her safe. Even if it means murder.

A depraved cocktail of Florida folklore, MERMAID is a sun-drenched descent into delusion, obsession, and the monstrous things we do for love. Think THE SHAPE OF WATER and SPLASH meets THE FLORIDA MAN CHRONICLES—only darker, dirtier, and the kind of deranged that only the Sunshine State could spawn.