SURRENDER TO THE DARK GODS OF CINEMA AT POPCORN FRIGHTS’ WICKED WEEKEND!

The annual Wicked Weekend event, hosted in celebration of the spooky season, will feature eight film events over five days, highlighted SISU sequel starring Stephen Lang, Neon’s SHELBY OAKS, VICIOUS starring Dakota Fanning, the outrageous gorefest FUCK MY SON!, and V/H/S/HALLOWEEN!!

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 September 25–28 at the historic Gateway Theater. With six electrifying presentations over four nights that celebrate the outrageous, the unholy, and the gloriously unhinged, Wicked Weekend promises to be the ultimate baptism by blood for horror lovers who dare to surrender to the dark gods of cinema!

Opening this year’s Wicked Weekend is Sony’s SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE—a relentless, high-octane sequel to the cult phenomenon SISU. The immortal “man who refuses to die” returns to reclaim his past, but when a ruthless Red Army commander (Stephen Lang) comes hunting, the result is a savage cross-country showdown forged in fire, steel, and pure survival.

Headlining the program is Neon’s SHELBY OAKS, a nerve-shredding supernatural nightmare following a woman’s obsessive search for her missing sister—one that leads her straight into the suffocating clutches of an unknown evil. Also leading the lineup is Paramount+’s VICIOUS, starring Dakota Fanning, where a mysterious box triggers a chilling ritual demanding a sacrifice of love, hate, and need. What begins as a game unravels into a reality-bending labyrinth of terror, memory, and impossible choices.

For the bold souls who crave the grotesque with their gore, Wicked Weekend dares audiences with FUCK MY SON, the jaw-dropping, no-boundaries shocker from Johnny Ryan and Todd Rohal. Equal parts nauseating, hilarious, and horrifying, the film follows a mother and daughter kidnapped by a twisted old woman whose grotesque demands push terror into bleak absurdist comedy. This gleefully offensive midnight movie is guaranteed to leave audiences gasping, gagging, and laughing in disbelief.

Rounding out the program is V/H/S/ HALLOWEEN, the latest installment in the cult anthology series. Trick-or-treat becomes a death sentence as haunted videotapes unleash twisted tales where every knock at the door could be your last. Also featured in the lineup is BONE LAKE, a wickedly funny, sexually charged descent into paranoia and terror, where a couple’s dream getaway unravels into a nightmarish spiral of seduction, manipulation, and survival.

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.

Celebrated as one of “25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World” by MovieMaker Magazine, Popcorn Frights recently wrapped its eleventh edition this past August with more than 13,000 filmgoers and industry professionals attending its summer week of wicked films, events, and parties. The twelfth annual Popcorn Frights Film Festival will take place August 6-16, 2026 across South Florida with submissions now open via Film Freeway. Shorts, features, documentaries, animation, film and video — all are welcome and can be submitted at the link: https://filmfreeway.com/popcornfrights