Popcorn Frights’ Wicked Weekend returns this Halloween season for another densely packed slate of horror this September 25–28 at the historic Gateway Theater.
Featuring six films over four nights, Wicked Weekend promises to be bring the horror fun later this month. Opening this year’s Wicked Weekend is Sisu: Road to Revenge, but look for highly anticipated horror releases like Shelby Oaks, Bryan Bertino’s Vicious, V/H/S/Halloween and more.
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. Click here for details and tickets.
The Wicked Weekend lineup includes:
Bone Lake
Special Presentation
United States | 2025 | 94 Min. | Dir. Mercedes Bryce Morgan
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!
Special Presentation
United States | 2025 | 94 Min. | Dir. Todd Rohal
A mother’s manic quest pulls an unwitting bystander into a twisted, obscene ordeal that spirals into lunacy and terror.
Shelby Oaks
Special Presentation
United States | 2024 | 91 Min. | Dir. Chris Stuckmann
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
Special Presentation
Finland-United States | 2025 | 88 Min. | Dir. Jalmari Helander
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 from Don’t Breathe) 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
Special Presentation
United States | 2025 | 103 Min. | Dir. Bryan Bertino
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
Special Presentation
United States | 2025 | 115 Min. | Dirs. Bryan M. Ferguson, Casper Kelly, Micheline Pitt-Norman & R.H. Norman, Alex Ross Perry, Paco Plaza, Anna Zlokovic
A collection of Halloween-themed videotapes unleashes a series of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival.
The official poster for this year’s Popcorn Frights Wicked Weekend was created by South Florida artist
Jason Sheppard.