FIRST BLOOD at Regal Mira Mesa [9/23/26]
Join us back on the luxury recliners at Regal Mira Mesa as we bring you the long-overdue Popcorn Reef debut of one of the most important films of the 1980s: FIRST BLOOD.
If you consider yourself more genre-centric and have glossed over FIRST BLOOD in the past, you’re making a mistake. Not only is it a masterpiece in general by any measurable standard - it’s also a quintessential 80s vibe movie.
MAMMA MIA MONDAYS Kicks Off with L'OSSESSA (aka THE SEXORCIST) at The Tenth [9/27/26]
If you’ve been with us since the beginning, you’ll know that a ton of Popcorn Reef’s roots are embedded in an obsession for Italian genre cinema. We can’t get enough, and apparently you can’t either, San Diego, so we’re taking things a step further.
Welcome to Mamma Mia Mondays, a brand new series designed to let you explore every niche subgenre of Italian cinema on the big screen in the deepest possible way. Whether it’s Giallo, Poliziotteschi, rip-off flicks, Cannibal trash, Zombies, Namsploitation, Sharksploitation, Sexploitation, or Nunsploitation, every time you come to Mamma Mia Mondays, you’re going to 1) get your shit rocked, and 2) learn something cinematic from the most unsung cohort of maverick filmmakers in history. Bring your own pizza - it’s about to pop off.