Stars: Jill Schoelen, Tom Villard, Dee Wallace Stone, Ray Walston, Tony Roberts, Elliot Hurst

Director: Mark Herrier

Summary: A girl is horrified to discover that her recent nightmares are all scenes from classic horror movies being shown at the local college.

Maggie (Jill Schoelen) has been suffering recently from terrifying and realistic dreams. When film students hold a "horror-thon" to raise money for their department, they discover a film from the 1960s called THE POSSESSOR which mirrors the events in Maggie's nightmares. The director of THE POSSESSOR was a maniac and a mass-murderer who killed his wife before an audience and then burned them all alive. Now the students themselves are the victims of a real psychotic killer whose crimes are inspired by the gruesome horror movie.

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Chutney Popcornis an amusing exploration of surrogate motherhood that never lets cross-cultural or lesbian issues overrun what is essentially a family drama. Nisha Ganatra directs, writes and takes the lead role as Reena, a New York artist and lesbian with Indian roots that include an over-indulgent mother and newlywed perfect sister, Sarita. On finding that Sarita is infertile, Reena proposes becoming a surrogate mother, not just to help out her sister but to prove to her mother that she is capable of living up to the traditional values of womanhood. The pregnancy puts obvious strain on Sarita's marriage and she begins to distance herself from Reena and the unborn baby. At the same time, Reena's live-in girlfriend Lisa (Jill Hennessy) has commitment issues; babies never being part of her life equation.

For her first feature film, Ganatra shows much promise with her ability to blend the various issues at the film's heart without becoming over-sentimental about them. Madhur Jaffrey offers a surprisingly sparky comic turn as the doting mother trying to hold on to the values of her homeland. The script is loaded towards the inevitable happy ending, which feels far too easy and upbeat, leaving the audience with unanswered questions about the future of the child. Despite such reservations, Chutney Popcornis a spicy look into the alternative family that's more substantial than just a simple side dish. --Nikki Disney

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 0
Year:	1991
Release Date:	October 9, 2006
Runtime:	91 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	I P D 10873
Keywords:	General, Popcorn, Horror, Occult, Sci, Fi
Genre:	Horror/Occult