Yearly Archives: 2017

The Forlorned (2017) Movie Review

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Ghost and possession films aren’t really my cup of tea, mainly because I find them fairly derivative. With few exceptions, you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all. I wasn’t expecting much from The Forlorned, but I must say, I was pleasantly surprised with the film. Read on for my thoughts. …

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Interview With ‘Itsy Bitsy’ Director Micah Gallo

When we first heard about the upcoming indie creature feature Itsy Bitsy, the writers at PopHorror were pretty pumped to see this arachnophobic’s nightmare of a film come to fruition. And who better to chat about the film than the director himself, Micah Gallo? We asked Micah about his filmmaking …

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Aaron Mirtes’ ‘Clowntergeist’ (2017): A Laughing Matter – Movie Review

When I wrote the announcement of Clowntergeist, I stated that this was only the beginning of the slew of clown movies that will inevitably come out this year. Due to the highly anticipated release of the newest adaptation of Stephen King’s novel IT (read our review here), it was inevitable …

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‘Friend Request’ (2017): Movie Review

Evil is trending in Simon Verhoeven’s new film Friend Request. Taking the fears of social media and turning it into a paranormal and stalker festival, Friend Request starts with main character Laura (Alycia Debnam-Carey) accepting the friend request of weird loner Marina (Liesl Ahlers), who has no other friends on Facebook. …

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Creepy Trivia On The 1990 Thriller, ‘Flatliners’

In anticipation of the upcoming Flatliners sequel, PopHorror has decided to travel back in time nearly three decades to 1990 and revisit the film that started it all. Directed by Joel Schumacher (Lost Boys), the original film was filled with an all star cast, including Kiefer Sutherland (Lost Boys), Julia Roberts …

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‘Retrograde’ by Peter Cawdron – Book Review

Most books about Mars end up being about alien life. Peter Cawdron’s Retrograde does not go this route. The Mars colonists are made aware that there was an epic nuclear strike on major cities back on Earth. This news ends up driving a wedge between the different mods who argue …

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Revelator (2017) Movie Review

Seeing dead people has been used as a plot device for several movies in various genres, the latest of which is Revelator, a mystery film about a broken man with the ability to see the dead who helps mourning families find closure. Read on for my thoughts on Revelator. Revelator …

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‘Safe Inside’ (2017) An Eerie and Suspenseful Horror Story

After a tragedy, sometimes paranoia sets in. People will often see and hear things that aren’t there. But what if they weren’t really going crazy? What if it was real? All this and more happens in the new horror film Safe Inside. From Tempe Entertainment, Safe Inside is directed and …

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‘Blanky’ by Kealan Patrick Burke – Book Review

Horror is subjective. Different people are afraid of different things. But one thing that nearly all people are afraid of is death. While one’s own death can be a fearful prospect, the death of a loved one – especially an innocent baby – is the utmost in soul-wringing terror. In …

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