Yearly Archives: 2017

‘The Gatehouse’ (2017) Movie Review

The Gatehouse is the latest release from Uncork’d Entertainment. It is a dark fantasy/adventure/horror film that is unlike anything I have ever seen before. Whether this is a good thing or not you will just have you read on to find out. The Gatehouse is written and directed by Martin …

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PopHorror Interviews Tony Jopia, Director of ‘Cute Little Buggers’

Filmmaker Tony Jopia has been making dark comedies for nearly fifteen years. I honestly hadn’t heard of him until I watched his film, Cute Little Buggers (you can check out my review of the film here). As the final credits rolled, I knew Tony Jopia has a head and heart for …

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Cold Ground (2017) Film Review

Cold Ground is another selection that was brought to my attention by The Optical Theater Film Festival. This French film is a found footage offering, but it also mixes in the now popular retro aspect. Fabien Delage’s film is even getting a possible 2018 release from Redwood Creek Films and …

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‘Woodshock’ (2017): Beautiful, Hauntingly Disturbing- Blu-Ray Review

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Losing someone is never easy and sometimes unbearably painful. We all seek out different things to fill the void; some of those aren’t healthy and change us. This and more happens in the new hauntingly disturbing film Woodshock, Woodshock is co-written as well as co-directed by Kate Mulleavy and Laura Mulleavy. Kirsten Dunst, Joe Cole, Pilou …

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‘Her Last Ballet’ (2017) Short Film Review

Short films are not necessarily easy to pull off. The filmmaker has to give the audience a compelling story in a short span of time. I recently saw the horror short Her Last Ballet. The film is four minutes total and tells a creepy story of a gift left on the …

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The Dog Days of Summer: The Plausible Horror of ‘Cujo’ (1983)

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Directed by Lewis Teague (who went on to direct Cat’s Eye) and originally written by Stephen King, Cujo (read our interview with Dee Wallace – here) is most impressive for its realism. Rather than being cursed by magic or something inexplicable, a St. Bernard named Cujo contracts rabies after getting bit …

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BITS 2017: ‘Talking Heads’ – Short Film Review

Would you conform to social norms just to fit in with society? How far would you go? These are very real questions that are unfortunately answered in very disturbing ways in today’s world. As the Blood in the Snow Film Festival meets its end, I was fortunate enough to view just …

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BITS 2017: ‘Buckout Road’ – Movie Review

Every time I see a huge name in an indie horror film, I typically expect little more than a glorified cameo to draw an audience in with name value. So when I was given Buckout Road to review and saw Danny Glover listed amongst the cast, I expected about 2 …

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BITS 2017 Presents ‘The Hag’ (2017) Horror Short Review

I bet every single person reading this review has been woken up in the middle of the night at least once by some kind of weird noises breaking the midnight silence. Tapping, hissing, knocking, whispering… all of these sounds can be easily explained in the daylight, but at night, those …

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BITS 2017: ‘Crux: Black Sol Empire Part I’ – A Short Film Review

I had an opportunity to watch and review Crux: Black Sol Empire Part I, which premiered at the 2017 Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival this past weekend. I wasn’t sure what to expect with this film. But the film definitely piqued my interest, when it opened with the …

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