The second annual What The Fest!? was back with a vengeance in 2019, boasting bigger audiences, bigger premieres, bigger events, and bigger… well, just bigger everything than last year. Check out the full film lineup here. Perhaps the most coveted prize at this year’s show was the prestigious Audience Award. …

Dan Simmons is one of my favorite authors. His book, Summer of Night, takes the innocence and coming of age story from Stand By Me and wraps it in an otherworldly terror as intense and insane as an entire school foll of Pennywise the Dancing Clowns. So when I had …

What the Fest!? was a pretty awesome festival and I’m super grateful that PopHorror could help cover some of the films. They had an amazing lineup including the widely talked about cult story, The Endless. I had heard some pretty amazing things about The Endless from both critics and friends alike …

This past weekend, I attended the New Jersey Horrorcon and Film Festival. The entire event was almost surreal, with many challenges. However, the event was absolutely fantastic, with the right actors, the right crowd, and vending legends. Everything mixed so well to make the event successful in the end. Friday …

Now playing the film festival circuit from director Rene Rivas (The Spirit of Haddonfield) is a new short horror film: Rejected. Synopsis In “Rejected,” a short horror parody, three twisted tales of macabre horror unfold, all linked by an antiquated digital camera from 1997. The tales intertwine, creating a narrative …

Youthful independent filmmaking is distinctly unique. There’s energy and passion and a willingness to experiment you don’t see as often in older peers. A drive to get the shot no matter the cost. It’s a genuinely remarkable thing that serves as a potent reminder of the modern-day alchemy of movie …

Cuckoo was probably my most hyped major horror release this year. The only thing I think can compete was the Oz Perkins’ directed Longlegs. With Hunter Schafer and consistently gold character actor Dan Stevens (The Guest) at the forefront and directed by Tilman Singer (Luz – read our interview with …

The New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival is approaching quickly. They will return August 9-11, 2024, at the NJ Expo Center in Edison, New Jersey. The event is rapidly picking up steam from years past. The con has hosted many celebrities in past years, and they are pulling no …

Premiering internationally soon at Frightfest is the first Irish language horror film ever made: director John Farrelly’s (The Lost Jedi) An Taibhse (The Ghost). The film stars Livvy Hill (Debt), Tom Kerrisk (A Hollow Tree), and Anthony Murphy (Poppy Loftus). Synopsis Éamon and his daughter Máire, are employed as caretakers …

Premiering soon at Fantasia international Film Festival is a new horror film from director Elric Kane (Murmurs): The Dead Thing. The film stars Blu Hunt (Replay), Katherine Hughes (Tangled), and Ben Smith-Peterson (Mad Max: Fury Road). Synopsis A young woman lost in a series of meaningless connections falls in love …