Ruben Lee Shaw

Movies have been a part of Ruben's life for as long as he can remember. His first film experience was E.T. when he was 5 in a dark grotty cinema in Amsterdam (at least that is how he remembers it). He grew up in South Africa and studied Film and Television production in the UK, which is where he now resides with his stunning wife, 2 interesting teenagers, a fat cat, a crazy dog, and sometimes a dark passenger, (his very imaginative imagination). He has worked on both features and short films and has experience as a journalist/reviewer for films, tv, and games. In 2016 he created his own super Geeky brand called The Ruby Tuesday.  Ruben has a love for horror and things that go bump in the night, although he himself will admit to being a scaredy-cat. Ruben's first teen-fantasy-horror novel is to be released in 2018. Some of his favorite creatives and their creations are Stephen King (It and on writing), Dean Koontz, (Odd Thomas series) Ridley Scott (Alien), C. S. Lewis (Narnia and Screwtape letters) John Carpenter (The Thing and Big Trouble in Little China), James Herbert (Rats) and Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labrythn, Hellboy and The Book of Life). Ruben continues to push the boundaries of his imagination and intends to release three novels and short films in the coming years.

Chad Ostrom’s ‘The Day After Halloween’ (2022) Movie Review – PopHorror

The Day After Halloween (2022): Two lifelong buddies must unravel the circumstances that led to a corpse in their bathtub in the wake of a Halloween party. The Day After Halloween was an absolute pleasure to review. It’s one of those movies that builds as it goes. Might start out …

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‘Only Murders In The Building’ Season 2 Episodes 1-8 – Non-Spoiler Review

Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short return to their sleuthing with their quick wits and quick quips in season 2 of Only Murders In The Building. Season 2 plays with the fact that they didn’t know if they were getting a second season or podcast. It continues to expand …

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Kojima Productions’ ‘Death Stranding’ (2019) Video Game Review

Death Stranding has been out for a months now, and it has had some negativity attached to it, with some reviewers saying it’s a glorified walking simulator. To them I say (*cue British accent*), “Poppycock!” and also yes, they may be slightly right. From IGN: The Death Stranding was a cataclysmic event …

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‘The Limbo Cafe’ – Indie Horror Short Review

The Limbo Cafe is written, directed and produced by Jason Burke (Mind Bender, author of Field of Madness). It’s a horror short that was a labor of love. That much is obvious. The Limbo Cafe centers around protagonist Atria Romero. She enters The Limbo Cafe looking haggard, tired and in …

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‘Terrorarium’ Video Game Review – ‘Lemmings’ Meets ‘Angry Birds’

Terrorarium – yes, that is tricky to say – is a game of destruction and cute gore, which is apparently a thing in this murder gardens game. The description for Terrorarium reads as follows: Maker Mode builds deadly levels filled with lava pits to murderous plants that you can share …

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‘The Church In The Darkness’ Video Game Review

This is the first game I have reviewed with my son, Ethan, and the first game we reviewed on Mac together. A game of firsts! Whoop!!! The Church In The Darkness is a Top Down game that, depending on the difficulty that you choose from at the beginning, will probably …

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‘The Bad Seed’ (2018) Composer Leanna Primiani Interview

Recently, PopHorror had the privilege of speaking with Leanna Primiani, the composer for The Bad Seed (2018), which was directed by the very talented and rather good looking Rob Lowe. Leanna Primiani is a composer, conductor and just all around really intelligent creative in the world of music. She has …

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Interview With ‘Depraved’ Composer Will Bates

I recently had the privilege of chatting to Will Bates, a fantastic composer of many films, TV series and documentaries, including 2014’s I Origins, the recent Charmed reboot, The Magicians TV series and Steve Jobs: The Man In The Machine (2015). Will has recently finished composing for the film Depraved, …

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