From JJ Villard, creator of JJ Villard’s Fairy Tales (read our interview with him here), comes a new Cartoon Cartoon short made for Warner Bros TV. Synopsis: Running seven minutes, Scaredy Cat is a spooky comedy for kids about a timid half-cat, half Vietnamese boy who is afraid of everything …
Read More »Why John Carpenter’s ‘BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA’ (1986) Still Matters Now – Retro Review
For those who aren’t familiar with it, Big Trouble in Little China is a John Carpenter film that released on July 2, 1986, one that struggled and inevitably flopped in the box office but rebounded on home video release, eventually becoming a cult classic, loved by many, but especially this …
Read More »PopHorror’s 2026 Sundance Catch-Up!
Documentary Troublemaker – Antoine Fuqua gives us an emotionally turbulent but honest look over the life of Nelson Mandela. The film was helped by beautiful interstitial art and truthful reflections on Mandela’s life. For fellow Americans like myself, our schooling system did not teach us much about Apartheid, so this …
Read More »‘Never By Night Volume 2’: A Comic Anthology Review
As we approach the most horror-ific time of year, the month all of us boils and ghouls love, us here at PopHorror shift into gear, ready to consume more of our favorites than any other time of year. It looks like Jonathan Chance, writer of the first Never by Night …
Read More »The Top 5 Jeffrey Combs Roles You May Not Have Seen: A Birthday Retrospective
Horror fans may or may not know it, but today is the birthday of iconic genre actor Jeffrey Combs. I’m sure that over the course of today on social media, Combs and associated tags will be posted alongside Re-Animator, The Frighteners, Masters of Horror and his works with Stuart Gordon …
Read More »Exclusive Clip From Upcoming ‘THE ACTIVATED MAN,’ Plus A Tony Todd Memorial From Director Nicholas Gyeney
Award-winning filmmaker Nicholas Gyeney has unveiled the theatrical and on demand release dates for the much-anticipated supernatural thriller The Activated Man. The Activated Man will have an exclusive premiere at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills on Friday, December 13th, and will have a weeklong theatrical run in Los Angeles, as well as in Tempe, AZ, Huntingdon, PA, and other cities across the country. NY-based …
Read More »PopHorror Remembers A Legend: A Tony Todd (1954 – 2024) Memorial
Friday night, November 8th, I and many others were hit with the shocking news. Tony Todd, the actor behind Candyman and friend to many fandoms, including comics, Transformers, Star Trek and gaming; passed away at the age of 69. A few of us here at PopHorror wanted to get together …
Read More »Never By Night: A Comic Anthology Review
I’ve always loved a good horror anthology. From my early years as a Goosebumps kiddo to my teens with Outer Limits and Twilight Zone reruns, they’ve been a part of my life. When I heard about Jonathan Chance’s new anthology he started himself appearing on the indie scene, I had …
Read More »Fantasia Film Festival 2024: ‘Carnage for Christmas’ Review
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 …
Read More »Fantasia Film Festival 2024: ‘Cuckoo’ Review
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 …
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