Kenn Hoekstra

PopHorror Writer. Associate Editor. @PopHorrorNews Tweeter. Also... Screenwriter. Blogger. Horror Movie Aficionado. Wisconsin Sports Fan. IT Guy. Father. Smartass. People's Champion. TIME Person of the Year - 2006.

Remembering Donald Pleasence On His Centennial Birthday

Donald Pleasence

Donald Henry Pleasence was born October 5, 1919, in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. The English actor was a star of stage and screen for nearly 6 decades. He was talented, versatile, and prolific. To the horror community, he was, and still is, an icon. Though he’s been gone nearly 25 years …

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Video Game ‘Anthology of Fear’ Coming To PC and Nintendo Switch

Anthology Of Fear

Anthology of Fear is a story driven, first-person psychological horror game that focuses on game world problem solving. Players immerse themselves in three heroic stories spanning several separate, completely unique events. It is the latest game from developer RG Crew and publisher Ultimate Games S.A., and it’s coming soon for …

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‘Friday The 13th: Vengeance’ (2019) Full Movie Now Available

The Friday the 13th franchise is currently embroiled in a bitter legal battle over film, title, and character rights. That skirmish has caused a complete shutdown to all things F13 related, including video games, merchandise, and, saddest of all, television properties and feature films. What’s one thing you can’t shut …

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Recap: ‘What The Fest!?’ Wraps Up 2nd Annual Event

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. …

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‘The Faculty’ (1998): An Underrated Classic Turns 20 – Retro Review

The Faculty (1998)

Screenwriter Kevin Williamson burst onto the scene in the mid 1990’s with a speculative screenplay he called Scary Movie. The Weinstein Company and Director Wes Craven produced the script and re-titled it Scream just before release. The rest, as they say, is history. Scream changed horror forever and made its screenwriter …

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‘Tales From The Grave’s’ ‘Hallowed Be Thy Name’ (2018) Episode Review

Tales From The Grave: Hallowed Be Thy Name

Tales From The Grave is a horror anthology web series that features a new director for each story. The latest episode, Hallowed Be Thy Name, premiered this week. This time, it was Jonathan Patrick Hughes’ ((S)aint Nick 2016) turn behind the camera. I will tell you in all honesty, I haven’t watched …

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10 Ways To Resurrect The ‘Friday the 13th’ Film Franchise

Friday the 13th Part VII

I have a confession: Friday the 13th is my jam. I’ve loved it since I was a kid growing up in the 80’s and discovered the franchise at an all-too-young age. I can’t even begin to tell you how stoked I am that my favorite unofficial holiday is here! I also …

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Seven Horror Sequels That *NEED* To Be Set In Space!

We’ve seen it before. Horror franchises run out of ideas, and what happens? Our beloved psychos and monsters get sent into space. It happened with Hellraiser. Part 4, Bloodlines, had Pinhead in space. The fourth Leprechaun film also shot for the Moon. The Prince of Darkness went out of this world in Dracula …

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