Based on actual events taking place in 1801, The Lighthouse is about two men, Thomas Griffiths (Mark Lewis Jones) and Thomas Howell (Michael Jibson), who are sent to man a lighthouse on Smalls Island, 25 miles off the Welsh coast in the Irish Sea. They are given food and provisions, but …
Read More »Interview With Matt Osterman, Director of ‘Hover’ (2018)
A few days ago, we wrote a review of SyFy’s 2018 film, Hover, a terrifying film about mankind’s dependance upon technology. We were fortunate enough to get the inside scoop on the movie from the director himself, Matt Osterman, who was gracious enough to answer some questions for PopHorror. PopHorror: …
Read More »Movie Review – Sy Fy’s ‘Hover’ (2018)
Drones are the latest trend, and make for really fun toys, right? But does all that technology come at a price? This is the question posed in the new SyFy movie, Hover, directed by Matt Osterman (Ghost From the Machine 2010, 400 Days 2015). The film opens with a commercial for …
Read More »PopHorror’s Top 10 Disturbing Documentaries
Featuring shady dealings, brutal maulings, and haunting mysteries, the subjects of documentaries can be far more disturbing than anything that can be found in a horror film. These ten documentaries are based on true events, and will haunt you after the credits have ended. 1. The Imposter On June 13, …
Read More »Top 10 Most Disturbing Documentaries on Netflix
Netflix is full of incredible horror films of every different category. Today, we are going to look at a category of immense power to evoke horror – the documentary. The following ten documentaries explore the dark and disturbing sides of humanity. And they’re all real. 1. The Traffickers In this …
Read More »Interview With Christopher Micklos and Jay Sapiro, Directors of ‘The Nursery’!
Here at PopHorror, we have loved covering the new movie The Nursery, which is about a babysitter with a dark past who finds more than she bargains for at her newest Saturday night job. Although we had been lucky enough to interview Director Christopher A. Micklos (read the interview here) …
Read More »End Trip (2018) Takes the Viewer for a Thrilling Ride
End Trip is an exciting new thriller from Aaron Jay Rome that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2018. It stars Rome (The Starving Games 2013), Eric LeBlanc (My B.F.F. 2017), Jaren Mitchell (21 Jump Street 2012), and Ashley Lenz (Law & Order True Crime 2017). In today’s high …
Read More »A Look At ‘The Frankenstein Chronicles’ TV Series
In 2015, Netflix released its fresh, bold take on the Frankenstein story: The Frankenstein Chronicles. The series was created by Barry Langford and Benjamin Ross and stars Sean Bean (Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings) and Richie Campbell (Eve, Alien: Isolation video game). It tells the story of Inspector John …
Read More »‘Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980’ (2009) Movie Review
Set six years after the first movie and directed by James Marsh, Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009) is part two of the Red Riding Trilogy (you can read our review of the first and third films here and here) and features many of the same actors …
Read More »‘Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974’ (2009) – Movie Review
Julian Jarrold’s 2009 film, Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974, the first film in the Red Riding Trilogy (you can read our reviews for the next two films here and here) opens in Yorkshire England, a place divided into historical Ridings, as young reporter, Eddie Dunford (Andrew Garfield), attends …
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