Premiering soon at the New York City International Film Festival is a new thriller directed by David Rodriguez (Faces of the Dead 2: Exorcism): The Elder Hunters. The film stars Mike Ferguson (Amityville Uprising), Erica Dyer (Area 5150), and Brandon Krum (Wolf Hollow). Synopsis A group of young men who …
Read More »Short Film ‘SWEATY LARRY’ Is An Absolute Delight
Being a massive fan of short films, I was thrilled to be offered the chance to review the new film directed by Vanessa Ionta Wright: Sweaty Larry. At a crisp six minutes, this is one of the shortest I’ve reviewed, but it really makes the most of every single second! …
Read More »I Watched Ten Terrible Ouija Films So You Don’t Have To!
Of the many tropes in horror films, I have one that I will never, ever break: never use a Ouija Board. And while plenty of people have seen Ouija and Ouija 2: Origin of Evil, there exists an entire second string of films about summoning spirits – and I watched …
Read More »Review: ‘Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor’ Fleshes Out World Behind the Abbadon Hotel
Of all the categories of horror films, my heart will always belong to the found footage genre. Of those, I dearly love Stephen Cognetti’s Hell House LLC series, which follows mysterious and deadly events at the Abaddon Hotel in rural New York. After completing the trilogy in 2019, fans may …
Read More »Demian Rugna’s Latest Film, ‘When Evil Lurks,’ Is Brilliant And Original – Movie Review
With The Exorcist: Believer out now, the market seems flooded with possession movies. But everyone elsemight as well go home, because director Demian Rugna (Terrified) has fused extreme gore with cerebral horror and delivered one of the best possession stories of all time with his new film, When Evil Lurks. …
Read More »Su Kang’s ‘Shaky Shivers’ (2023) Fails to Deliver – Movie Review
Of all the horror genres, horror comedy is the most difficult one to pull off successfully. A good horror comedy needs to be able to seamlessly shift between dread to laughter at the right moments. In the case of director Su Kang’s (Han from Fast X) new film, Shaky Shivers, …
Read More »‘NIGHTSIREN’ is a Breathtaking Exploration of Feminine Power
Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SGA-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, Nightsiren being covered here wouldn’t exist. Witch, hag, crone enchantress, necromancer, sorceress, and siren. All these words have been used for centuries against women to punish independent thought …
Read More »GenreBlast Film Festival 2023: ‘Project Eerie’ – Movie Review
Those who know me best know how much I dearly love the found footage horror genre. From The Taking of Deborah Logan to The Last Exorcism, some of my favorite horror films of all time fall into this category. So I was very excited to try a new film showing …
Read More »GenreBlast Film Festival 2023: Shorts Block #8 – ‘Horrorblast!’
Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. PopHorror fully supports the WGA and SAG-AFTRA and their efforts. As a fan of short films, I was excited to …
Read More »Coming Soon to Theaters, DVD, and Digital: ‘SATURN BOWLING’
Coming soon to theaters, DVD, and Digital from Dark Star Pictures and Patricia Mazuy (Saint-Cyr) is a new thriller: Saturn Bowling. The film stars Arieh Worthalter (Girl), Achille Reggiani (Miss Impossible), and Y-Lan Lucas. Saturn Bowling Synopsis When his father dies, Guillaume, a police officer, inherits the family bowling alley …
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