Yearbook superlatives are a time-honored tradition usually highlighting a student’s quirks, personality, or future. They can be clever like “Class Clown,” or “Worst Driver,” but also prophetic like “Most Likely to Succeed,” or “Most Likely to be in the Olympics.” But what if they weren’t so nice? What if you …
Read More »Interview With James Paxton, Star Of ‘DRAGN’
AI is everywhere these days. While it’s popping up where you most (and least) expect it, not everyone is welcoming it and for good reason. DRAGN, director Peter Webber’s (Hannibal Rising) latest flick starring James Paxton (son of Bill) is about AI gone awry and it’s joining the uptick in …
Read More »Interview With Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Donna Davies For ‘1000 WOMEN OF HORROR’
1000 Women In Horror (story) is a new documentary that is coming to Shudder soon. Directed by Donna Davies, it is based on a book by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas. We had a chance recently to sit down and talk to Donna Davies and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas about the project. PopHorror: I loved …
Read More »‘The Morrigan’: Interview With Writer/Director Colum Eastwood And Star Saffron Burrows
Steeped in Irish mythology, The Morrigan (read our review HERE), written and directed by Colum Eastwood and starring Saffron Burrows (Deep Blue Sea) and James Cosmo (Trainspotting), is about more than just the “queen of the dead.” It’s about the complicated and intricate relationship between a mother (Burrows) and daughter …
Read More »Interview With Filmmaker Julie Pacino For ‘I Live Here Now’
You could say I was a bit surprised to find out that Julie Pacino, daughter of Al, wrote and directed a horror movie. I Live Here Now, starring Lucy Fry, Sheryl Lee, and Matt Rife (in a terrific dramatic role that is not funny, at all), is a surreal nightmare …
Read More »Interview With Stephen Graham Jones, Author Of ‘Night Of The Mannequins’
Nightfire, the sci-fi/horror division of Tor Publishing Group, has rereleased Stephen Graham Jones’ (read our interview with him HERE) 2020 novella Night of the Mannequins so now you have no excuse to not read it. Complete with a new cover, what was once supposed to be a rip of Romero’s …
Read More »Interview With Natasha Kermani, Writer/Director Of ‘The Dreadful’
Back in 2020, I watched this incredible indie horror movie called Lucky. Written by and starring Brea Grant (read our interview with her HERE), Lucky was directed by Natasha Kermani, a filmmaker who had just wowed genre fans with 2017’s Imitation Girl. After blessing us with last year’s Abraham Boys, Natasha …
Read More »Interview with Samantha Mathis, Robin Tunney, And Amanda Kramer For ‘By Design’
By Design, written and directed by filmmaker Amanda Kramer (Please Baby Please – read our interview with her HERE) takes body swapping to a whole new level. Instead of swapping places with say, a serial killer like in Freaky, or *gasp* your mom like in Freaky Friday, in By Design, …
Read More »Interview With Haley Lu Richardson, Star Of ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’
I have to say… Director Gore Verbinski (Read our interview with him HERE) choosing Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die for his first film in nine years was the absolute best thing to do. We last saw Gore with 2016’s A Cure for Wellness and fans have been waiting impatiently for his next …
Read More »Interview With Zazie Beetz And Michael Peña, Stars Of ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’
I have to say… Director Gore Verbinski (The Ring – 2002) choosing Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die for his first film in nine years was the absolute best thing to do. We last saw Gore with 2016’s A Cure for Wellness and fans have been waiting impatiently for his next project. And he’s so …
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