Craig Lucas

I hail from rural PA where there isn't much to do except fixate on something. Horror was, and still is my fixation. I have 35 years of horror experience under my belt, I love the horror community and it loves me.

PopHorror Visits the New Jersey Horrorcon and Film Festival

This past weekend, I attended the New Jersey Horrorcon and Film Festival. The entire event was almost surreal, with many challenges. However, the event was absolutely fantastic, with the right actors, the right crowd, and vending legends. Everything mixed so well to make the event successful in the end. Friday …

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Charles Band’s ‘QUADRANT’ (2024) – Movie Review

Directed by Charles Band (Full Moon Productions), Quadrant is a step away from the campy fun he usually represents. Instead, it shows us the dangers of virtual reality. Is virtual reality possible someday? Probably when we are all in the ground. Facing reality takes a lot of effort for me. I …

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Richard Greenburg’s ‘LITTLE MONSTERS’ (1989) – 35th Anniversary Retro Review

35 years ago, I was a little kid into horror, but I was still a little afraid of certain movies that I grew to love. In 1989, I was learning about the world, sucking everything in. When they released Little Monsters, I found a new meaning in horror movies again, …

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WNUF Halloween Special (2013): A Retro Review

The WNUF Halloween Special has often been ignored or excluded. However, people are missing a fantastic throwback for horror hounds of all ages. If you grew up on horror movies, you would understand. The plot is chaotic by the end, even if it is a found-footage movie. I am not …

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John Gulager’s ‘Zombie Night’ (2013) – Retro Review

Once upon a time, before most of us ditched cable, we were entertained by the simplest genre offerings. For me, most of those films were SYFY Originals, although I despise the weird modernized name for the Sci-Fi channel. That doesn’t matter; what matters is that you could see some amazing …

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The New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival August 9th-11th Is Creeping In

The New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival is approaching quickly. They will return August 9-11, 2024, at the NJ Expo Center in Edison, New Jersey. The event is rapidly picking up steam from years past. The con has hosted many celebrities in past years, and they are pulling no …

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Doug Sakmann’s ‘PUNK ROCK HOLOCAUST’ (2003) / ‘PUNK ROCK HOLOCAUST 2’ (2004) – Retro Review

Doug Sakmann and Lloyd Kaufman made this work in 2003. I will admit here that these movies are wrong now. But it’s all so bad that I love it. Watching your heroes die in extreme ways, with minimal CGI, stole my heart. Why was there no more? I don’t precisely …

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10 Horror Movies That Molded The Feral Kid Generation

The latchkey kids were the ones who were free to roam without their parents worrying, and if you DID make them worry, forget it; you’d be toast. Feral kids know too well that we were up late watching HBO or “USA’s Up All Night.” They showed off movies I got …

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