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Interview With ‘APPENDAGE’ Director Anna Zlokovic

We all have that little, negative voice in our heads. You know the one…the voice that makes us doubt we’re skilled enough for that dream job, makes us question whether our significant other truly loves us, and makes us feel a general lack of self-worth. While that critical talk typically …

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‘COLD CREEK MANOR’ (2003) Turns 20 – Retro Review

Cold Creek Manor

Blood, guts and gore have never really bothered me in horror films. No, it’s the realistic scenarios, the ones involving creepy neighbors and townsfolk, and feeling a constant sense of discomfort in one’s own home, that usually get me. This is the tone of 2003’s Cold Creek Manor, directed by …

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Barbie, Eat Your Heart Out…Because Jennifer Tilly Is 65!

Sept. 16, 2023 is a pretty momentous day. No, there’s not a major sporting event (to my knowledge) or any national holiday (though this should be considered one). Jennifer Tilly (Bound 1996), one of my all-time favorite Queens of Horror, is officially 65 years old! I’ve always been a massive …

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He’s Running For Your Lives: D.C.-based ‘Chucky’ Season 3 To Premiere October 4

He always comes back, and this time, he’s ready to “chuck” shit up in Washington, D.C. On August 17, Chucky (Brad Dourif: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1975) gathered the press in Hackensack, New Jersey for a highly-anticipated announcement: his television series Chucky is officially returning this fall. “I’m here …

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Interview With Thea James, Co-Author Of ‘The Unofficial Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Cookbook’

As Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice celebrates its 35th anniversary year, and as spooky season quickly approaches, authors Thea James and Isabel Minunni have the perfect way to honor everyone’s favorite green-haired poltergeist: The Unofficial Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Cookbook. Through its 75 delightfully dark recipes, the cookbook, available Aug. 15, aims to capture the flavor …

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‘PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL’ Turns 20 – A Look Back On Captain Jack Sparrow’s Best 20 Quotes

It’s been two decades since the world was introduced to the rum-loving Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007 [our review]) in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Directed by Gore Verbinski, and written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio …

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Interview With Jonathan Piche-Delorme and Gabriel Beauvais, The VFX Pros Behind ‘THE BOOGEYMAN’ (2023)

NOTE: This interview was conducted before 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. Earlier this summer, another film adaptation of a Stephen King …

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Good Morning Starshine, It’s Johnny Depp’s 60th Birthday!

Johnny Depp in Edward Scissorhands

Johnny Depp has come a long way since his bloody bed demise as Glen Lantz in the original A Nightmare on Elm Street. His name is now synonymous with some of the best Tim Burton films, he’s part of an internationally-acclaimed rock band, and he’s a successful artist, with his paintings …

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Philly, Wake Up! ‘STRANGER THINGS’ Star Joseph Quinn Meets Thousands At FAN EXPO After Passport Debacle

Since January, Hellfire Club members throughout the City of Brotherly Love and beyond were not-so-patiently waiting for the weekend of June 2-4. At FAN EXPO Philadelphia, held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, they would be meeting Joseph Quinn (Make Up 2019), who made an unprecedented impact among the Stranger Things fandom …

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