When I was asked to review The Assignment, I went into it completely blind, having no idea what to expect as far as plot or even genre. After all, PopHorror is a horror-based review site, so I was definitely curious when I saw the poster featuring Michelle Rodriguez and Sigourney …
Read More »REVIEW: A Cure For Wellness (2017)
I can’t lie – when I was going in to see A Cure For Wellness, I was very, very excited. The trailer looked like the psychological horror film that I’d been waiting for, and it had all the right ingredients: Gore Verbinski at the helm with cinematographer Bojan Bazelli (they worked …
Read More »Rings (2017) – Movie Review
Man, millennials just can’t catch a break, can they? From demons and ghosts coming out of their wifi to prank phone calls, it’s getting pretty tough to be a technologically savvy twenty-something in a horror movie. In Rings, the struggle doesn’t get any easier. Releasing February 3rd, 2017, fifteen years …
Read More »Is Blair Witch (2016) Worth the Price of Admission?
So far, 2016 has proven to be a fantastic year for horror films with such releases as Don’t Breathe, The Conjuring 2 and Green Room, among many others. Adding to the excitement of this year’s current hype train is Blair Witch, an official, finally-actually-a-real-sequel sequel to the original Blair Witch Project …
Read More »Retro Review: Death Bed, The Bed That Eats
Oh, to be a character in a horror movie. It’s a perilous place, with danger around every corner. Basically anything can kill you, from frogs to robots to the damn wind. But sometimes, you’ll find a horror director that says, “Fuck all that, I want to make something different. One …
Read More »Rob Zombie’s “Electric Warlock…” Album Review!
2016 has been a year of comebacks and returns: we have a TV show for The Exorcist, a remake of IT, and this past April a new album by Rob Zombie, three years after his last release. This too comes in the wake of a new film, multiple live albums, a comic …
Read More »9 More Great Horror Shorts You Can Watch On YouTube!
Ah, the vastness of the internet. Every day, new content is being uploaded for our reading and viewing pleasure, from the next big viral cat video to how to play “Crazy Train” on the guitar. We’ve done an installment on 9 Brilliant Horror Short Films You Can Watch On YouTube, and …
Read More »Review – Felt (2015)
Fair Warning: This review is gonna get into some heavy shit, including rape, sexual violence, and spoilers for several movies (including Last House On The Left and Silent House, among others.) Not as heavy as that Human Centipede article, but still pretty gnarly. Just lettin’ you know. Oftentimes in the …
Read More »The Alien Franchise, Ranked!
When anybody talks about sci-fi horror, somewhere in the conversation you’re going to have to talk about Alien or any of the other movies in the series. It’s become an iconic part of our society and culture, being parodied, imitated, or lauded by almost every major outlet out there. And for …
Read More »My Favorite Horror Movie: 28 Days Later (2002)
It may not seem like it now, but back in the late ’90s to early into the next decade, zombie movies just weren’t that popular. In the “modern age” of cinema, a lot of the classic zombie movies of yesteryear were considered campy or cheesy, lacking a truly gripping, realistic …
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