NOTE: This story was published during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the films being covered here wouldn’t exist. PopHorror fully supports the WGA and SAG-AFTRA and their efforts. Can you believe Joe Dante’s Piranha was released all the …
Read More »Disturbing On Many Levels: ‘The Infernal Rapist’ (1988) – Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray Review
NOTE: This story was published during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the films being covered here wouldn’t exist. PopHorror fully supports the WGA and SAG-AFTRA and their efforts. Synopsis: Carlos “El Gato” is a serial rapist who’s condemned …
Read More »Welcome Back Radu… ‘SUBSPECIES V: BLOODRISE’ Blu-ray Review
After 25 years since the last entry (1998’s Subspecies IV: Bloodstorm), everyone’s favorite long fingered vampire Radu (Anders Hove; General Hospital (!)) is back! This time though, in true super-hero fashion, it’s an origin story in the form of Subspecies V: Bloodrise, where we see how Radu became the miserable …
Read More »Uncannily Ahead Of Its Time: ‘THE DEVONSVILLE TERROR’ (1983) Blu-ray Review
NOTE: This story was published during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the films being covered here wouldn’t exist. PopHorror fully supports the WGA and SAG-AFTRA and their efforts. Loaded with meaningful subtext, yet still retaining the more exploitative …
Read More »The Obvious Question Is: Why?!?! ‘AMITYVILLE DEATH TOILET’ (2023) – Review
NOTE: This story was published during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the films being covered here wouldn’t exist. PopHorror fully supports the WGA and SAG-AFTRA and their efforts. It was bound to happen. What with the recent spate …
Read More »Freedom Ain’t All They’re Lusting For… ‘LUST FOR FREEDOM’ (1987) Blu-ray Review
Ah, the “women in prison” film. An exploitation staple. Was there ever a sleazier ‘70’s/80’s sub-genre than this? And who better to release a shining example of this dirty little genre gem, Lust For Freedom, in high definition no less, than the purveyors of all things cheap, nasty, and goofy: …
Read More »This Is NOT a ‘WITCHBOARD’ (1986) Sequel! Kevin Tenney’s lost gem, ‘WITCHTRAP’ (1989) Blu-ray Review
One of writer/director Kevin Tenney’s (Witchboard, read our retro review here) overlooked films, Witchtrap, is an entertaining supernatural yarn that features virtually all of the 80’s tropes we’ve all grown to love: stirrup pants, big sweaters, Member’s Only jackets, girls jogging, big hair, gratuitous nudity, and latent racism! All kidding …
Read More »Unrelenting and Brutal – ‘WHAT THE WATERS LEFT BEHIND: SCARS’ (2023) Review
From director Nicolas Onetti (The Red Book Ritual) comes a new horror film: What the Waters Left Behind: Scars. The film stars Agustin Olcese (Oro Negro), Clara Kovacic (The Caregiver), and Magui Bravi (The 100 Candles Game). Synopsis “An Anglo-American indie rock band that winds up stranded in Epecuén, where …
Read More »Dude, Where’s My Egg? ‘THE LAKE’ (2022) – Review
From Epic Pictures and directors, Lee Thongkham (The Maid) (read our interview with Lee here) and Aquig Xu, is an exciting new horror/thriller: The Lake. The Lake (2022) Synopsis A girl finds a strange egg and brings it back to her village, only to later realize it was from a …
Read More »Cicadas? Nope. Not This Guy… Guy’s ‘The Sound of Summer’ (2022) – Movie Review
Cicadas. They freak me out. Seriously, what purpose do they serve other than to live short lives, look alien, leave their creepy-ass pupal skins everywhere, and make a racket? I’m surprised that there isn’t a more vibrant cicada horror sub-genre dedicated to the ugly little bastards. But, outside of The …
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