Toby Wilkins’ creature feature body horror film, Splinter, was released 15 years ago on October 31, 2008. Let’s take a look back at this little known genre gem. Synopsis: Trapped in an isolated gas station by a voracious Splinter parasite that transforms its still-living victims into deadly hosts, a young …
Read More »‘White Trash and Recycled Nightmares’ By Rebecca Rowland – Book Review
I love anthologies. Each story is like a little burst of flavor that snaps against your tongue before dissipating into your mental ether. And, if for some reason that story is bland and boring like flat soda, there’s always the next one. I was recently asked to check out Rebecca …
Read More »Raúl Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez’s ‘The Elderly’ (2023) – Movie Review
Dark Star Pictures’ The Elderly, AKA Viejos, is a Spanish psychological horror film directed by Raúl Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez (read our interview with him HERE), whose sci fi horror debut, The Passenger, premiered at Sitges Film Festival 2021. The script was written by Cerezo, Javier Trigales (El Semblante …
Read More »Terror Con 2023 Brings The Scares to New England Once Again – Event Review
On the weekend of September 15-17, 2023, Marlborough, MA was besieged by genre lovers from all across New England, anxious to get their horror on for this year’s spooky season. Coming just a week after Ice Nine Kills’ Silver Scream Con in Danvers, MA (read our recap here), Altered Reality …
Read More »Second Annual Silver Scream Con Rocks Massachusetts – Event Review
Ever since the loss of Worcester’s Rock and Shock Music and Horror Convention (started in 2010 by Kevin Barbare of WAAF fame) in 2019, New Englanders have been clamoring for a pace where they can bring their love of music and horror together in one place. Spencer Charnas, of local …
Read More »Dustin Ferguson’s ‘Beyond the Gates of Hell’ (2022) – Movie Review
We at PopHorror have reviewed quite a few Dustin Ferguson films in our time. We’ve checked out Rattlers 2 (2021 – our review), The Beast Beneath (2020 – our review), Moon of the Blood Beast (2019 – our review), Frames of Fear 3 (2020 – our review), Mondo Shock (2017 …
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2nd Annual Silver Scream Con 2023 In Danvers, MA 9/8-9/10
After the rise and fall of the area’s beloved Rock and Shock, New England was clamoring for another horror and music con that they could sink their teeth into. Along came Silver Scream Con in 2022, created by Spencer Charnas and Jeremy Schwartz, members of the Boston heavy metal band, …
Read More »Ian Tripp and Ryan Schafer’s Dark Comedy ‘Everybody Dies By the End’ (2023) – Movie Review
Note: This piece was written during 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. Horror comedies can be tough to pull off. The balance …
Read More »Pirie Martin’s ‘Psychosis’ (2023) – A Voices In My Head Movie Review
Note: This piece was written during 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. What’s it like to hear voices? Honestly, I can’t even …
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