Sitting outside on a summer day can be one of the nicest, most relaxing ways to spend and afternoon. The sun shines on your face, the breeze cools your brow, and the birdsong lulls you to complacency. But what about the bugs? In Timothy Ryan Driscoll’s short, The Itch, one man …
Read More »FGBFF 2018 – ‘Hobby Shop’ Horror Short Review
When asked to review Isabel Stanfield and Stephanie Liquorish’s horror short Hobby Shop for the 2018 Final Girls Berlin Film Festival, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I hadn’t heard of either filmmaker at the time, so I had nothing to prepare me for what I was about to watch. …
Read More »‘What Hides Within’ by Jason Parent – Book Review
(Note: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.) PopHorror has reviewed several books for far for Confessions Publicity, including author Jason Parent’s last novel, A Life Removed (read our review of the book here). We were highly impressed with Parent’s humor, gory descriptions …
Read More »FGBFF (2018) – ‘Dead. Tissue. Love.’ Horror Short Review
After watching this catchy little teaser for Natasha Austin Green’s horror short Dead. Tissue. Love., I decided to review the project for this year’s Final Girls Berlin Film Festival. Watch the video and you will see what I mean. https://vimeo.com/225867619 Dead. Tissue. Love. was written and directed by Natasha Austin …
Read More »PopHorror Interviews Scream Queen Genoveva Rossi
Genoveva Rossi is a well-known actress who has been working in the horror genre for several years. She has spent most of her career playing gypsies, witches, fortune tellers, Satanists, and soldiers. She is also an accomplished writer and her work can be found in UKHorrorscene.com and Digital Dead magazine. Recently Genoveva …
Read More »Knock Knock (2017) – Nostalgic Horror Movie Review
“Fuckin’ Draculas, bro.” Oh, the ’80s. For horror fans of a certain age, the memory of scouring the aisles of the local video store, analyzing the covers of VHS tapes and trying to find the coolest films with no internet recommendations to back up your choice… it was like trying …
Read More »House of Salem (2017) – Movie Review
When I first heard about the 2017 horror flick House of Salem, it sounded to me like a bunch of horror cliches thrown together to form a mishmash of storylines but no fathomable plot. Too many arcs can kill a story, horror or otherwise. I didn’t want to see this …
Read More »The PopHorror Writers’ Favorite Horror Movies of 2017
If you’ve spent any time on this website, you know that the PopHorror writers watch and review a LOT of horror movies. Between indie and mainstream, shorts and feature lengths, festivals and sequels, we have seen hundreds of hours of scary celluloid in 2017 alone. While we certainly aren’t complaining …
Read More »New Horror Movies for January 2018
The end of 2017 has officially come. So what do we have in store for 2018? On the horror front, there are quite a few films being released in January alone. Read on to find out what’s going to be released in January 2018 and let us know what you’re …
Read More »‘Massacre on Aisle 12’ (2016) – ‘Tis the Season Movie Review
As a huge fan of dark humor, I find that there’s a certain recipe a filmmaker needs to bake a successful horror comedy cake. First, you mix together a cup or two of unique, quirky characters, a sizable chunk of tongue-in-cheek cheese, a dash of toilet humor and a generous …
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