Editorials

Todd Phillips set up his Joker film series with a deep understanding of being mentally ill. When you’re depressed, you use coping skills. What about when you are worse off? What if It’s something that will never go away? How do you learn to live alongside your illness instead of …

When people think of horror movies, they might think of Universal Monsters, 2000s campy, scary movies or comedy horror movies. You might not think of Albert Lewin’s 1945 film The Picture of Dorian Gray. It might seem like a random pick for a terrifying horror movie, but it certainly checks …

Even the most enormous horror hounds have traumatic moments, the ones that you can feel in the pit of the stomach. The ones that make you cringe. The ones that left an impact on you in traumatic ways. I compiled a top 10 list of the moments that made me …

As you may have heard by now, HBO Max, or Max, has greenlit a new project entitled It: Welcome to Derry and it is set to take place in the 1960s before the events of the first film. A lot of fans have expressed their excitement about the show but …

I have been into horror movies since the age of 5. Don’t ask me how it started because it never really starts anywhere. I was always obsessed with monster movies and spooky things, while most kids wanted the G.I. Joe USS Flagg. By the time I was 11 years old, …

Yes, the movie is over 50 years old, but it’s only fair that we discuss this scary – or unscary – issue. The Exorcist is not scary. At least, it’s not scary…anymore. Let me elaborate! When it was released in 1973, the film was considered to be one of the …

Friday night, November 8th, I and many others were hit with the shocking news. Tony Todd, the actor behind Candyman and friend to many fandoms, including comics, Transformers, Star Trek and gaming; passed away at the age of 69. A few of us here at PopHorror wanted to get together …

Terrifier 3 has moved mountains in the theater circuit. Either you like these films or you don’t. There is no middle ground. I first found the original Terrifier in 2016 and it changed my life, and my view on horror in general. For me, it’s special, I have been watching …

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic best known for his tales of mystery and macabre. A central figure in American Romanticism and a pioneer of gothic fiction, Poe’s work often explored themes of death, madness, and the supernatural. He is considered one of …

Zombies were my introduction to horror, and although the genre has become a little tiresome lately, some movies still carry the torch. However, they will never be as great as the glory days of zombie movies. That’s why I revert to my horror “safe place.” So here it is, My …