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When it comes to films about magic, I’m not ashamed to say that I love them dark. Below I’m going to share my favorites, but before we get to the list I would like to clarify that dark magic is not Satanic. It is defined as the use of supernatural …

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.  I had the distinct pleasure and pure joy of watching The …

I recently binge-watched HBO’s controversial new series The Idol, and have to say, I loved it. My opinion however has not been entirely matched by the public, and this has brought some negative attention to star and co-creator Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd, and actress Lily-Rose Depp. Lily-Rose plays Jocelyn …

Once summer rolls around and it is hellishly hot outside, I prefer staying in my cool cave and watching movies to create a fall environment, dreaming of crispy orange leaves and lit-up pumpkins while I sip a PSL. How do you create that feeling when it’s not quite October yet? …

To some, Pacific Rim may be a long, silly, robots vs monsters movie, meant to be disposable popcorn fun. Even if you only came to watch the movie for that, there’s more to it than meets the eye. Director Guillermo del Toro (read our recent retrospective on another film of …

Some people look forward to the holidays or count the days till their beach vacation. Me? I look longingly toward May every year. It’s like my birthday, Christmas, and summertime all rolled into one fabulous, way-too-short weekend. Texas Frightmare Weekend has become so much more than an annual horror convention …

Guillermo del Toro loves mythology. It’s evident. Very few viewers could protest it. But more than any, he loves the melancholic ones most. The ones that show our world is or could be fantastical still, but we have to be aware of ourselves, our actions, and how we move those …

In the Apocalypse, Your Best Friend Could Be a Roach Disney is no stranger to having dark elements in their stories. Hell, Bambi traumatized several generations of children. Not me though, I was already effed up from A Nightmare on Elm Street and Aliens. So for WALL-E to be a …

Extreme horror films don’t get a lot of respect, and are often called unwatchable, torture porn, and even garbage. It’s understandable – it’s not a genre for everyone. For me, the violence has never been a problem as long as the filmmaker doesn’t just show it for no reason. When …