Editorials

Near the intro of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (read our retro review here), we already get the sense that Danny (Danny Lloyd) and Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) have a strained father/son relationship. In addition, the two, along with mother and wife Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duvall), eventually meet a series of …

Coming this summer is the newest installment in the Transformers franchise; Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. Creed 2 director Steven Caple Jr. will be the first to helm a core Transformers movie not named Michael Bay, but he’s not a complete stranger to the property having previously worked on the …

What is the Identity Game? While I don’t think anyone would really think of being in a scenario like Identity, we all have friends, or maybe we are that person, who has a zombie apocalypse plan. Or what about thinking about how you’d handle being in a haunted home? I thought …

With the recent announcement by (HBO)Max that there will be a new original series based in The Conjuring universe and this year seeing both a sequel to The Nun and the 10-year anniversary of the first film, I thought it was a good time to take a look back at …

We here at PopHorror were thinking: what would it be like if horror movie heroes took on other monsters that are not from their universe? We decided to compile a list of heroes and who we’d like to see them match up against. FIGHT! Hero vs. Monster Gale Weathers from …

Jordan Peele, the American filmmaker, actor, and comedian, said this in an interview with Entertainment Weekly in 2017, following the release of his directorial debut Get Out. “The horror genre is a perfect tool for exploring social commentary because it’s such a primal, visceral genre. It taps into our deepest …

I had been watching some clips lately and it made me think about how many deaths we didn’t see coming in horror films, be it a shocking discussion to kill the supposed “final girl” off, or if it was a character we thought for sure would survive. With that in …

Exploring the Dark Recesses of the Criminal Mind This is a story about how we need to understand how normal-seeming people can become absolute monsters. – Dr. Al Carlisle Violent and horrific crimes are definitely nothing new. It’s my belief that people start off inherently good and that many are …

An in-depth look at the first novel Stephen King published. The classic known as Carrie

Locally Selected Werewolf Movies in Your Town I have a confession to make… I am not a fan of werewolf movies. But please, hold the rotten tomatoes! It’s a bit like how I am with action films. It takes a really interesting story for me to go see it. Otherwise, …