Editorials

PopHorror Writers Pick Favorite Horror Films Of 2025

Happy New Year! We wanted to take an opportunity to pick some our favorite films of 2025. There are so many great ones to choose from. We had fun picking and while it is was difficult to narrow our choices down, here are our favorite horror films of 2025. Jason …

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Editorial: My Top Ten Christmas Horror Movies of All Time

Black Christmas

Every December, movie fans fall into one of two camps: those who crave cozy hot cocoa comfort films by the fire… and those who want Santa with an axe, elves that bite, and gingerbread men that absolutely should not be alive. If you’re in the second group, congratulations — you’ve …

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A Breakdown Of Tommy Jarvis vs. Jason In The ‘Friday The 13th’ Franchise

Last year, we took a look at the ins and outs of the important relationship between the “final girl” and the killer in A Nightmare On Elm Street (read the article here). This time, I wanted to break down a less traditional, but even more layered relationship; Jason Voorhees and …

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Horror’s New Monster: Artificial Intelligence

It’s ALIVE…ALIVE!!! For decades, horror has warned us about creations we don’t fully understand — creations built from spare parts, stitched together and jolted to life with good intentions. Today, that metaphor has escaped the laboratory. In 2025, the hottest tool in filmmaking is also the most controversial: artificial intelligence. …

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Extreme Haunts: How Far Is Too Far?

As a kid, I lived for haunted houses. They were always a terrifying kind of fun. I can’t recall how many times I freaked out at them. As an adult, I learned the art, and now I have been a professional haunter for several years. It is the experience. I …

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Happy Birthday to the King of Horror, Stephen King!

King of Horror Stephen King is the most prolific and celebrated writer of his generation, with a career spanning over five decades that includes books, short stories, ebooks, chapbooks, screen adaptations, magazine articles, directing, producing, and acting. He shows no sign of slowing down, even though on September 21st he …

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The Top 5 Jeffrey Combs Roles You May Not Have Seen: A Birthday Retrospective

Horror fans may or may not know it, but today is the birthday of iconic genre actor Jeffrey Combs. I’m sure that over the course of today on social media, Combs and associated tags will be posted alongside Re-Animator, The Frighteners, Masters of Horror and his works with Stuart Gordon …

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Peeping Behind the Shower Curtain: The Role of Voyeurism in ‘PSYCHO’ (1960)

Psycho

Psycho is a classic psychological thriller and horror film that has become iconic in the history of cinema and has forever etched itself into horror and pop culture. Regarding the success of the film, Hitchcock said, “Thirty-three percent of the effect of Psycho was due to the music.” However, in …

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