Growing up, I loved comics, and I loved watching Troma movies. We didn’t have a whole lot of superhero movies or shows back then, and the ones we did have… well, they were suitable for that time. Back in the olden days, we had funny cartoons like Iron Man, Fantastic …
Read More »Happy Birthday To ‘The Pope Of Pop Cinema’ Roger Corman – Looking Back On The Over 7 Decades Of His Career
If you search Roger Corman, you will find over 400 filmmaking credits to his name. The man is one of, if not the most, prolific film producers ever. He has earned such nicknames as The King of the Cult Film, The King of the Bs, and The Pope of Pop …
Read More »I Love ’80s Slashers: A Look Back At ‘My Bloody Valentine’ (1981)
My Bloody Valentine is a Canadian slasher directed by George Mihalka (Da Vinci’s Inquest TV series) and written by John Beaird (My Bloody Valentine 3-D 2009 – read our retro review here), released on February 11, 1981. The story involves a group of miners who decide to throw their own Valentine’s …
Read More »Why ‘Circus of the Dead’ (2014) Rules My Head
I have been a horror fan since I was a little Danny Glick floating outside of peoples’ windows. My mother was wonderfully irresponsible and had nothing but contempt for the norms of motherhood; because of this, she read Stephen King novels to me at bedtime and allowed me to watch …
Read More »Creeping Dread: David Robert Mitchell’s ‘It Follows’
As is tradition for new writers at PopHorror, I was tasked with writing a piece on my favorite film as a sort of introduction to the site’s readers. I fretted. My two favorite flicks are George Romero’s Night Of The Living Dead and John Carpenter’s The Thing, two classic works …
Read More »Freddy Krueger: How His Evil Evolved #10: Freddy’s Nightmares (1988)
Remember when Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) had his own TV show called Freddy’s Nightmares? Many of us do, but it was definitely different from the film series. Krueger was normally relegated to a Cryptkeeper role, where he would essentially host the individual episodes. Many of these stories were more wacky …
Read More »‘Ginger Snaps’ (2000) – The Affect Of Effects
Another great opportunity to write about Ginger Snaps (2000 – read our retro review here), one of my favorite films of all time, came up recently. Even though I love the film for so many different reasons, I have decided to focus what detail I love most about it. So today, …
Read More »How ‘The Terror In The Wax Museum’ (1976) Scared And Scarred Me Into Horror Writing
What’s In The Basement? It was 1982 and I was just six-years-old the first time I saw him at the bottom of my basement stairs – his pale face set amongst black cloak, black suit, black hat and shiny silver knife. His lips were almost red and his grin was …
Read More »A Look Back At The CGI Sci-Fi Horror Class Of 2000
Over the years, CGI has received a lot of negativity from the horror community. The replacement of practical gore and special effects has been part of the film industry for over 30 years now. Things we take for granted like the MCU would be nothing more than a dream without …
Read More »Some Light In A Dark Year: A Few Positive Outlooks For A Suffering Film Community In 2020
So far, 2020 hasn’t been easy on any of us—owner of Amazon excluded—and as the year winds down without any awards season or holiday tent pole releases, it’s a lackluster end to the most dismal 365 days of wide releases ever. Marvel didn’t have a movie premiered for the first …
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