Editorials

It’s that spooky time of year when all the boils and ghouls come out to play. It’s also the time when Hocus Pocus is played on repeat. Because who can ever get enough of the Sanderson sisters? Not me! If you didn’t know already, 2018 marks the 25th anniversary of …

For most of us, the late Scott Wilson’s defining moment came at the twilight of his career when he played Hershel Greene, the patriarch of a holdout rural farm family on AMC’s The Walking Dead. This was the role of a lifetime for Wilson, the kind that guarantees film immortality …

Ever since Sony announced their PlayStation Classic, I have been wondering what games would be announced on this miniature version of the 1993 system. At this time, we know five of the twenty games: Tekken 3, Wild Arms, Final Fantasy VII, Ridge Racer 4, and Jumping Flash. As we wait to …

In 1968, an independent horror film was being written, directed, photographed and edited by a man who would soon make such an impact on the horror genre that his name would not ever be recognized by anyone familiar with the genre. That movie was Night of the Living Dead and the …

Transitioning from her squeaky clean wholesome image into vampy horror vixen has been anything but easy for one-time Disney star Bella Thorne. Appearing in the Scream television series had some convinced that she was poised for future scream queen greatness, but her film career has left a lot to be desired. Can …

The Evil Dead is the first movie I ever saw that looked like a nightmare. And that’s not a rib-nudging insult. Honest. The Evil Dead doesn’t hide all its rough edges, but those edges are exactly what branded it onto the darkest, mushiest corner of my adolescent mind. The celluloid …

With the new Halloween coming out next month, I wanted to take a moment to look back on the first films in the franchise and pick the five scariest moments for me, a Halloween superfan. While the new film will ignore all sequels, this article will not. There is no …

Both Open Water and The Reef are well-done shark attack movies, but why do they resonate with some people as being classic? Some people don’t like killer shark movies, and not just because they dislike horror films. They just feel that sharks are given a bad rap. One of the characters in …

Michael Myers has been widely regarded as one of the greatest horror icons to ever grace the screen, striking terror into the hearts of both characters and audiences. Many fans hoped to see Michael be featured in his own video game, and it wasn’t until 1983 when the Haddonfield Boogeyman …

When I was approached to join the PopHorror family, I was asked to write about my favorite horror movie. I’ve put it off and off – I’m not going to lie – in hopes that it would be forgotten. The thing is, I can’t really pinpoint just one movie as …