Editorials

On August 29, 2016, the world lost a wonderful man by the name of Gene Wilder, a man who happens to be one of my personal heroes. To celebrate Wilder’s life, PopHorror has put together some facts about him that you might not have known. Background Gene Wilder born on …

When we hear the name William Friedkin, many of us immediately think of 1973’s The Exorcist (Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn). Friedkin, who turns 82 years old on August 29, 2017, is the director of what is thought to be one of, if not the best, horror film of all time. Friedkin’s …

If you’re like me and you love the horror genre and, more specifically, the horror community, you have been traveling to conventions for several years throughout the United States and maybe even the world. With the increase in the popularity of conventions and the constant rise of hybrid conventions coming …

My friends and family all know how big of a fan of H. P. Lovecraft I am. For those that don’t, I have his face tattooed on my arm, I have a picture of him as my computer background, and I made a trip to Rhode Island specifically to visit …

Today we mark the 118th birthday of Alfred Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense and one of the greatest directors of all time. He’s responsible for such masterpieces as Psycho, Rear Window, Vertigo, and The Birds. He developed a unique, signature style that includes maintaining a simple story all while breaking suspense …

Sequels are a bit of a taboo subject in the horror community. There are the fans who love them and those that find them to be completely unnecessary additions. Myself, I love sequels to stories I’m not ready to let go of. I like the faster pace, the bigger body …

PopHorror would like to wish the visionary M. Night Shyamalan a happy birthday! Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan was born August 6, 1970, in Mahe, Pondicherry, India, and raised in the affluent Penn Valley area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Now known as M. Night Shyamalan, his middle name, Night, was made up in college. The …

When I saw Get Out (2017) (see our review here), I knew that it would be an important movie for the horror genre. I also knew it would be a controversial one. I thought that controversy would be born of the film’s masterful treatment of American anxieties about race, and …

I recently came across an article with list of horror villains who were supposedly ruined by having backstories. This honestly angered me because the way that article was written, it seemed like the writer didn’t even like horror films and didn’t care enough to see the significance of just how …

The are many creepy places around the world – Mystic rivers, forbidden caves, enchanted forests, and even some off-kilter state parks. In Wicklow, Ireland, there is an insanely creepy park called The Indian Sculpture Park in Victor’s Way. In this park, you will find some of the craziest and most bizarre …