I’ve been a horror freak since I was a young lad. I’ve been intrigued with the genre for many reasons. I love things from gory slasher films (Friday the 13th), to torture porn (Hostel), to the boogeyman pics (Halloween), to zombie films (Dawn of the Dead), to sci-fi horror (Alien) …
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The French extreme horror masterpiece Inside was released ten years ago in 2007. It was the second French horror film that I had ever seen – the first being High Tension – and it solidified my love for foreign horror. I think the original Inside succeeds because it was a …
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Did you go to summer camp as a child? I did not. I attended Brownie Camp when I was 7, and the highlight was creating stories about what the spilled red paint on the basement floor really was, and conjuring up myths about ghosts roaming the halls of our little …
Read More »In the mystery/drama film They Look Like People, a troubled man named Wyatt suspects people around him are turning into evil creatures, and wonders if he should protect his only friend, Christian, from an impending war or from himself. It is an independent film and very interesting. We at PopHorror think …
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So you want to be a horror author? I get messages all the time from new authors asking me for advice, tips, help, and so forth. It’s a tough world out there for any author. When I first published The Hand of God back in 2012, the market was already …
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My favorite horror movie is Wes Craven’s 1984 classic A Nightmare on Elm Street. Why is A Nightmare on Elm Street my favorite horror film? Does it have to do with the fact that it’s a Wes Craven film or because it was one of the first horror films I ever saw? …
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As a kid who loved to read, my favorite times in school were always trips to the library. Being one of that rare breed of student who read more than was required, I was always on the lookout for something new, something to drag me out of the long school …
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While it is hard for me to choose just one favorite horror movie, the original Psycho is at the top of my list. In 1987, I went to Universal Studios California. An attraction that drew me in was the Psycho house. I was ten and I hadn’t seen the movie …
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Splinter, directed by Toby Wilkins (The Grudge 3 2009) in 2008, is a film that, if you were to ask a good number of horror fans about it, they may not recall so quickly. Don’t let that fool you though. Splinter carries itself from its bitter and no-nonsense introduction in a way that pulls …
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Do you have any old VHS tapes laying around? If so, you could be using them to create horror art. France-based artists Patrick Massobrio and Nan have given VHS tapes a new breath of life and it’s truly amazing! https://www.instagram.com/p/BRvYOVyAq02/ According to MovieWeb: Massobrio and Nan have taken the VHS tape …
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