When I received the PR email for the new film, All the World is Sleeping, it was marketed as a “truly unique filmmaking experience.” Bold Futures, a reproductive justice based non-profit, joined forces with filmmaker Ryan Lacen to deliver to us a film “pushing back against the stigma faced by …
Read More »Interview with ‘SCHOOL OF ROCK’ Star Brian Falduto On New Album ‘Gay Country’
It’s been 20 years since Brian Falduto delivered one of the most iconic lines of the Jack Black-led School of Rock: “You’re tacky and I hate you.” At the time, due to his character Billy’s sass and affinity for fashion, the young actor was quickly labeled by the public as …
Read More »Subconscious Dangers: ‘HYPNOTICA’ (2023) Review
Are There Hidden Dangers in the Subconscious Mind? Movies like Stir of Echos and Get Out play in a subgenre of horror that I feel is rarely explored. There are still so many things we don’t know about the subconscious mind. Let alone the complexity of human consciousness in general. The …
Read More »Interview With Elle Marr, Author Of ‘The Family Bones’
Locked-room thriller. That’s a new phrase I learned during this interview, and I have to say that it is one of my favorite categories of books. Described as “locked-room mystery,” locked-room can mean “A crime has been committed in a room or other location that’s been sealed from the inside, …
Read More »Interview With Jolene Purdy, Star Of ‘Unseen’
Yoko Okumura’s directorial debut, Unseen, is so fucking good. I have not seen a film with such strong female leads in a long time. Midori Francis (Grey’s Anatomy) and Jolene Purdy (Donnie Darko) carry this film from start to finish and I am here for it. All of it. Even though …
Read More »Interview With Yoko Okumura, Director Of ‘Unseen’ (2023)
Yoko Okumura’s directorial debut, Unseen, is so fucking good. I have not seen a film with such strong female leads in a long time. Midori Francis (Grey’s Anatomy) and Jolene Purdy (Donnie Darko) carry this film from start to finish and I am here for it. All of it. Even …
Read More »Interview: Director Jared P. Scott talks about ‘Who Killed Robert Wone?’
The story of one of the most bizarre and baffling murder cases will be premiering as a two-part docuseries on Peacock from director/producer Jared P. Scott (Age of Consequences 2016). The murder of prominent D.C. attorney Robert Wone occurred in 2006, and still remains an open cold case 16 years …
Read More »Writer/Director Abie Sidell Talks With PopHorror about ‘CRAM’ and the Honesty of Horror
I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Abie Sidell before the digital release of his latest creation, the short film, CRAM. We discussed the challenges of creating CRAM during a pre-vaccine pandemic with his company, Radical Rhinoceros. We covered the vampiric nature of the educational system. How hurt …
Read More »Interview With ‘Children of the Corn’ (2023) Director Kurt Wimmer, And Stars Elena Kampouris And Kate Moyer
It’s been almost four decades since the small town of Gatlin, Nebraska became overrun with young, zealous followers of “He Who Walks Behind the Rows” in the 1984 film adaptation of Stephen King’s Children of the Corn (our retro review). Though many installments have followed, none quite answer the questions of …
Read More »PopHorror Interviews Special FX Wizard and Indie Director, Hiroshi Katagiri
I had the immense pleasure of chatting with the world-renowned special effects artist turned indie director, Hiroshi Katagiri, this past week, and boy do we have something special lined up for you all. Having worked on several award-winning films throughout his storied career, Katagiri has created some of the most …
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