Interviews

PopHorror is beyond thrilled to not only review Dolly (2025), but to also sit down for an exclusive interview with the film’s visionary writer and director, Rod Blackhurst! In this exciting conversation, Blackhurst dives into the creative journey that brought Dolly to life, sharing behind-the-scenes insights and the passion that …

PopHorror recently had the pleasure of an advance screening to review Dolly (2025). We couldn’t miss the chance to sit down with the film’s stars, Max the Impaler and Fabianne Therese. They dished on their on-set experiences and what it was like collaborating with their fellow cast members. PH: Max …

Nightfire, the sci-fi/horror division of Tor Publishing Group, has rereleased Stephen Graham Jones’ (read our interview with him HERE) 2020 novella Night of the Mannequins so now you have no excuse to not read it. Complete with a new cover, what was once supposed to be a rip of Romero’s …

Back in 2020, I watched this incredible indie horror movie called Lucky. Written by and starring Brea Grant (read our interview with her HERE), Lucky was directed by Natasha Kermani, a filmmaker who had just wowed genre fans with 2017’s Imitation Girl. After blessing us with last year’s Abraham Boys, Natasha …

By Design, written and directed by filmmaker Amanda Kramer (Please Baby Please – read our interview with her HERE) takes body swapping to a whole new level. Instead of swapping places with say, a serial killer like in Freaky, or *gasp* your mom like in Freaky Friday, in By Design, …

PopHorror sat down with artist Skinner (check out his art here) and director Allen Cordell to talk about their bizarre, hilarious, and strangely heartfelt art show, Art Show! With Captain Skinner. What starts as a love letter to PBS and Bob Ross quickly spirals into psychedelic nightmares, cosmic imps, Adult …

I have to say… Director Gore Verbinski (Read our interview with him HERE) choosing Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die for his first film in nine years was the absolute best thing to do. We last saw Gore with 2016’s A Cure for Wellness and fans have been waiting impatiently for his next …

I have to say… Director Gore Verbinski (The Ring – 2002) choosing Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die for his first film in nine years was the absolute best thing to do. We last saw Gore with 2016’s A Cure for Wellness and fans have been waiting impatiently for his next project. And he’s so …

With The Huntsman, filmmaker Kyle Kauwika Harris brings Judith Sanders’ novel to the screen as a quiet, morally complex thriller rooted in ambiguity and character. Pop Horror spoke with Harris about discovering the project, reshaping it for Oklahoma, avoiding gratuitous violence, and the improvisational moments that made it into the …

Show me a book full of isolation horror and queer characters and set it at a sleepaway camp and I am one hundred percent in. You have my full attention. This brings us to Christina Ferko’s debut horror novel, The Darkness Greeted Her. A flawed heroine, trauma, grief, murder and death… …