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The Last Sacrifice is a brilliant and deeply unsettling true crime documentary that explores the real-life murder case widely believed to have inspired The Wicker Man, while also examining how that tragedy helped shape the foundations of folk horror as one of the genre’s most fascinating and enduring subgenres. What …

Coming soon to select theaters, On Demand, and Digital is a new horror film from director Addison Heimann (Hypochondriac): Touch Me. The film stars Olivia Taylor Dudley (Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension), Lou Taylor Pucci (Evil Dead), and Jordan Gavaris (Hacks – TV Series). Synopsis Two codependent best friends become …

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 …

Sweetness plays like a rock-and-roll odyssey filtered through psychological horror, evoking clear DNA from Misery but with a modern, youth-driven perspective. The film centers on obsession, fandom, and identity, themes that feel particularly relevant in an era where pop stars are elevated to mythic status through social media and parasocial …

I’ll be completely honest, I LOVE Wild Eye Releasing’s Visual Vengeance series. Overlooked and forgotten (sometimes rightfully so) low/no-budget SOV features from filmmakers who either went on to greater things, or flashed out completely. They seem to make it their duty to preserve these gonzo, and legitimately entertaining, little gems …

Coming soon to Digital and On Demand from director Hubert Davis (Aruba) is a new horror film: The Well. The film stars Joanne Boland (Fear Street: Prom Queen), Noah Lamanna (Paying for It), and Sheila McCarthy (Love Is the Monster). Synopsis In a world where environmental collapse has left survivors …

I’m a huge fan of anthologies. I like how they offer a variety in their storytelling while usually being tied together by a theme. It’s been awhile since I’ve gotten the chance to check out a good anthology so I was excited to check out the South Korean anthology film …

Subtitles always turn me away; I’m not really a foreign movie fan. There has been a chance for at least one film. Smother slapped me into place. I have never been so into a story such as this; it’s dark, it’s dreary, and it’s full of subtitles you won’t even …

Low-budget filmmakers are often advised to “use what they have,” and in Christopher Williams’ HELL IS INSIDE, that philosophy is front and center. The story follows Margo (Mackenzie Lee), a young woman attempting to escape her past while staying at a remote farmhouse inn. Her fragile sense of stability is …