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I was born in the early 1980s, so in a way, I wasn’t caught up as much as my GenX family. I knew of movies; however, I wasn’t quite the movie fan until I was about 5 or 6. I started watching movies like Teen Wolf, and I turned into …

The Satanic panic is a moral panic consisting of over 12,000 unsubstantiated cases of Satanic ritual abuse (SRA, sometimes known as ritual abuse, ritualistic abuse, organized abuse, or sadistic ritual abuse) starting in North America in the 1980s. On October 20, 1983, the City Police Department received an alarming series …

I’m a big fan of films that keep you guessing what’s real and what isn’t, where you’re not sure quite what’s going on. One of the latest films I’ve seen like this is Iconic. Read on for my thoughts. Synopsis After Rose’s makeup horrendously disfigures another influencer’s face, she faces …

When I was a kid, my dad was on swing shift at the water plant, so that meant he worked weird hours. He always worked until Midnight on Monday and Tuesday, so that meant it was just me, my sister, and my mom at home on those nights. The three …

Disney has a dark past from the 80s that no one really talks about. They created horror-themed children’s classic movies during that time that I am sure they would like sealed in a vault. One of these films was The Black Cauldron (1985). PopHorror is here to open that vault …

One Yellow Eye, is the debut novel by Leigh Radford. I always look forward to reading debut books. I know that the finished product is truly a labor of love. An author has put in so much of themselves into writing this book, which usually makes it a great read. …

Being a 90s teen slasher horror fan, I’ve been giddy with anticipation all year waiting for the new I Know What You Did Last Summer to be released. Well, my friends, that time is now! Releasing this weekend only in theaters, Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and Ray Bronson (Freddie …

I absolutely love revenge films so when I was given the opportunity to check out the supernatural revenge film Ghost Killer, I was really excited. Did Ghost Killer meet my high expectations? Synopsis When college student Fumika (Akari Takaishi) stumbles upon the bullet that ended hitman Kudo’s (Masanori Mimoto) life, …

Frank Marshall’s Arachnophobia isn’t just about spiders — it’s about fear itself, and what happens when that fear crawls out of the shadows and into your everyday life. Blending horror and comedy with surprising finesse, this directorial debut from Marshall — backed by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment — struck a …

There are certain moments in my life that I will always remember clearly. One of those memories was the first time I saw Rob Zombie’s The Devil’s Rejects. It doesn’t matter that I’ve watched this film a hundred thousand times; I am still in awe every time I check it …