About four times per year, the Steel City Con returns to Monroeville, PA with a gigantic list of celebrities and vendors packed to the gills to celebrate all of the greatest fandoms in pop culture. Between celebs, artists, and vendors, there was no shortage of things to occupy the time of …
Read More »Short Film ‘SWEATY LARRY’ Is An Absolute Delight
Being a massive fan of short films, I was thrilled to be offered the chance to review the new film directed by Vanessa Ionta Wright: Sweaty Larry. At a crisp six minutes, this is one of the shortest I’ve reviewed, but it really makes the most of every single second! …
Read More »‘LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND’ (2023) – Movie Review
Leave the World Behind (2023) was just released on Netflix. The film has been successfully generating polarized reactions from audiences. Let’s take a deeper look at this new thriller. Synopsis A family vacation on Long Island is interrupted by two strangers bringing news of a blackout. As the threat becomes …
Read More »‘A Disturbance In The Force’ (2023): How The Star Wars Holiday Special Happened – Film Review
As much as I am a horror nerd, my other Nerddom lies with Star Wars. Star Wars was released the same year I was born. I am a little envious of people who got to experience Star Wars for the first time in 1977. Star Wars changed not only the …
Read More »Sean Temple And Sarah Wisner’s ‘THE THAW’ (2023) – Short Film Review
I am a short fiction aficionado. This, of course, includes short films. I absolutely love watching and reviewing short films. It’s one of my favorite things I get to do here at PopHorror. We are fans of Sean Temple and Sarah Wisner’s short film, Water Horse (2019): you may read …
Read More »Interview With Ryan Kwanten And Natalia Cordova-Buckley, Stars Of ‘The Portrait’
The Portrait, written by David Griffiths and directed by Simon Ross, and with a stacked cast of Ryan Kwanten (True Blood), Natalia Cordova-Buckley (Coco), Virgina Madsen (Candyman – 1992), and Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Dead Man on Campus – 1998), snuck up on me. The mystery thriller, cloaked in grief, weaves its …
Read More »‘A Creature Was Stirring’: Interview With Director Damien LeVeck And Stars Scout Taylor-Compton And Connor Paolo
Give me all the Christmas horror. Watching Christmas horror movies is one of my favorite ways to get into the holiday spirit. I don’t watch them year-round. No, I save them for this time of year. That’s what makes them so special. This year we’ve been given a new Christmas …
Read More »How To Watch A Remake: Celebrating ‘PSYCHO’ (1998)
How many excellent films have been cast out as garbage simply because they’re remakes? How many remakes are excellently crafted stand-alone films that would shatter box office records if their predecessors never existed? This is a consideration I want you to make as we take another look at Gus Van …
Read More »Horror Icons, Activate! ‘THE ACTIVATED MAN’ (2023) – Review
Nicholas Gyeney’s surreal horror film, The Activated Man, premiered recently at Dances With Films Festival. I was fortunate enough to get a chance to check it out recently when PopHorror interviewed the folks behind the film (interview coming soon – stay tuned). What did I think? Watch the trailer below, …
Read More »It Delivers What It Promises: Repligator (1998) Blu-ray Review
I unabashedly love crazy films. The more “out there” and gonzo the better. Sometimes you just need to unplug your brain, take a break from the “artsy” stuff, crack a beer, and watch something so profoundly silly that you grin through the entire thing. Repligator, out now on Wild Eye …
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