Movie Reviews

UNDERTONE (2026) is one of the more interesting horror films to come along in recent years, largely because it leans into a concept that feels both simple and fresh. Rather than relying on elaborate visuals or constant jump scares, the film builds its dread almost entirely through sound. It’s a …

Director Maggie Gyllenhaal approaches gothic mythology with a daring sense of authorship in The Bride! – a film that exhumes one of horror’s most recognizable legends and reshapes it into something electrifying. Gyllenhaal relocates the narrative gravity toward the figure who has long existed on the margins of the story, …

An Homage to Giallo’s Greatest Hits Directed by Davide Melini, Deep Shock takes you into the kind of fever dream that feels half memory and half nightmare. This short film opens as a beautifully unsettling dive into grief, memory, and the giallo tradition itself. What at first seems like a …

There’s a lot of commentary in the world right now about the actions and decision-making of the police. That subject is one of the many topics breached in the new-age found footage horror film, Bodycam. Let’s examine this movie and see what the footage reveals to us. Bodycam is written …

Firstly, I happen to love anthology films with a passion, but some are just, well, stupid.  I have to be honest, there are a lot of amateur filmmakers handling these movies. However, Halloween Candy changed that mentality. Because it was bad in a good way. I will try to explain …

When I was around 8 or 9, I was scanning the horror section at the video store. The case for Day of the Dead, stood out like a sore thumb for me. I was sold just on the cover art and had to have this. Then I learned there were …

Anyone who reads my articles regularly knows how I feel about 80’s slashers. Maniac won me over a long time ago, in my childhood, even. Also, most of you also know, I started watching horror movies at way too young an age. It molded me into who I am today. …

SOV director Bret McCormick (The Abomination) was churning out product for VHS rental at a pretty decent clip in the 1990’s. Some of his output is hit-or-miss, and he wore his influences on his sleeve, but for fans of the campy & cheap, but ambitious, this is the stuff! Wildeye’s …

PopHorror had the chance to check out Anacoreta (2022) ahead of its streaming release! Does this meta-horror flick provide interesting story telling or is it a confusing mess.   Let’s have a look… Synopsis A group of friends heads to a secluded woodland cabin for a weekend getaway, planning to …

George Romero’s seminal 1978 film, Dawn Of The Dead, is widely regarded as one of the most influential films in modern horror. Being such an iconic film interest in anything, and everything, about the fabled production is in high demand. Surviving stars of the film are regulars on the convention …