Movie Reviews

So the other day I go out to my mailbox and find, amidst the rubbish (namely, bills), a package containing a Blu-ray. Oh, wonder what this could be? Opening it, I was greeted by the pleasant sight of a screener copy of the third entry in the American Guinea Pig …

Written and directed by debut filmmaker Kosta Nikas, Sacred Heart (2016) has been released in the US this month by Gravitas Ventures. This Australian indie drama focuses on the protagonist Robert, played by Kipan Rothbury (Hill End 2014). and the crisis of faith he has following the hit-and-run death of his …

As our longtime readers know, we at PopHorror are huge fans of horror anthologies, and we’re not alone. In recent years, there has been an uprising in anthologies, full-length films that are compiled of short films, usually created by completely different casts and crews, which offer up a a series …

In director Joe McReynold’s (The Vern: A One Hit Wonder Story) new serial killer movie Inhumanity, a young woman named Jessa (Darcel Danielle: Waco) fights for her life against killer Six Pack Sam, played by debut actor Leviticus Wolfe. As the film opens, Jessa is brutally attacked and put into a …

Am I the only one that occasionally feels like we’re on critical overload with zombies these days? Don’t get me wrong, I love me some Romero, and even though I think it’s getting a little tired, The Walking Dead still manages to be one of the most compelling hours on television. …

In Jenn Wexler’s film, The Ranger, a group of teens take off into the woods to party and piss off the locals. Sound familiar? On the surface, The Ranger does have a lot in common with many of the cabin in the woods slasher subgenre flicks that we’ve seen over …

Every summer should have some sort of aquatic horror film. It should be a yearly mandatory submission for all major studios. Saltwater, freshwater, it can be their choice, but something should hit the screen that makes us a little less cavalier about swimming anywhere that isn’t man-made and chlorinated. Sunburned …

Death can be beautiful to some. Love can be cruel, and it can lead to horror. These were some of my thoughts as I watched Colin Floom and Greg Nemer’s 2018 film, Dead Love. It is a story of loss, grief, love, passion, cruelty, and death. Sometimes the blood just won’t wash away. So …

The Grand Son is a new film by Robert Logevall (All God’s Children Can Dance) about the strange and insular relationship between a woman Judy (Lesley Ann Warren: The Limey) and her two grandchildren, Tod (Rhys Wakefield: The Purge) and Lani (Fabianne Therese: John Dies at the End). The trio live …

Directed by Brini Amerigo, Dead House is the story of an average family whose night is interrupted by a trio of sick killers who break into their house. The film opens as the men are killing and torturing another family. Two of the men, Nibbo (Danny Cutler) and Testamento (Alex Lucchesi), …