Movie Reviews

In the world of low budget horror and subversive cinema, there are many, many “WTF?” moments. One of these was when I heard of the title Orgy of the Dead 2, and looked up the original film. Imagine the WTF-ness of the moment when I learned that the OG Orgy …

My introduction to director Rolf Kanefsky was 1990’s brilliant There’s Nothing Out There, but my introduction (apart from a fleeting Tromatic glance)  to horror film goddess Tiffany Shepis (Victor Crowley) was Kanefsky’s equally brilliant The Hazing. Having only seen it on bootlegs of dubious quality and streaming, I jumped into …

Rockstar biographies run the gamut. Often they’re sordid tell-alls, or they’re fictionalized fluff pieces, glamorizing a destructive lifestyle and elevating very flawed people to deity status. With Di’Anno: Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer, director Wes Orshoski (Lemmy), no stranger to metal biopics, leaves it to the viewer to decide, for the …

Natasha Tonisis film Bloodline of Bathory gave me an experience that felt alive in the current horror universe. With current and age-old kill scenes, the genre would be run by artistic abominations. Bloodline of Bathory gives that legendary and horrifying fable a new vision. We all remember running like hell …

Back in 2022, ‘The Backrooms,’ a short film by Kane Parsons went viral, racking up millioms of views and capturing the horror community’s imagination. We covered it here at PopHorror, but I somehow completely missed it. That small film inspired A24’s new full length horror feature, Backrooms, which is scaring …

A lot of us think the rich are deserving of tragedy. I know my thoughts on the subject and side with the premise of the movie. What would happen to the world if the wealthy caught a virus exclusive to them? I call it karma, but who am I to …

I have always loved sharks, and as such have been a sucker for shark movies for as long as I can remember. I have seen a ton of killer shark movies in my day, and while some of them are awesome there are also a lot of them that are …

I happen to enjoy found footage a lot, especially when it’s ghosts or killer grandmas and so on. Kathleen Buhen’s 21 Days is a staple in my life that always keeps me loyal, so much so that it is number 4 in my top 10 movies I love. There is …

The Monsters Among Us is a new short horror film by Jason Burke.  Burke, in the fashion of many independent filmmakers, wears many hats in this film – writer, director, lead actor, producer, and likely a dozen other uncredited positions.  The film is centered around a young couple experiencing their …

I will say here and now that YES, I believe in ghosts. Why? Because I am from this city, there are so many places for paranormal investigators. The thought of these memories that bring back a moment in time, a story about long nights chasing ghosts, and working a crappy …