Fred Vogel is a pretty normal guy. By all outward appearances anyways. He’s not, like, Satan, or anything. I’ve met him a few times at conventions, his eyes don’t glow red, he doesn’t have fangs (that I’ve seen…), and no horns protrude from his noggin. He’s actually quite friendly and …
Read More »“What’s In The Basket?”: Frank Henenlotter’s ‘BASKET CASE’ (1983) Turns 40!
Frank Henenlotter is one sick individual. In any circle—besides that of the horror fan, natch— that would be an insult. But the guy who would eventually bring us weird shit like Frankenhooker, Bad Biology, and Brain Damage cut his (bloody) teeth with Basket Case, a revered slice of 42nd Street cinema. …
Read More »Ian Tripp and Ryan Schafer’s Dark Comedy ‘Everybody Dies By the End’ (2023) – Movie Review
Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. PopHorror fully supports the WGA and SAG-AFTRA and their efforts. Horror comedies can be tough to pull off. The balance …
Read More »The Monster Match: ‘FREDDY VS. JASON’ (2003) – 20 Years Later
When you think of the horror genre, two names come to mind almost immediately: Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees. For forty years, both have terrorized children and adults alike in their dreams, on the big screen, and in their minds in various capacities. You’d be hard-pressed to go to a …
Read More »Redemption In An Apocalypse: Jim Towns’ Zombie Epic, ‘End Times’ (2023) – Movie Review
Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. PopHorror fully supports the WGA and SAG-AFTRA and their efforts. There’s a disturbing (at least to a gore aficionado like …
Read More »Pirie Martin’s ‘Psychosis’ (2023) – A Voices In My Head Movie Review
Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. PopHorror fully supports the WGA and SAG-AFTRA and their efforts. What’s it like to hear voices? Honestly, I can’t even …
Read More »Review: Sooner or Later, Family Secrets Creep Out in ‘COBWEB’
Note: This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SGA-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, Cobweb, being covered here, wouldn’t exist. New horror films typically do not fly under my radar but occasionally this happens. Cobweb had a limited theatrical release back in …
Read More »Marriage, Pimps, Drugs, Murder, the Mob: Who Says ‘TRUE ROMANCE’ Is Dead?
Note: This article was written during the 2023 WGA and SGA-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, True Romance, being covered here, wouldn’t exist. When asked what my favorite romance film is I always gleefully respond, True Romance (1993). Before the grumbling begins, understand …
Read More »Adam Fair’s ‘Piglady’ (2023): Based On True Events – Movie Review
Piglady is a 2023 slasher film from filmmakers Adam Fair and Lyon Mitchell. The film is based on true events, inspired by the Susan Monica murders that took place in Oregon in 2012 and 2013, where a woman fed her murdered farmhands to her pigs. Synopsis: Inspired by true events. …
Read More »Unsung 80s Slasher Flicks Are Always Welcome! – ‘Night Screams’ (1987) Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-Ray Review
Synopsis: “A football star throws a party for his friends. Two insane killers escape from a nearby asylum on that same night, and in their efforts to elude authorities, wind up at the party.” The guys over at Vinegar Syndrome are extremely adept at releasing obscure films that you never …
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