There’s no delicate way around it; 2020 was universally awful for about 90% of the world. Health scares, quarantine, isolation, and misinformation ran rampant. Facts became irrelevant and changeable overriding truth. It was an experience that will define multiple generations throughout the world. While all this happened, Director Ben Wheatley …
Read More »‘The Boonies’ (2021): A Backwoods Trail Of Death – Movie Review
There are few more beloved and battle-tested subgenres in horror than the backwoods slasher family. You can’t go wrong with youthful friends out on a celebratory adventure that get hacked up by a bloodthirsty brood. What was once made iconic by The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (read our franchise ranking …
Read More »Rebecca Rinehart’s ‘The Embalmers’ (2021) Is Unique And Ambitious – Movie Review
If you watch low budget indie horror and are craving something uniquely different, then The Embalmers is the movie for you! The Embalmers is directed by PopHorror’s own Rebecca Rinehart (Frightvision, Sharks Of The Corn, Backwoods Bubba… read our interview with her here), co-written by Rebecca, Diane Fraker (There’s An Alien …
Read More »Dustin Ferguson’s ‘The Beast Beneath’ (2020) – Movie Review
We at PopHorror are no strangers to the moviemaking whims of Filmmaker Dustin Ferguson. We’ve reviewed Moon Of The Blood Beast (2019), Frames Of Fear 3 (2020), Mondo Shock (2017), Amityville: Evil Never Dies (2017), Demonoids (2017), and Meathook Massacre (2017), and we’ve brought you news for Stale Popcorn And …
Read More »Film Review: ‘Mortal Kombat’ (2021) Isn’t Flawless, But Is It A VICTORY?
Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, an evil interdimensional emperor decided he wanted total sovereignty over all life, and a small group of rag tag heroes had to come together to defeat him in a series of fights and narrow escapes… Wait. This isn’t a Star War? Oh …
Read More »‘Laddie: The Man Behind The Movies’ Highlights The Life Of The Ultimate Film Lover
Star Wars, Alien, Blade Runner, The Omen, and Chariots of Fire are a few of history’s greatest films, but they all have one thing in common: producer Alan Ladd, Jr. He was the man whose love of films and belief in young filmmakers, women, and new talent made him one …
Read More »Bob Bralver’s ‘Rush Week’ (1989): Vinegar Syndrome 2K Restoration Blu-Ray Review
When I was still in school, I couldn’t wait to go to college. I thought that was where the cool shit would finally start to happen in my life. Everyone would be beautiful with perfect skin… they would all get along… only women who wanted to be treated as sex …
Read More »‘Narco Sub’ (2021): Dives Deep Into The Horrors Of Real Life – Movie Review
Growing up, we would always hear about the monster under our bed or the monsters in our closet. The boogeyman that scares us. Eventually, we learn that it is all in our heads and shadows are just shadows. Nothing more, nothing less. However, we do find out there is evil …
Read More »Donato Carrisi’s ‘Into the Labyrinth’ (2020): Dustin Hoffman Gets Lost In The Mind Of A Killer – Movie Review
Growing up as a kid, I loved watching detective stories. I fell in love with the dialogue, the action, and the reveal at the end when in some cases I’d know and sometimes I didn’t know who the real criminal was. The look was also a huge deal for me. …
Read More »MyIndie Productions’ ‘Ivy’ (2017) – Movie Review
Ivy is a 2017 psychological thriller horror short about a young man’s struggle to deal with the loss of the love of his life by refusing to leave his home, despite the well-meaning encouragement from him friends. He’s been alone for weeks and can barely stand to leave his bathroom, …
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