Movie Reviews

After nearly a decade of taking a break from the director’s chair, Fred Vogel comes back in rare form for his latest feature, The Final Interview. Over the years, Vogel’s name has become synonymous with unrepentant gore—largely due to the infamous nature of the August Underground trilogy which he co-wrote …

We’re big fans of Bad Cookie Pictures here at PopHorror. Created by Ariel Hansen and Christopher “Topher” Graham in 2016, the multimedia company specializes in “projects that involve horror, science fiction and everything in between.” They also find the creep factor in our most comforting technologies. In the past few …

I love, love, love movies about the occult. So, I jumped at the chance to review Shudder’s new film: Justin G. Dyck’s (Super Detention) Anything for Jackson. I had no idea what a ride I was in for. The film centers around a rich, bereaved elderly couple who are grieving …

Homesick is a hypnotic short film that unfolds majestically. It’s a unique tale that features David (Samuel Goergen: Stranger Things TV series) as the young lead who has zero dialogue. I appreciated that it was intimate in its single location of the kid’s home. You could tell he was doing …

Sleepless Beauty was quite the mindfuck and left me in a state of pure chaos. This film was directed by Pavel Khvaleev and written by Aleksandra Khvaleeva and starring Polina Davydova. Produced by Frank Ellrich, Georgiy Smirnov, and Elena Talyanksaya. Cinematography and editing by Khvaleev. A Monomania Films Production. Synopsis …

I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Charles Gould, star of the new horror-comedy, It Cuts Deep. This is a film I highly recommend and is perfect for the holiday season! In this interview, you will learn about how Charles got involved with this business, his character in It …

Sci-fi action films are typically hit or miss for me, so I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about 2067. I ended up pleasantly surprised and it was a wild and beautiful journey about survival. This film was written and directed by Seth Larney (Tombiruo). It stars Kodi Smit-McPhee (X-Men Apocalypse, Let …

Roughly 10 seconds into the trailer for The Kingdom of Var (2019), I figured I was getting ready to lose some IQ points. Man, was I wrong. By the end of the micro-budget indie horror feature, I felt like Stephen Hawking. Internet chatter’s been building on The Kingdom of Var …

Following Alfred Hitchcock’s ’60s classic, Psycho, the horror slasher subgenre was born. As terrors such as Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees hacked their way through decades of cinematic horror, an array of inspired smash hit comedic spoofs emerged. Films such as Scary Movie, Creep, and Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil …

The Retreat is a brand new horror film written and directed by Bruce Wemple (Monstrous 2020). The film stars Grant Schumacher (Whelm 2019) and Dylan Grunn (Left Hand 2018). The Retreat is now available on DVD and digital. Synopsis: Set in the Adirondack High Peaks of Upstate New York, two …