New year, new movies! I’m so excited to start 2021 with one of my favorite fests, the Final Girls Berlin Film Festival. This year, they’re screening 12 Hour Shift a film I’ve been wanting to see since I first read another PopHorror writer’s thoughts on it. The trailer is chock full …
Read More »Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2021 – Busting A Gut Comedy Horror Shorts Block Review
Every horror movie fan has their favorite subgenres. You’ve got lovers of slashers, the paranormal, psychological, and even gore. One of my favorite genre topics is comedy horror. There’s just something about laughing at the most sick and twisted things imaginable that works for me. So when I was given …
Read More »The Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2021: ‘Young Blood’ Shorts Block Review
Once again, I had the pleasure of reviewing a block of short films at another fabulous film festival! This time, it was The Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2021 Shorts Block: Young Blood. The festival describes the block as “these protagonists may be small, but they pack a punch. This …
Read More »‘The Reckoning’ (2021): A Revengeful Thriller During the Great Plague – Movie Review
I recently watched the new horror thriller drama, The Reckoning. This film was directed by Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers, Tales of Halloween) and co-written by himself, Charlotte Kirk (Ocean’s Eight), and Edward Evers-Swindell (The Descent). Charlotte Kirk also stars in the film alongside Joe Anderson (The Ruins), Steven Waddington (Sleepy …
Read More »Sundance 2021 Review: Werewolves and Legacy Collide Unevenly in ‘Eight for Silver’
Going into Eight for Silver, I was intrigued… The only image upon the Sundance site didn’t convey much information besides it being a period piece, but the below synopsis described something like a modern yet original version of Universal’s Monster Classics, particularly The Wolfman and Frankenstein. For better or worse, …
Read More »‘The Wanting Mare’ (2021) Movie Review: A Dystopian Arthouse Debut
In the wake of last year’s bizarre events chock-full of wild conspiracy theories and unnerving facts, there’s still a sense of uncertainty lingering in the air. This makes the prospect of a dystopian society eerily relatable. And, for this reason alone, the upcoming release of Nicholas Ashe Bateman’s feature debut, …
Read More »‘Reunion’ (2021): A Slow Burn Psychological Horror Drama – Movie Review
The New Zealand horror film Reunion is a meeting of several different ideas that don’t coexist well in this script. Psychological trauma, false memories, guilt, destructive paranoia, ghosts, the dark arts, the practice of alchemy, and some archaic form of cloning. The film is directed by Jake Mahaffy and stars …
Read More »‘Sator’s’ Evil Ripples Through Generations – Movie Review
“Trust him completely. After you have suffered a little while he will find you. He will make you pure…” — Sator In my years of watching films, I have seen movies with incredible dialogue, great stories, and fantastic special effects. But I have never seen a movie fully radiate a …
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Morbid Colors’ (2020) is a Morbidly Beautiful and Heartbreaking Tale of Sisterhood
Morbid Colors is a horror-thriller that I’ve been dying to sink my teeth into and I finally did. This film was written and directed by Matthew Packman (MARGO) and co-executive produced by stars Kara Gray (PAYTON’S BURDEN) and Lanae Hyneman. Alongside them stars Angela Fisher, Emily Durchholz, Sidney Shripka, Jonathon …
Read More »‘The Queen of Black Magic’ (2020): A Phenomenal Horror Story that Delivers Nightmare Fuel – Movie Review
The sins of the past come back with a vengeance in this new film from two of Indonesia’s modern masters of horror. It is one of the best horror thrillers I’ve seen in a long time. The Queen of Black Magic was directed by Kimo Stamboel (HEADSHOT) and written by Joko …
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