I recently had the chance to read Author Devon Carey’s debut novel, Fearful Symmetry: Vol 1, an anthology of tales told at the insistence of the demon spawn, Gabriel Cross. Yes, an actual demon was called forth from Hell to produce these stories. I’m still not sure if this was …
Read More »‘Paulo Coelho’s Best Story’ (2015): A Dark Inspirational Journey to Greatness – Movie Review
Many people form a dream for themselves at a young age, but few ever achieve their fantasy as a reality. Plagued by cynics and naysayers, too many of us allow doubt to take hold as we gradually lose sight of our dreams and aspirations. As a result, we succumb to …
Read More »‘Bayou Whispers’ (2021) By R. B. Wood – Book Review
Books can take readers anywhere in the world and sometimes even to other worlds. I’ve always wanted to go to New Orleans. With the world right now as it is, that is not really possible. But Bayou Whispers by R.B. Wood took me to the New Orleans that I have …
Read More »Movie Review: Ben Wheatley’s ‘In the Earth’ (2021)
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 »Stay Away From The Kids Next Door: 40 Years Of ‘Bloody Birthday’ (1981) Retro Review
When I was in seventh grade, the first book report I remember doing was for Lord Of The Flies. To this day, it is still one of the most disturbing novels I’ve ever read. There was just something so unsettling about seeing such young kids without adult supervision being transformed …
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 …
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