Reviews

Four Color Craven: A Look Back at 1982’s ‘Swamp Thing’

Created by comic book gods Len Wein (who also co-created Marvel’s Wolverine) and Bernie Wrightson (illustrator of Stephen King’s Cycle of the Werewolf 1983), horror icon Wes Craven’s Swamp Thing (1982) loosely adapts the early part of their published run. Finding a balance between camp and horror, Craven (A Nightmare on …

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Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2021: ‘The Stylist’ Is ‘Single White Female’ Meets ‘Audition’

The Stylist

A few years back, I reviewed Jill Gevargizian’s (check out our interview with her HERE) horror short drama, The Stylist, for Women in Horror Month (read that review here) and fell in love with it. When I heard it was being made into a full-length feature, I knew it was …

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David Farr’s ‘The Night Manager’ (2016) Miniseries Review

David Farr’s The Night Manager is a miniseries based on a novel of the same name by John le Carré. With an enormously talented cast of Tom Hiddleston (Avengers, Crimson Peak), Hugh Laurie (House, Stuart Little), Elizabeth Debicki (The Great Gatsby, Tenet), and Olivia Colman (Hot Fuzz, The Crown), this …

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Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2021: Cabin Fever Isolation Horror Shorts Block Review

Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2021-Cabin Fever-Isolation Horror

One of the really cool things I get to do here at PopHorror is review films. Short films are my absolute favorites. Combine that with one of the best festivals out there and I am so in! I easily picked the short film block, Cabin Fever-Isolation Horror, for the Final …

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Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2021: ’12 Hour Shift’ Movie Review

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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‘The Reckoning’ (2021): A Revengeful Thriller During the Great Plague – Movie Review

Charlotte Kirk as Grace Haverstock in the horror film, THE RECKONING, an RLJE Films/Shudder release. Photo courtesy of RLJE Films/Shudder.

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 …

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Sundance 2021 Review: Werewolves and Legacy Collide Unevenly in ‘Eight for Silver’

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, …

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‘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, …

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