Tom Hanks is one of the most versatile and well known actors in American cinematic history. Rarely ever has he been in a movie that hasn’t been good. To paraphrase Eminem, his biggest misses are most actors’ greatest hits. For 40 years now, he has been in some of the …
Read More »Album Review: Satanic Panic ’81 – Mara
This is more than a review of Satanic Panic ’81’s Mara album; it’s also me projecting my thoughts onto each track. The thing about soundtrack music is that it’s supposed to foster images in people’s heads. So, for most of these tracks, I have written down what each song makes …
Read More »Head To Toe In High Murder: ‘Dressed To Kill’ (1980) Retro Review
Brian DePalma’s Dressed To Kill (1980) is a complicated whirlwind of a slasher film released during the first real wave of slasher films. There are some real legends in this film, including Michael Caine (The Dark Knight 2008, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 1988), Angie Dickinson (Oceans Eleven 2001, Even Cowgirls Get …
Read More »‘A Deadly Legend’ (2020) Movie Review: Less Deadly And Too Much Legend
If there is one thing that I dearly love, it’s a good witch movie. And one thing that you can say about Pamela Moriarty’s feature film debut film, A Deadly Legend, is that, well … there are witches in it. the film stars Lori Petty (Tank Girl 1995), Corbin Bernsen …
Read More »‘The Living Dead’ By George A. Romero And Daniel Kraus – A Zombie Canon Book Review
I have been waiting with baited breath to finally read the book The Living Dead, which was started by George A. Romero and finished by New York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus (read our interview with him here). I knew that it had begun as a thought and a few …
Read More »‘Remnants’ (2020) Movie Review: A Unique Blend Of Supernatural And Slasher Fun
Remnants (2020) is a new indie movie written and directed by Mark Byrne (Bigfoot! 2019). In many ways, the film is quite strange, but in a good way. It’s difficult to classify what subgenre this movie belongs to, a combination of the supernatural and slasher elements. https://pophorror.com/director-mark-byrne-swerves-into-supernatural-horror-with-indie-feature-remnants-2020/ Synopsis: Trapped between …
Read More »Ramola Garai’s ‘Amulet’ (2020) Drips With Malice—Movie Review
Amulet is a moody, atmospheric, dazzling new horror film written and directed by the very talented Golden Globe nominee Ramola Garai (Atonement 2007). It stars Imelda Staunton (Harry Potter franchise), Carla Juri (Blade Runner 2049 2017), Alec Secarenu (God’s Own Country 2017), and Angeliki Papoulia (Dogtooth 2009). Primarily known as …
Read More »‘Relic’ (2020) Movie Review: Suspenseful Horror At Its Best
Relic is horror of a different kind. This time, there are no supernatural, paranormal, or third kind demons. The only demons involved in this film are those of a very real disease known simply as Dementia. Director Natalie Erika James launches her debut with Relic. This film isn’t exactly ‘scary,’ …
Read More »Elwood Quincy Walker’s ‘Kissed’ (2020) Horror Short Review: Getting Down With the Dead
It takes a certain type of person to become a coroner or mortician. Constantly surrounded by death, poking and prodding lifeless bodies, preparing corpses for an open casket … or a closed casket if luck should have it. Now I’m sure there are plenty of individuals in the profession of …
Read More »Madeline Deering’s ‘Spirit Animal’ (2019) Movie Review – A Slice Of SOV Gold
Shot On Video (SOV) genre entries have honestly been hit or miss with me. I have often found SOV hard to follow, with the sound being so abysmal that I can’t decipher the dialogue, or too grainy of a picture, and so on. But there have also been some SOV …
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