Reviews

Directed by Luke Shanahan, Rabbit is a new psychological thriller featuring a very impressive performance by The Great Gatsby’s (2013) Adelaide Clemens. She stars as medical student Maude Ashton, who returns home to Australia when she has a series of dreams that lead her to believe she knows the whereabouts …

For 2 years in a row, the Women in Horror Film Festival in Peachtree City, GA has served up some of the very best female-centric horror on the planet earth. I wasn’t sure festival organizers Vanessa Ionta Wright and Sam Kolesnik could top 2017’s near perfect lineup of all-killer no-filler …

Gerard Butler is the mall Chinese food of action stars, and I don’t pay that compliment lightly. He may not be to everyone’s taste. Some might turn their nose up at the mention. But if you’ve got the taste the sheer animalistic hankering of the stuff, nothing hits the spot …

Indie director Gus Trapani might not be a name you are all familiar with, but after watching Shellmont County Massacre, I think you might want to check out some of his other work. Gus is a director that prides himself in guerrilla style filmmaking and who has a penchant for …

I have been watching a lot of found footage indie films recently, and while they have been pretty enjoyable for the most part, I’ve found that they all seem a bit cookie cutter when it comes to plot. I went into Jérôme Cohen-Olivar’s Little Horror Movie with much of the same expectations, …

Prodigy is not in and of itself a straight up horror movie. It’s more of a journey with supernatural elements and divine characteristics. This film chooses deep thought scenarios over outright violence and does a great job incorporating the element of an all-powerful being without coming off as preachy. Writer/director Nathan …

How far would you go to be successful? How much are you willing to sacrifice? These are they themes that A Brilliant Monster deals with. While this subject has been covered in other films over the years, this film covers this subject well on a microbudget, which is not an …

I’m one lucky book nerd. I get to read quite a few books to review for PopHorror. I have discovered many new authors this way, which is fantastic. When Our Lady of the Inferno’s Preston Fassel (read my interview with him here) asked me if I’d like to read Headcheese …

Sequels tend to fall short when compared to their originals. This is even truer of a statement in the horror genre. However, Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) gave a big, fat middle finger to this trend and surpassed the greatness of Hellraiser by leaps and bounds. As a fan of the franchise, it is …

With the revitalization of the King Kong and Godzilla franchises going on with Kong: Skull Island coming out last year and a Godzilla: King of the Monsters movie coming out soon, it’s time to go all the way back to the beginning. The original King Kong came out in 1933 …