Reviews

Dan Simmons is one of my favorite authors. His book, Summer of Night, takes the innocence and coming of age story from Stand By Me and wraps it in an otherworldly terror as intense and insane as an entire school foll of Pennywise the Dancing Clowns. So when I had …

What the Fest!? was a pretty awesome festival and I’m super grateful that PopHorror could help cover some of the films. They had an amazing lineup including the widely talked about cult story, The Endless. I had heard some pretty amazing things about The Endless from both critics and friends alike …

I know a lot of people are huge fans of the Insidious series. Although I enjoy them, I will say that I much prefer The Conjuring franchise. Both deliver intense performances with spooky supernatural situations. I wasn’t a huge fan of the third Insidious installment, but that didn’t stop me from watching Insidious: …

From director Dylan Reynolds comes 4/20 Massacre, a slasher romp about a few unlucky gals and their camping trip in the woods. Before watching this, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Could it be a campy, tongue-in-cheek gore fest, a straitlaced and serious no-nonsense slasher or a retro throwback to …

“Eye-scorching screen candy.” Mirrormask is a personal favorite film of mine, and with good reason. It’s all of that eye candy that left me begging for more! The film was created by two immensely gifted artists and storytellers, Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, both of whom worked on the epic Sandman …

When I first picked Tigers Are Not Afraid (Spanish title: Vuelven) to review for this year’s Boston Underground Film Festival, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. But after watching the trailer and seeing the 100% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes, I couldn’t wait to start watching …

Patrick Magee’s stunning film, Primal Rage: Bigfoot Reborn (AKA Primal Rage: The Legend of Oh-Man), is a fresh, bold, new take on the Bigfoot genre. The film stars Casey Gagliardi, Andrew Joseph Montgomery, and Eloy Casados. It was filmed in the gorgeous, rainy Pacific Northwest mountains. The film opens with a …

Nicole Georgallas’ M.F.A. thesis film, Evelyn’s Room, premiered at the Boston Underground Film Festival on Thursday, March 22. The sixteen-minute short follows Nicole as she goes through her grandmother’s empty house after her grandparents had both passed away. This experimental narrative short from Tootsie Productions is based on true events …

Imagine living your dream career of debunking supernatural hoaxes and, one day, your childhood idol – the one who inspired your work – sends you a package including a personalized recorded message. Would this shock you? What if the individual also happened to be missing and presumed dead? I’m sure …

In Mikey McGregor’s new thriller, Hide In the Light, a group of urban explorers find more than they bargained for when they break into an abandoned orphanage. The group find themselves facing a supernatural force that is looking for more souls. The movie opens in the building’s past, with the arrival of …