Reviews

Last year, I reviewed Dead Jack And The Pandemonium Device, the debut novel from writer James Aquilone (you can read my review here). Ever since, I’ve been anxiously awaiting the sequel. The time has finally come. Dead Jack And The Soul Catcher was released this week. Did it measure up …

Few filmmakers are able to successfully pay homage to renowned action directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez and Guy Ritchie without failing miserably or ripping them off entirely. With multiple, interwoven subplots, ridiculous crime debacles, gruesome action and humorous scenarios, films like Pulp Fiction, Machete and Snatch bare a style …

It’s time for the 2018 Boston Underground Film Festival! PopHorror has been given the opportunity to view the latest submissions made by talented up-and-coming filmmakers. I decided to watch a short film called It Began Without Warning simply based on the title. With a title like that, I expected a …

A few months ago, I reviewed filmmaker Gary Berger’s horror shorts, Sunset (2015), Servus de Infernum (2016),  The Klondike Incident (2017) and The Final Photograph (2017), so when I had the opportunity to review his anthology, Axe, I jumped at the chance. All of these films are a part of PP Urpansoph Films, …

Growing up, one of my favorite films was The Craft (still is). I used to wish I was a witch and practice light as a feather and stiff as a board with my friends. Unfortunately, nothing happened and that’s the most I’ve ever dabbled anything like witchcraft or cult-like situations. …

U.K. indie filmmaking madman Bazz Hancher delivers his latest tale of dark depravity and sick twisted humor in White Goods, making a departure from his previous efforts, Films From A Broken Mind and Blast From The Past, which were both anthologies. Blast From The Past was a collection of Bazz’s earliest …

The history of the Winchester mansion is such an interesting story. This twisted, surreal house was built in San Jose, California, beginning in 1884, a project that continued 24 hours a day until the mansion’s owner, Sarah Winchester, passed away in 1922. As soon as she passed, the place became …

New beginnings are rarely ever easy. They pull us in new directions, stretch us out of our comfort zones, force us to confront our fears and completely redefine our way of thinking and living. Finding a new place to live, taking on a new career path, ending a harmful relationship …

No, the Boston Red Sox didn’t move Fenway Park. There’s another Green Monster, and he makes his home in the deep woods of West Virginia. He goes by many names, but he’s mostly known as The Flatwoods Monster, and he’s been given some love and attention by filmmaker Seth Breedlove …

Watch the skies for Be Us, the new sci-fi/horror short from Alex DiVincenzo and T.J. Frizzi. I want to believe! This six minute film was an official selection at NecronomiCon 2017, Salem Horror Fest 2017, Rock and Shock 2017, and Boston Science Fiction Film Festival 2018. Watch and you’ll see why. …