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This short is directed by Justine Raczkiewicz who also co-wrote the screenplay along with Amelia Gray. The cast includes Luke Baines and Sarah Bartholomew. Official Synopsis for Waste: Roger lives a grim and detached life, picking up medical waste for a living, but looks forward to his evening conversations with …

I’ve watched a plethora of shorts for the 2018 Final Girls Berlin Festival and they’ve all be exceptionally extraordinary. I recently watched my first full feature from the festival, The Book of Birdie. Did it live up to the rest? This bizarre new tale is directed by storyboard artist Elizabeth …

Most dolls have an innocence to them… unless they’re showing up in a horror movie. There’s “Good Guy,” who wasn’t exactly Andy’s best friend. Then we’ve got Annabelle who, in real life, is a Raggedy Ann doll turned evil. The Curse of the Witch’s Doll is a new film in the …

I grew up loving vampire films, but in recent years there hasn’t been that I’ve loved. Or at least none that left an impact on me like The Lost Boys, Interview with A Vampire, and 30 Days of Night. So, when I hear about a new vampire story I’m a …

Still/Born is a Canadian film directed by Brandon Christensen (It Stains The Sand Red 2016), and it tells the tale of man named Jack (Canadian Jesse Moss: Dear Mr. Gacy 2010) and his wife, Mary (Christie Burke: Black Fly, Falling Skies), who have just had a baby. The only soul-crushing part is that they were supposed to have …

This film intrigued me right from the start with this description: “The Contest is a twisted homage to the wonderful and strange Twin Peaks and cherry pie.” I knew right away that this was one I wanted to watch. The Contest is a female driven dark comedy short that runs …

When asked to review Isabel Stanfield and Stephanie Liquorish’s horror short Hobby Shop for the 2018 Final Girls Berlin Film Festival, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I hadn’t heard of either filmmaker at the time, so I had nothing to prepare me for what I was about to watch. …

Secrecy and speculation have been the key to the success of the Cloverfield franchise. As one of the first films to truly utilize viral marketing, the 2008 Matt Reeves directed Cloverfield generated unprecedented buzz with its fictitious products (Slusho, anyone?) and mysterious websites containing seemingly nonsensical puzzles. Its sequel, 2016’s …

(Note: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.) PopHorror has reviewed several books for far for Confessions Publicity, including author Jason Parent’s last novel, A Life Removed (read our review of the book here). We were highly impressed with Parent’s humor, gory descriptions …

In this political climate, it’s not hard to imagine the world inching closer to the apocalypse. Hate, intolerance, racism, sexism, and politicians engaging in dick measuring contests are steadily rising. The end result of this is the world that Apocalypse Babies takes place in and it’s a bleak one. Apocalypse …