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Christmas Eve is upon us and I’m trying to overdose on as much Holiday horror as I can. I had heard several people rave about the horror shot Humbug so I thought I’d give it a shot. Did it live up to its hype? This gleeful horror short is directed …
Read More »‘A Very Merry VHS Xmas’ (2017) Music Review
There is nothing quite like Grind metal. I love grind/death/goregrind/thrash/black/tech whatever and this time of the year I love a little Christmas cheer shaken into my grind, not stirred. VHS definitely shake the shit out of you this holiday season with their latest ep simply titled A Very Merry VHS …
Read More »‘Necro’ Go Fund Me Campaign Launches from Terrorvisions Productions
Belgium filmmaker Rob Ceus has been plugging away at numerous projects and has collaborated with many others. Ceus has the shorts Bride Zombie and Slime under his belt and has acted in stuff such Alexander Sharglaznov’s Demon Mind, Death Cases and the upcoming Post Apocalyptic Desolation. Ceus is also finishing …
Read More »‘Best Christmas Ever’ (2017) Horror Short – Are You Naughty or Nice?
Christmas is just around the corner and I love holiday horror films. They deliver Christmas spirit along with plenty of mayhem and bloodshed. I recently watched the horror comedy Best Christmas Ever and loved the originality of it. The short is written and directed by Mike Lenzini (Beast: A Monster …
Read More »Elves (1989) Retro Movie Review
Elves in a late ’80s Christmas schlocker hopefully seeing a legit Blu-ray release soon. For now, you can find VHS copies or DVD-R copies lifted from the VHS. Elves, or more appropriately titled Elf because there is really only one of the evil critters running around in the movie, is …
Read More »‘Christmas Evil’ (1980): A Holiday Horror Classic
Among the first films to introduce horror with a Christmas theme, Lewis Jackson’s 1980 Christmas Evil boldly brings horror to the holidays. For the times, this cult classic and the few titles that came before, risked being perceived as taboo. While they weren’t widely received, these films found a niche …
Read More »Kepler’s Dream (2017) – Beyond Fantasy Review
Here at PopHorror, we do more then just review horror films. We also are honored and privileged to review other kinds of movies, such as Kepler’s Dream, the latest film by director Amy Glazer. Kepler’s Dream is a film adaptation of a book by the same name written by Juliet Bell. …
Read More »Kingdom of The Spiders (1977) Retro Review
Captain’s Log Stardate 422… wait, wrong franchise. Yes, believe or not William Shatner, AKA Captain Kirk from Star Trek, tried his hand in the horror genre back in 1977. Kingdom of The Spiders is the tale of a veterinarian named Rack (Shatner) who looks after his widowed sister-in-law (Marcy Lafferty) …
Read More »Treevenge (2008) Short Film Retro Review
Atlantic Canadian filmmaker Jason Eisner is probably one of my favorite directors out there. With only one movie under his belt, Hobo With A Shotgun, and this campy Christmas short, Treevenge, he has accomplished two big, bold outings in only a short period of time. Not only is the dude from …
Read More »Spider Baby, The Maddest Story Ever Told – Lon Chaney Jr, Sid Haig, and the Beauty of Schlock and Insanity
On Christmas Eve 1967, Jack Hill’s Spider Baby, The Maddest Story Ever Told (AKA Cannibal Orgy, The Maddest Story Ever Told) introduced us to the delightfully demented Merrye family. Elizabeth, Virginia, and Ralph are the last members of a wealthy, reclusive, and horribly inbred family cursed with a disease that …
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