Reviews

What makes religious cult films so terrifying? It’s the realistic aspect that puts fear in people’s minds. Was The Sacrament successful in that aspect?  (Synopsis provided by IMDb.com): A news team trails a man, Patrick (Kentucker Audley), as he travels into the world of Eden Parish to find his missing …

What happens when you take the tale of a cute little bunny who delivers candy and mix it with a serious story such as Christ’s resurrection? That’s what Nicholas McCarthy’s short film Easter is all about. Part of the hit-or-miss anthology film Holidays (2016), Easter accomplishes in a few short …

There is a hell. This is worse. Right from the tagline of the poster, you know you are in for something special with The Void. Written and directed by Astron 6’s Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski, this dark, supernatural tale tells a story of Lovecraftian proportions. Released on April 7th, …

When James Foley’s Fear was first released 21 years ago on April 12th, teenage girls everywhere swooned at the sight of former Calvin Klein model and Funky Bunch member Mark “Marky Mark” Wahlberg seducing innocently sexy Reese Witherspoon. There was no denying that the sexual tension between these two blazed through the …

As I got ready to watch Tom Costabile’s VooDoo, I found myself reading a few reviews about the film before I hit the Play button. I just wanted to know what I as getting into. Everything I read said it would be fantastic. Of course, this made me wonder if my …

Heidi is one of those rare horror movies that hit me out of nowhere. My wife’s name is Heidi. A friend of hers posted a trailer for the movie on her Facebook wall randomly as a joke. I watched it. It intrigued me. I tried to learn more, but information was …

What drives a person to the edge? Would they become insane seeing things that are not there? Would that person be tempted to hurt or even kill someone? Insanity is a big question in Jay Woelfel’s new film Asylum of Darkness. The ideology of what is sane and insane has …

It’s been 13 years since comedy trio Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Edgar Wright took the horror world by storm and created the most influential zom-com ever – Shaun Of The Dead! Released April 9, 2004, in the UK, this classic zombie flick is one of PopHorror’s favorites. Take a trip …

As a child, it was not uncommon for me to see franchises out of order. After all, beggars can’t be choosers and I was not in a bargaining position. I think that is where my love of sequels started. Tremors 2: Aftershocks was one of those films. Released on April 9, …

I’ve always loved found footage horror films. They bring a sense of realism and can actually be really creative. When I stumbled upon Chupacabra Territory, it seemed to have all of the ingredients for a good found footage film.   (Synopsis provided by IMDb.com): Four friends hike into the Pinewood Forest to …