Reviews

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 …

Sometimes you never what you’re going to get when diving into a film. This has undoubtedly been the case when watching shorts and features for the Final Girls Berlin Film Festival. The most recent one I watched was called Devil Is On His Way. The short was written and directed …

We all want success and beauty. Well, most of us do. Sometimes it feels like no matter how hard we try we never succeed and we become envious of the people that do. If someone gave you a chance to change everything, would you take it? In our newest review …

How far would you go to for fame and success? Some will give everything even if it costs others their lives. Something like this happens in the recent horror short I watched called The Penny Dropped. Another amazing short from the Final Girls Berlin Festival. This intensely dark short was directed and …

Guillermo Del Toro has long been one of my favorite filmmakers, yet the opportunity to see one of his films in theaters has eluded me… until now. After months of waiting, The Shape of Water finally arrived at a theater near me, and despite some minor setbacks on the way …

In life, there are certain fates that are hard for us to accept. The hardest, of course, is losing a loved one. Some never come to terms with that kind of loss. Director and writer Andrea Niada (Here We are Now 2014), brings something new and fresh on this concept with …

The bathtub… a place to wash away all of the stress of your day. It’s also a place where women can fall victim to psychos, aliens, or spirits. But don’t worry – it’s Nothing A Little Soap And Water Can’t Fix!  (Synopsis provided by IMDb.com): In films, as in life, …