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PopHorror has the lucky privilege of covering some of the films at the Fantasia International Film Festival. This time we will be discussing the exciting thriller called The Honor Farm, which was shown at the festival on July 15th. The Honor Farm is directed by Karen Skloss as well as co-written by …

Well, it’s that time again for us to dive in and recap Stephen King’s The Mist. I am combining episode 3 and 4 for this recap/review as not much really happened episode 3. I hate to say it but watching episode 3 was like waiting for paint to dry. Episode …

I’m not very familiar with mockumentaries. My knowledge of the genre includes This is Spinal Tap and Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, and that’s about the extent of it. Recently, I was given the chance to check out The Bungfodders Make a Horror Movie, a mockumentary from …

When watching a film, I usually go in with an inkling of what is in store for me. When I watched Islamic Exorcist, I did not know anything about the film beforehand, so I was completely clueless. Personally, I do not watch a lot of foreign films, so this will …

I’ve recently had the pleasure of discovering the work of Kurando Mitsutake. He first came to my attention with his latest feature Karate Kill (2016) which I absolutely loved. This lead to me picking up his two other films: Gun Woman (2014) (which I love just as much if not …

It seems like all of the young people in the world spend all their time on their phones, partying, playing video games and generally screwing off… at least, that’s the way horror movies portray them. For the beautiful millennials in Game of Death, a film coming at us from Blackpills, La …

If you’re into French cinema, this is a must to add to your collection!  “Are you going to get out alive?” Maléfique, released in France in 2003, is an original French horror that leaves you in awe at the imaginative assemblage of fantasy, horror and mystery. The story is set in a …

Found footage films in hardcore horror circles are typically known for cheap thrills and load noises while nothing actually happens. While the victims scream and run from unseen forces throughout nauseously jarring camerawork, you may get lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the malicious antagonist. Stephen Cognetti’s 2015 first …

Blood Hunters is the latest film from director Tricia Lee and Film Monkey Productions and it tells the story of a single mother who wakes up in a medical facility to find out that she’s nine months pregnant and everyone around her is dead. As she struggles to escape, she discovers …

The 2012 film Smiley is about an urban legend of a demented serial killer who has nothing but a sliced smiley on his face. After she hears about the carved up psycho, mentally fragile teenager Ashley must figure out if she is going insane – or if she could be the …