Reviews

From Los Bastardz Productions comes the latest in murder mystery slashers. Nightblade tells the story of three childhood friends trying to hunt down a knife-wielding maniac who seems to want them – and everyone they know – dead in a puddle of their own gore. Will they survive long enough …

The highly anticipated Netflix original series, Santa Clarita Diet, premiered Friday, February 3, 2017, and it does not disappoint. Starring Drew Barrymore (Donnie Darko, Scream, Charlies Angels) and Timothy Olyphant (Live Free or Die Hard, The Crazies, Snowden), this comedic horror dives right into the story of a suburban husband …

Like many of the writers here at PopHorror, I love horror shorts. They not only offer a bite sized chunk of scares but they also only require a fraction of the time investment of a full length feature and you don’t have to wait long for the good stuff. I’ll …

I have been a fan of Daniel Murphy and Tom Komisar’s HM&M Films for about a year or so now, ever since I found out a friend of mine was in their killer clown home invasion film, House of Whores. This a film I still have a hard time watching all …

I love horror shorts and I also love supporting women in the horror industry. Therefore, in honor of Women in Horror Month, I’ve been researching and watching films made by women or with strong women leads. One of them that I came across was the Japanese horror short Slit (2016). Slit was …

The thing about horror is that that it can be done in so many ways. It has several sub-genres, styles, and methods. Everyone has their favorite type, but it’s important to explore new boundaries. When I took the opportunity to review Yeti: A Love Story 2 (2017), I really had no …

I watch a lot of reality shows where a psychic helps the police find a missing person. As I’m watching, I always ask myself, “Are they really psychic? Is it possible for them to see beyond what the average person can see?” In the 2016 horror short Hidden Daylight, I may …

At what lengths are you willing to go to have the person of your dreams? I mean without even knowing if that person will be receptive of your affections after the lines you are willing to cross for them, is it worth it? In Get the Girl, there are no …

Critics all seem to hate Mimic 2. I seem to like it. It’s commonly said that everyone’s a critic, so what the hell does that make me? Set in some downtrodden inner city high school, Mimic 2 is about a major roach problem — a man-sized, man-mimicking roach problem! At …

Thinking about being watched in your own home is a very scary concept. If it’s done right, that story could be perfect for a Home Invasion horror film. Did 13 Cameras live up to the potential its synopsis had to offer?  https://youtu.be/LLTCJ1J-8e4 (Synopsis provided by IMDb.com): Claire (Brianne Moncrief) and …