Reviews

This weekend, the first horror movie of the year was released in theaters in the form of The Bye Bye Man on January 13th. Genre fans were thrilled! Maybe The Bye Bye Man would ring in the new year with something fantastic, fresh and frightening, proving that this year was already …

Sometimes you’ve heard about a movie for what seems like forever and you can’t get your hands on it. This is what happened to me with the movie The Girl. You can imagine how excited I was when I was looking at the upcoming new releases brochure – yes, I …

I’ve been a true crime buff for as long as I can remember. Ever since I stumbled upon The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule (the true story of how the author met and befriended serial killer Ted Bundy), I’ve been obsessed with the real life psychos and sociopaths that …

In the horror world, it seems more often than not, a movie will receive extremely mixed reviews. Either people will love it with the utmost passion or completely loathe it. Rarely is there a middle man. You see this with such movies as Babadook, It Follows, and The Witch. It can …

Opening scenes are crucial to any film hoping to capture the audience’s attention. It sets the tone for what’s to come and what can be expected. Stalking Miss Barlow, a 24-minute short comedic horror, does exactly this as a busty female flees from a machete-wielding killer through the woods. With …

As the old adage says, “What’s understood doesn’t have to be explained.” Basically, the product should speak for itself otherwise the repercussions could be fatal. Parasites doesn’t just speak for itself; it yells proudly and for good reason. This is a film that has it all – the main reason …

Capture Kill Release was a love letter to found footage horror and psychopathic couples! Hearing two people nonchalantly talk about killing someone is almost comedic when you think about it. You’re actually hearing a casual conversation about murder! That’s the kind of morbid humor I love in a film!  (Synopsis …

In Timothy Vandenberg’s Agatha, a little orphan girl named Sophie (played by Louise Ogle) is hired by a woman (Penny Kohut) to bring food onto a table for someone living upstairs. Nice gig for a kid, right? Well, you would most certainly be wrong. Sophie is sternly instructed that she …

I’ll admit, I’m not usually a big fan of monster flicks. Going into I’m Not A Serial Killer, I was expecting a clichéd killer mentor and killer pupal type of film. But, I’m Not A Serial Killer deceived me into watching a monster flick. Luckily for me, it was a …

For my debut article here on PopHorror, I thought it only fitting to review a film that I’ve had my eye on for several months now called Fear Clinic. What sold me on this? For starters, Robert Englund is in this movie. As a lifetime Nightmare on Elm Street fan,  I’m always eager …