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After tuning in to the real American horror story that was election night, I looked forward to taking a much needed break from reality and tuned in for the pre-season finale of American Horror Story: Roanoke. This is the point in the season that we can kind of gauge where …
Read More »Movie Review – CARNAGE PARK (2016)
Carnage Park is the kind of movie Jack Ketchum would write if he wrote scripts instead of novels and had no talent. And yes, it is yet another failure from IFC Midnight. Vivian (Ashley Bell) is kidnapped by bank robbers Joe (James Hébert) and Lenny (Michael Villar). After Lenny croaks, Joe …
Read More »A First Look At Grammy Award Winner Rocky Gray’s Horror Anthology “10/31/16”
A new horror anthology from Red Letter Entertainment, Inc., 10/31/16 tells the story of a video tape given to a group of teens by a sinister Trick or Treater. This seemingly small action turns their Halloween into a living nightmare. After working on the scores for Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories (2016), The …
Read More »Hell Town (2015) The “I Want To Become A Hellion” Review!
In the mood for a fun whodunit mock-style soap opera black horror comedy? Well, look no further, Hell Town is exactly what you need on your must watch list. Let me break it down and tell you why you should become an immediate Hellion! https://youtu.be/47cH_wwfwSE Written and directed by Steve …
Read More »The Walking Dead – Season 7, Episode 3 Rundown
Like seasons past, The Walking Dead has decided to spread their excitement out over the entire season, giving us fans a moaning, groaning, head-splattering episode one week and then an emotional, expository episode the next. For this past Sunday’s episode, titled The Cell, we got a look inside Daryl’s (Norman Reedus) …
Read More »The Last Halloween (2016) – Movie Review
Although it’s technically past October 31st, we at PopHorror celebrate Halloween all year ’round. Of course, we have never wanted any one Hallow’s Eve to be The Last Halloween, but all good things must come to an end, am I right? So, as a special treat to our very own …
Read More »Review – WHAT WE BECOME (2015)
I swear, every time I turn around there’s a new zombie film on Netflix. Zombie film, zombie film, zombie film – I swear, there are more zombie films that people lying buried in cemeteries! Sure, some are good, but the bulk of them were made to cash-in on the success …
Read More »Brian De Palma’s ‘CARRIE’ (1976) Turns 40 – Retro Review
“Carrie is an absolutely spellbinding horror movie,” raves renowned film critic Roger Ebert in his 1976 review. “It’s also (and this is what makes it so good) an observant human portrait.” This is bold praise for Brian De Palma’s masterful 1976 film adaptation of Stephen King’s first horror novel. Carrie, the film, …
Read More »Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories (2016) Movie Review
After months of waiting and keeping tabs, I finally got to see Blood Moon Pictures’ Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories, the second part to last year’s award winning horror anthology, Volumes of Blood. The movie made its debut on October 29, 2016, to a packed house at the Owensboro Convention …
Read More »She Who Must Burn (2016) – Movie Review
She Who Must Burn is an emotional journey. From the outside, it seems as if it will be an extreme Lifetime movie. However, on the inside, it is brimming with brutality and detestability, begging you to challenge your morals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw183OOCEYs Directed and written by Larry Kent, She Who Must Burn …
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