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Orcs, the brutal beasties of ancient myth and legend! Popularized by both J.R.R Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings series as well as Dungeons & Dragons, these formidable foes have served as the perfect cannon fodder for various adventurers and heroes for generations. Surely, modern fantasy would not be the same …

Back in 1975, Jim Sharman’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show changed the world’s idea of what a cult classic film could be. There’s no denying that this musical comedy has created an entire world of its own, with midnight screenings, costumes, singalongs and the most ludicrous audience participation ritual ever created. Take …

From Self Destruct Films comes Dan Sheldon’s Fate, a film that unlocks the secrets of the space time continuum. This Sci-Fi thriller is the first full-length feature for Sheldon (The Way It Melts, Missing Link) and looks at a key principle: if you had a time machine would you save the …

As a huge fan of ’80s horror, I love practical effects. I recently heard of a short film, Slime, which was said to be chock full of practical effects and gore and I really wanted to see it. Recently, I saw a post on Facebook where one of the directors, …

As far back as I can remember, I’ve always loved movies and TV shows with strong female leads. I attribute this to two things. 1. I was raised by a strong single mother. 2. As a child, I was introduced to the movie Buffy The Vampire Slayer and fell in …

Technology has connected us in many way, making any service we need just a click away, including taxi service with apps such as Lyft and Uber. Now, I’ve never used these services, and thanks to the movie Ryde, I probably never will. Ryde follows a serial killer who uses the …

Everyone’s favorite conduit is back and she is more malicious than ever in this highly anticipated origin story of how Annabelle came into existence. While John R. Leonetti’s 2014 Conjuring spinoff, Annabelle, received mixed reviews and a 29% rating on Rottentomatoes, David F. Sandberg’s prequel follow-up, Annabelle: Creation, was the …

Just when you thought the found footage genre was dying out, here comes another supernatural found footage film called Altar. Does this film do anything new to reinvigorate this stale genre? Read on to find out! Altar was directed and written by Matthew Sconce (Firefall: An Epic Family Adventure) and stars …

John Carpenter’s The Thing is my favorite horror film of all time. It may be my favorite movie, period. I said as much in the retrospective I wrote for The Thing‘s 35th anniversary. It goes without saying that when I heard they were doing an illustrated tribute to the film …

“Nothing Human Loves Forever” In our final installment of our three part look into classic vampire movies (part one is here and part two is here), PopHorror travels all the way back to 1983 with The Hunger, a horror cult classic with elements of mythology, blood lust and romance. In this bloody erotic film, a …