Reviews

I am a fanatic about short films. It never ceases to amaze me how these films pack so much story in such a short amount of time. Jason Burke not only writes for PopHorror, but he is also a talented filmmaker. I hadn’t seen any of his films yet, so …

“Yeah *sarcastic* Nazis are a barrel of laughs…” -Bernie (The Paper, 1994). Movies about killing Nazis are always fun to watch. Whether it’s Clint Eastwood singlehandedly mowing down about four hundred of them in Where Eagles Dare or Brad Pitt’s band of merry men scalping them in Inglorious Basterds, it’s …

The world doesn’t have enough werewolf flicks, in my humble opinion. The lore of Lycanthropes, their bloodlust, and what I imagine would be a powerful, painful transition into a beast, have always intrigued me.  Contemporary times have left horror fans with a short stack of worthy werewolf titles. Some of …

Twenty years ago I overheard a coworker talking about a film that was so shocking that he couldn’t sleep that night. That film was Gaspar Noe’s Irreversible. My coworker begged me not to watch it. Challenge accepted! I went that very evening to my local art house theater and saw …

Disquiet (2023) was written and directed by Michael Winnick (Dark Asset). PopHorror had the opportunity to check this medical horror film out before its release.  Check out the trailer below, then read on for our review! Disquiet (2023) Synopsis Sam has everything a man could want. This includes a beautiful …

Attachment (2022) is a new Danish horror feature we’ve had our eye on. Gabriel Bier Gislason wrote and directed the film. It stars Ellie Kendrick, Josephine Park, Sofie Grabol, and David Dencik. We got a chance to check it out, recently, ahead of its Shudder premiere. Continue to read, if …

Closing our coverage of the Horror-On-Sea 2023 Film Festival, we had the chance to catch the exhilarating, fear-inducing 2021 short film, Escalation. Here’s what we thought about it.  Escalation Synopsis During the pandemic, an isolated self-centered man has to confront his own inner demons and decide what kind of person …

Stress is something we all go through. Sometimes everything gets to be too much and we just need to get away. What if the getaway winds up being worse than daily life? That is what Roe and Eliza encounter in The Welder. The Welder (2023) Synopsis Roe and Eliza, a …

Simply put, character studies make some of the most intriguing films ever created. From Hitchcock’s genre-defining Psycho (1960) to the more recent masterclass Pearl (2022, read our review here), horror has allowed us to follow some of the most heartbroken and homicidal figures in history. May (2003) is no exception. It …

As we near the end of our Horror-On-Sea 2023 Film Festival coverage, we had the extreme pleasure of viewing the amazing documentary, Murphy’s Lore. Check out what we thought about this phenomenal film. Murphy’s Lore Synopsis A tribute to the life and legacy of the late, great British indie horror …