Reviews

I never know what to expect when entering an M. Night Shyamalan (Old (2021), Servant (2019-23) movie. For years, the Sixth Sense (1999) and Signs (2002) were high water marks of entertainment in my imagination. Meanwhile, the scars of The Village (2004) and The Happening (2008) hinder my eagerness to …

“Alright hear me out, a bear… Does cocaine… A Cocaine Bear… ” “I love it! We’ll give you $35 Million Dollars!” – A conversation definitely had at Lord Miller Productions, Brownstone Productions, Jurassic Party Productions, and Universal Pictures. I’m not going to lie, this was a movie I walked into …

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023) is a new action comedy directed and co-written by Guy Ritchie (The Gentlemen, Wrath of Man, Snatch). I know. I know. This isn’t a horror film. Typically, this genre of film is not our cup of tea, but when the opportunity to review a …

Okay, imagine that you’re a teenager again (16-ish). You just walked into your friendly neighborhood video store to rent a VHS tape for the weekend (yes, I’m old). You stride on over to the horror section ready to grab Friday the 13th: Part 3 again, because hey, it’s a safe …

This month Pophorror is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the release of a cult classic: The Entity. Based on a ‘true’ story, the film was released by 20th Century Fox on February 4th, 1983, following a U.K release the previous year, by bankrupted production company American Cinema Productions. Because the …

I love animated films. You can create so much with animation—animals, explosions, car chases, and of course, bloody gruesome deaths—without the added expense of traveling, location scouting, permits, lodging… Sure, it might not have the same impact on your audience, especially if they’re the kind of people who think “cartoons …

When the promos dropped for Smile, I instantly felt great vibes about the movie. ” What’s that? The monster is something only I can see, and it blankly smiles at me? Okay, that’s creepy… I’m in!” What can I say? I’m a sucker for new ideas in my favorite genre, …

2022 was another great year for horror titles, so it wasn’t easy when I had to pick just one. However, one film that I couldn’t stop talking about as soon as the credits rolled was Zack Cregger’s (Whitest kids you know, Wrecked) Barbarian.  The Setup Right away we meet Young …

Sometimes the pieces of art that hit us the hardest are the ones that we can most relate to in our own personal experiences. Above all else, that’s the mark that Alice, Darling strives to reach. Movies in the horror and thriller genres that premiere early in the year often hold the …

I’m no prude, certainly, but once I left my teen years I started to veer away from sexploitation more and more. Occasionally you’d get a funny one, but after a while, they seemed like the majority of directors wanted to see boobs in exchange for promises of possible future returns …