As we begin out coverage of the Horror-On-Sea 2023 film festival , we had the extreme pleasure of checking out some truly incredible, inspiring films screening at the fest this year. And let us just say, they did not disappoint. Our first watch was a unique, frightening, and unusual anthology, …
Read More »You’ll Come Running Back: 25 Years of Gregory Hoblit’s ‘FALLEN’ (1998) – Retro Review
I don’t think it’s out of line to characterize 1998’s Fallen as a bit of a hidden gem. Though it’s not a perfect film, I nevertheless find it to be effective and entertaining. Director Gregory Hoblit (Primal Fear 1996) is able to craft a lightly creepy atmosphere melding the genres of …
Read More »Two Decades Of Trauma: ‘FINAL DESTINATION 2’ (2003) Turns 20
That Death needed a sequel, so Final Destination 2 was released on January 31, 2003. The film stars Ali Larter (Final Destination 2000, House on Haunted Hill 1999), A.J. Cook (The Virgin Suicides 1999, Wishmaster 3 2001), Michael Landes (Lakeview Terrace 2008), and Tony Todd (Candyman 1992, The Crow 1994). …
Read More »The First Annual Bloody Pop Awards! A Roundup of PopHorror’s Favorites From 2022
With so much media coming out in our beloved horror genre in the year 2022, what’s the cream of the crop? To help you our readers sort through it all, we decided to initiate our very own awards to celebrate. Welcome to the first annual Bloody Pop Awards! Our candidates …
Read More »‘THE BARN 2’ (2022) – A Real-Life Monster Mash – Review
When The Barn hit streaming in 2016, it made genre audiences feel as though they were taking the journey with the characters, as opposed to just watching them on the screen. The film starred two lovable, average guys and a host of nostalgic-looking monsters. It was a love letter to horror …
Read More »John James Minster’s ‘The Undertaker’s Daughter’ – Book Review
I was recently given the opportunity to read and review author John James Minster’s book, The Undertaker’s Daughter. I don’t take on many book reviews because they take a lot longer to finish so there’s only so many I can do at once. But when I read the book’s synopsis …
Read More »‘LEPRECHAUN’ (1993): Commemorating a Coin-Craving Corny Cobbler’s Carnage!
Where was Jennifer Aniston before she became rich and famous on a generically-titled sitcom? Well, like a lot of us, she was being pursued by a demonic little Leprechaun (Warwick Davis) who was horny to get his gold back. The question is, should Aniston be embarrassed by this movie? Sure! …
Read More »Tim Burton’s ‘Sweeney Todd’ (2007) Celebrates 15th Anniversary – Retro Review
It seems only yesterday that it was 2007, and I was dragging my friends with me to the movies to see the latest Tim Burton project starring Johnny Depp (Dark Shadows, 2012), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. In my eyes, this dynamic duo could do no wrong. …
Read More »Review: Marcel Walz’s Wonderfully Gory ‘La Petite Mort’
One of the latest additions to the Unearthed Films catalog is Marcel Walz’s, La Petite Mort. Conceived in 2009, Walz’s early walk on the wild side features the priceless FX talents of Olaf Ittenbach. If that name isn’t ringing a bell, well, ol’ Olaf is responsible for the likes of …
Read More »‘Scream 2’ (1997) Turns 25 – Retro Review
The original Scream (1996) crashed into the horror world when the genre needed it most. Wes Craven’s (A Nightmare On Elm Street, 1984) meta whodunit not only became an instant hit, but it also breathed new life into horror in a period when things were starting to feel stale and …
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