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Once upon a time in Britain, during the infamous video nasty era, a structure stood that steadfastly provided a melting pot of music and cinema that catered to London and its surrounding areas more subversive inhabitants. It was the Scala and boy, was it wild during its day. Fostering a …

A few years back, PopHorror had the opportunity to review Matthew Packman’s feature film Morbid Colors. We are fans of this film, and you may read our review HERE. Recently, we had an opportunity to review the next film in the series, Real Cool Time. The film was written and …

Let’s address the elephant in the room right away. I know you don’t consider Green Day punk rock at all. I get it, but I can let people enjoy things. Now we can move on. When I was 11 I saw Green Day for the first time on MTV, I …

Many people will say that genius and loneliness may go hand in hand. Of course, when you add a touch of Artificial intelligence it proves to be a complicated endeavor to journey through.  Renner is a movie that takes love and AI to very new extremes, albeit, extremes that may …

Steve Miner’s House is turning 40 this year. The film was one of the first I saw that introduced me to the horror genre. House proved that horror comedy could also be very dark and frightening. Movies like House walk a very thin line. They were supposed to scare you, …

When I was in high school I really wanted to be a heavy metal bass player (despite the fact that I had no musical talent whatsoever), so horror movies that involved heavy metal bands-such as Black Roses, Trick or Treat, and even the incredibly atrocious Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare really …

25 years later, the curse still gathers. Takashi Shimizu’s (Marebito 2004) Ju-On series has been a landmark franchise in J-Horror, and is one of few J-Horrors to successfully cross over and enjoy commercial success internationally. Most genre-savvy fans outside of Japan, however, would identify 2002’s Ju-On: The Grudge as where …

From Halloween to Thanksgiving to Silent Night, Deadly Night, holiday themed horror films are often some of the best the genre has to offer. In that vein, Valentine’s Day has a few horror gems already ssociated with it, including My Bloody Valentine (the original and the remake and 2001’s Valentine. …

I love anthologies and I love indie horror so when I get the opportunity to check out a film that is both it’s a real treat. Recently I had the chance to check out the new indie horror anthology Phil Herman’s Unearthed. Read on to see what I thought. Synopsis …

Before we tal Frozen, I have to tell you: I’m a huge Adam Green fan. I discovered him through a friend on social media around 2004 or 2005. He was working on Hatchet (2006 – read our retro review here), his first feature, at the time. He was out pounding …