Retro Reviews

There has never been a more influential film for me and my appetite for horror movies. Return of the Living Dead is a film that people have at least to be familiar with the name. The film gave us so many iconic moments that have influenced our perception of zombies. …

 When I was little, I was obsessed with sharks and any kind of sea life that could eat people in general, so I was always on the lookout for movies that featured these kind of creatures. I was at my grandparents’ house one weekend and saw the promo for the …

Some moments never fade; people remember where they were on 9/11, or where they were when they found out Cliff Burton from Metallica was killed in a bus accident. Those are moments we should push to the side and store deep inside. Jim Sharman’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show replaced …

Back in 1994, my father’s best friend installed a Black Box in our house. If you don’t know what that is, it was a device that bypassed the lockout codes on the paid channels. Nowadays the equivalent would be getting apps for free such as Netflix, Hulu, Max, etc. Back …

When I was in sixth grade, all the boys in my class (and possible the entire middle school) were obsessed with ninjas. We thought that they were amazing, could do anything, and were just cool in general. Back then, whenever my best friend, Dusty, stayed overnight at our place, we …

18 years ago, I sat in a packed movie theater. The anticipation for the much-hyped found footage movie was palpable. The feature started and the crowd settled in.  No opening credits. No music to set the scene. A dedication appeared on the screen, thanking the families of the two leads …

Tim Burton’s Pee Wee’s Big Adventure sits high on my film totem pole. I have loved this film since I was first able to put two and two together. I eventually came to understand its importance in my life. Pee Wee’s Big Adventure is, I guess, what you could call …

I was born in the early 1980s, so in a way, I wasn’t caught up as much as my GenX family. I knew of movies; however, I wasn’t quite the movie fan until I was about 5 or 6. I started watching movies like Teen Wolf, and I turned into …

When I was a kid, my dad was on swing shift at the water plant, so that meant he worked weird hours. He always worked until Midnight on Monday and Tuesday, so that meant it was just me, my sister, and my mom at home on those nights. The three …

Disney has a dark past from the 80s that no one really talks about. They created horror-themed children’s classic movies during that time that I am sure they would like sealed in a vault. One of these films was The Black Cauldron (1985). PopHorror is here to open that vault …