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Anyone who intentionally chooses to watch CRACKCOON(2024) knows what to expect.  Luckily, the filmmakers embraced the schtick and has a blast with it. The film (along with dozens of others in the wake of Cocaine Bear) takes a ridiculous premise—a raccoon getting into a stash of illegal drugs and turning …

1000 Women In Horror (story) is a new documentary that is coming to Shudder soon. Directed by Donna Davies, it is based on a book by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas. We had a chance recently to sit down and talk to Donna Davies and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas about the project. PopHorror: I loved …

UNDERTONE (2026) is one of the more interesting horror films to come along in recent years, largely because it leans into a concept that feels both simple and fresh. Rather than relying on elaborate visuals or constant jump scares, the film builds its dread almost entirely through sound. It’s a …

Director Maggie Gyllenhaal approaches gothic mythology with a daring sense of authorship in The Bride! – a film that exhumes one of horror’s most recognizable legends and reshapes it into something electrifying. Gyllenhaal relocates the narrative gravity toward the figure who has long existed on the margins of the story, …

The upcoming horror-adventure film Do Not Enter arrives March 20, 2026, in theaters, on digital, and on demand. Directed by Marc Klasfeld, the film is based on the novel Creepers by David Morrell and follows a group of thrill-seeking urban explorers who livestream their descent into New Jersey’s abandoned Paragon …

The movie soundtrack taught me a lot about how to lead a fan. Music is my life, an escape from reality, just like horror movies about imaginary creatures in our closets. I have a lot of horror soundtracks. Let’s get started. Some are obvious, others not so much. Some aren’t …

An Homage to Giallo’s Greatest Hits Directed by Davide Melini, Deep Shock takes you into the kind of fever dream that feels half memory and half nightmare. This short film opens as a beautifully unsettling dive into grief, memory, and the giallo tradition itself. What at first seems like a …

As a kid, I remember seeing Corey Wolfe’s awesome VHS box art for director Jim Wynorski’s 1986 film, Chopping Mall, at the numerous visits my family paid to various mom and pop rental shops. Along with Maniac (1980), it’s the art I remember most from that timeframe as I was …

For SWMRS, their debut album Drive North feels like a portrait — each song capturing memories from a defining, chaotic and absolutely incredible chapter of their lives. Recorded in their early 20s as they exploded out of the East Bay punk scene, the raw energy of Drive North represents an era …

A new poster and trailer have been released for the new horror film directed by Damian Mc Carthy (Oddity): Hokum. The film stars Adam Scott (Severance – TV Series), David Wilmot (Lies We Tell), and Austin Amelio (Broke). Synopsis A horror writer visits an Irish inn to scatter his parents’ …