PopHorror’s 2026 Sundance Catch-Up!

Documentary Troublemaker – Antoine Fuqua gives us an emotionally turbulent but honest look over the life of Nelson Mandela. The film was helped by beautiful interstitial art and truthful reflections on Mandela’s life. For fellow Americans like myself, our schooling system did not teach us much about Apartheid, so this …

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Coming Soon To Theaters And Digital: Mark Kassen’s ‘PH-1’

Coming soon to theaters and Digital from director Mark Kassen (Puncture) is a new thriller: PH-1. The film stars Abubakar Salim (Assassins Creed), Dina Shihabi (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan – TV Series), Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order – TV Series). Synopsis A promising politician is held hostage in his …

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Coming Soon To Digital: ’13 Days And 13 Nights’

Coming soon to Digital from director Martin Bourbour (The Three Musketeers – Part I: D’Artagnan) is a new thriller: 13 Days And 13 Nights. The film stars Roschdy Zem (The Cold Light of Day), Lyna Khoudri (The French Dispatch), and Sidse Babett Knudsen (Westworld).  Synopsis Kabul, August 15, 2021. US troops are preparing …

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Zack Snyder’s ‘BATMAN V. SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE’ (2016) – Retro Review

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice arrived with enormous expectations and just as much baggage. Behind the scenes, it was a film caught between bold creative ambition and a studio unsure how far it was willing to go. In hindsight, that tension is baked into every frame. It’s a movie …

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Coming Soon To Digital From Terror Films Releasing: ‘SATURNALIA’

Coming soon to Digital from Terror Films Releasing and director Daniel John Lerch (Shoebox Heroes) is a new horror film: Saturnalia. The film stars Sophia Anthony (Death of a Child Star), Velvet, and Dante Blake (Sympathy). Synopsis A newcomer to a prestigious boarding school comes to realize that the institution …

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Poster And Teaser Trailer Released For Shawn Alexander Thompson’s ‘THE HIVE’

Poster and teaser trailer released for the new horror thriller directed by Shawn Alexander Thompson (Deadly Swipe): The Hive. The film stars Sandy Johnson (Halloween), James Stokes (Whispers), and Angel Bradford (Crackcoon). Synopsis A strait-laced and by the books FBI team is brought in to investigate a series of missing …

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‘THEN WE’LL BE SAFE’ By Jes Hart Stone – Book Review

Two minutes after completing the final, captivatingly dramatic pages of Then We’ll Be Safe the new  psychological thriller by award winning author Jes Hart Stone, I’m left with, not just goosebumps, but a feeling only too familiar to the stories teenage fugitive leads – I WANT MORE! Such is the …

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Tubi Viral Horror Hit ‘DARK PLACES’ Big Screen Premiere Impresses at Agawam Cinemas

The Tubi/Fawesome horror hit DARK PLACES had its big screen premiere at Agawam Cinemas in Agawam, Massachusetts on Saturday, March 14th, to a near sellout audience. Written and Directed by New England filmmaker, Geno McGahee, DARK PLACES is a throwback to the cult films of the 1970’s like RACE WITH …

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Bayview Entertainment Acquires Award-Winning Surreal Horror-Drama ‘COMPRESSION’

Bayview Entertainment, a leader in independent genre distribution, is proud to announce the upcoming release of COMPRESSION, a harrowing and visually arresting descent into the psyche of a woman trapped by her own mind. SYNOPSIS Hazel (Emily Durchholz) is an intensely agoraphobic true crime podcaster who has spent years shielding …

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