PopHorror Let's Get Scared

Note: This interview was conducted during the 2023 WGA and SGA-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, Waking Nightmare, being covered here, wouldn’t exist. PopHorror recently got the opportunity to speak with 80s icon, Diane Franklin. We discussed her latest film, Waking Nightmare (2023), …

Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SGA-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, Blackout being covered here wouldn’t exist. It’s my favorite time of year! No, not Halloween or Christmas. My other favorite time! It’s Fantasia International Film Festival time! And …

If you were to ask any number of filmmakers what their favorite scary movie is, I guarantee that several of them will answer with The Exorcist. William Peter Blatty penned a fascinating tale of the demonic possession of a young girl, piquing the interest of friend and director William Friedkin. …

He always comes back, and this time, he’s ready to “chuck” shit up in Washington, D.C. On August 17, Chucky (Brad Dourif: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1975) gathered the press in Hackensack, New Jersey for a highly-anticipated announcement: his television series Chucky is officially returning this fall. “I’m here …

Coming soon to Digital, VOD, and DVD from Freestyle Digital Media and director Paul Doucet (The Company) is a new action film, The Pilot. The film stars Hugo Becker (The Assault), Eye Haidara (Not My Type), and Kahina Carina (Outcast). It will be available on September 12, 2023. Synopsis: THE …

Coming soon to the Scandi streaming service Viaplay is the new drama that stars Lars Mikkelsen (The Witcher – TV Series) and Pilou Asbaek (Game of Thrones – TV Series): Face to Face. It will premiere on August 31, 2023. Synopsis: The psychological drama follows Holger Lang (Mikkelsen), head of …

Piglady is a 2023 slasher film from filmmakers Adam Fair and Lyon Mitchell. The film is based on true events, inspired by the Susan Monica murders that took place in Oregon in 2012 and 2013, where a woman fed her murdered farmhands to her pigs. Synopsis: Inspired by true events. …

Before reading BETA, I knew Sammy Scott was a talented writer. At Home with the Horrors is a hell of a collection, and I quickly fell in love with his writing style. Perfect prose, tension built quietly and at a perfect pace for each story. Unique ideas, and the writing …

I’m going to start this review off by saying I don’t read romance. Never. Give me a shredded heart over a bleeding heart any day. But I was intrigued by the cover of Justin Bourne Boring’s (yes, that’s his real name) debut dark fantasy romance novel, Beauty Is A Blade. …

I met our dear author, Jamie Kort, through Bookstagram when he approached me with a read/review request, citing his book as “bizzaro sock puppet horror.” That description alone had me intrigued and I am always game to read something different; in hindsight, I had no idea what I was getting …