I don’t know about you, but the thought of reliving my nightmares is terrifying. And that is exactly what Skinamarink makes you do. Skinamarink, the new feature length film from Canadian filmmaker Kyle Edward Ball, was born from his YouTube channel, Bitsized Nightmares, where Kyle would collect other people’s nightmares …
Read More »Available Now on Netflix: Egyptian Shark Horror Film ‘MAKO’
Available now on Netflix is a new Egyptian horror film directed by Mohamed Hesham El-Rashidy: Mako. The film stars Nicolas Mouawad (Three Thousand Years of Longing), Murat Yildirim (Loverboy), and Basma (Before Forty). MAKO Synopsis Eight businessmen decide to go to location of Elsalam Ship, which was sunk years ago …
Read More »John Carpenter, A Master Director and Master Composer, Turns 75
John Carpenter turns 75 years old on January 16, 2023. Happy birthday! Let’s look at some reasons Carpenter is such an ironic director and composer, shall we? Oh, and here’s a trailer in case you’ve lived under a rock and have no idea who John Carpenter is: Surely, you have …
Read More »New Posters Drop for Werewolf Film, ‘THE FOREST HILLS’
Coming soon is a cool new horror project that heralds Shelley Duvall’s (The Shining) return to cinema: The Forest Hills. This new werewolf film also stars Edward Furlong (Terminator 2: Judgement Day), Dee Wallace (The Howling), and Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp). Here are the new posters: Check out the trailer …
Read More »The First Annual Bloody Pop Awards! A Roundup of PopHorror’s Favorites From 2022
With so much media coming out in our beloved horror genre in the year 2022, what’s the cream of the crop? To help you our readers sort through it all, we decided to initiate our very own awards to celebrate. Welcome to the first annual Bloody Pop Awards! Our candidates …
Read More »‘THE BARN 2’ (2022) – A Real-Life Monster Mash – Review
When The Barn hit streaming in 2016, it made genre audiences feel as though they were taking the journey with the characters, as opposed to just watching them on the screen. The film starred two lovable, average guys and a host of nostalgic-looking monsters. It was a love letter to horror …
Read More »Interview: Cult Icon Jackie Kong Discusses ‘BLOOD DINER’ (1987), New Comic Book ‘SPEND THE NIGHT’
Jackie Kong has been creating subversive content for many moons now. Beginning back in 1983 with the schlock, horror, sci-fi entry The Being, then the following year moving on to the irreverent comedy of Night Patrol, Kong didn’t hit cult paydirt until 1987 with Blood Diner. Let’s face it, the 80s …
Read More »Poster And Teaser Trailer For József Gallai and Gergö Elekes’ Sci-Fi/Mystery, ‘Aftermath’ (2023)
We’ve got the brand new poster and teaser trailer for József Gallai and Gergö Elekes’ upcoming feature, Aftermath (2023). Gallai and Elekes will co-direct and co-produce while Gallai wrote the script and Elekes will shot, compose the score, and edit the final product. Chuck Harding (Shriekshow 2020) is on the production team …
Read More »John James Minster’s ‘The Undertaker’s Daughter’ – Book Review
I was recently given the opportunity to read and review author John James Minster’s book, The Undertaker’s Daughter. I don’t take on many book reviews because they take a lot longer to finish so there’s only so many I can do at once. But when I read the book’s synopsis …
Read More »New Horror Anthology, ‘NIGHTMARE AT PRECINCT 84’ (2023), is Coming Soon!
Coming up in 2023 from director Samuel Gonzalez Jr. (The Retaliators) is a new horror anthology: Nightmare at Precinct 84! The film features segments by Gonzalez Jr., Travis Cluff (The Gallows), Chris Lofing (Held), and Matthew Hersh. NIGHTMARE AT PRECINCT 84 (2023) Synopsis Set on a stormy night on Christmas …
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