PopHorror Let's Get Scared

If you’ve been following PopHorror for awhile, you may have noticed reviews we’ve done from a young Australian trans filmmaker named Alice Maio Mackay—Serpent’s Nest (2021 – read our review here) and Tooth 4 Tooth (2020 – read our review here)—both of which earned excellent marks from our reviewers. Despite …

Growing up, we would always hear about the monster under our bed or the monsters in our closet. The boogeyman that scares us. Eventually, we learn that it is all in our heads and shadows are just shadows. Nothing more, nothing less. However, we do find out there is evil …

A sheltered housewife abandons her marriage and her misogynistic husband, only to learn that he used to be the leader of a doomsday cult that she is about to join in At Night Comes Wolves. The film was written and directed by Thomas T.J. Marine. It stars Gabi Alves, Jacob Allen …

I finally got to check out the Northern gothic thriller, The Oak Room (check out our previous review – HERE). I wasn’t sure what to expect from this story, but I absolutely loved it. This film was directed by Cody Calahan (Let Her Out) and stars RJ Mitte (Breaking Bad), Peter …

After giving The Mortuary Collection a second watch (check out our previous review – HERE), I can easily say that this is one of my new favorite anthologies. Written and directed by Ryan Spindell (50 States of Fright TV series, The Babysitter Murders – read our interview with him – HERE), …

Growing up as a kid, I loved watching detective stories. I fell in love with the dialogue, the action, and the reveal at the end when in some cases I’d know and sometimes I didn’t know who the real criminal was. The look was also a huge deal for me. …

Ivy is a 2017 psychological thriller horror short about a young man’s struggle to deal with the loss of the love of his life by refusing to leave his home, despite the well-meaning encouragement from him friends. He’s been alone for weeks and can barely stand to leave his bathroom, …

The opioid crisis. We’ve heard about it. We’ve read news articles about it. We may even have been affected by it. But what can we do about it? Grieving father Bill Johnson (Circus Of The Dead’s Bill Oberst, Jr.) has an idea about that in Mark Savage’s 2021 film, Painkiller. …

If you’re in the market for a fucked horror film that will make your jaw drop, then Devereux Milburn’s Honeydew (2021 – read our review here) is that movie. It’s so sick and twisted that it’s being compared to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and I can’t think of a …

After spending over a year in the isolated, lonely world in the grips of the coronavirus, human connection feels more precious than ever. Marteinn Thorsson’s (Permille) Backyard Village tells the story of two lonely people at a crossroads in their lives who find solace in one another. Synopsis: Unable to …