Beware the shadows and the darkness that seems so silent. Beware the closed doors, the whispering mirrors. Beware the Song of Horror that nests in the cracks of your mind. Just in time for the holiday, indie developer Protocol Games releases their game, Song of Horror, to get you in …
Read More »PopHorror Visits Bingemans Screampark 2019 in Kitchener Ontario Canada
Just as Halloween looms on the horizon, Bingemans Screampark in Kitchener Ontario, Canada brings yet another season of screams and scares to an end. I was lucky enough to be sent on behalf of PopHorror to test my mettle against the onslaught of chills and thrills that Bingemans Screampark had …
Read More »Nightmares Film Festival 2019 Film Review: ‘Puppet Killer’
Puppet Killer is the new horror-comedy by Canadian director Lisa Ovies with a screenplay by Kevin Mosley. The film stars Aleks Paunovic, Lee Majdoub, Lisa Durupt, Richard Harmon, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Kyle Cassie, and Geoff Gustafson. The film received its US premiere as well as The Best of the Fest …
Read More »‘Episode 3.4: Malvolia’s Halloween Party’ (2019) Review: Trick or Treat?
I’m a little behind on my Halloween festivities this year, but one of my favorite traditions is watching Malvolia devour her victims. Episode 3.4: Malvolia’s Halloween Party is her newest event and it’s possibly one of her best parties yet. Oodles of blood and delightful screams. Malvolia’s Halloween Party was …
Read More »Interview With Samantha Marie Of Upcoming ‘My Girlfriend The Serial Killer’
There is a new movie in the works called My Girlfriend The Serial Killer, created by innovative indie filmmakers Samantha Marie (Supernatural Assassins 2019) and Party Night’s Derek Huey (read our interview with him here). Unlike a lot of other horror films, this one is a FEMALE slasher. Lead Actress/Co-Writer/Co-Director …
Read More »’10/31 Part 2′ (2019) Movie Review: All Hail Samhain
It’s the night before Halloween, better known as Devil’s Night. Like most people around the world, I’ve spent my evening watching horror films. Mostly I’m trying to sober my emotions with horror as I watch the snowfall outside my window. Yes, like many places around the world it’s currently snowing …
Read More »When A Stranger Calls (1979) 40th Anniversary Trivia Tribute
Forty years ago on October 26th, 1979, When A Stranger Calls was introduced to the world to scare babysitters everywhere. Based on the urban legend from the 1960s called The Babysitter And The Man Upstairs, The Babysitter or just The Sitter. When A Stranger Calls follows a high school student …
Read More »A Chat With Lisa van Dam-Bates, The Creative Mind Behind ‘Marla’ (2018)
PopHorror had the pleasure of interviewing freshman Actor/Writer/Director/Special FX Artist Lisa van Dam-Bates (Kackles 2016) about her new film, Marla AKA Marla Mae (2019). The film stars van Dam-Bates, Travis Johnny Ware (Unlucky Girl 2014), newcomer Jason Stange, Palmer Chase (Dusk to Dusk 2018), and Katie Hemming (Oddball 2016). The …
Read More »‘Red Letter Day’ (2019) Movie Review: More Tension and Bloody Fun Than ‘The Purge’
So… when I first saw the trailer for Red Letter Day, I knew this was a film I would enjoy. What I didn’t expect was how much I would love it and that it would become one of my new favorite films of 2019. Once you see it, you’ll understand …
Read More »Nightmares Film Festival 2019: Shorts Recap, Part 1
The most frequent lament I heard this past weekend at the Nightmares Film Festival was the inability to clone oneself. With four days, two screens, hundreds of great conversations, 155 shorts, and 23 feature films, astral projection would have been the only way to view all of the films from …
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