Achoura (2018) is making its appearance this weekend during the 2019 Cinepocalypse Genre Film Fest. Talal Selhami (Creature Designers – The Frankenstein Complex 2015, Mirages 2010, Sinistra 2006) directed this French Moroccan horror fantasy movie which he co-wrote with Frère II Sang’s Jawad Lahlou and David Villemin. The film was produced …
Read More »Cinepocalypse 2019 Review: A Talented Cast Full Of ‘Villains’ (2019)
Ever since Burn Notice and the second season of Fargo, I’ve been waiting for Jeffrey Donovan to get weird. He handled the running/jumping/falling down duties of the show admirably, but the true joy was watching him play the Identity of the Week, which was always some kind of South Florida …
Read More »Cinepocalypse 2019: Curtis Matzke’s ‘The Orchestra’ – Short Film Review
From Director Curtis Matzke (Splinter 2018) comes the horror short, The Orchestra, which is being screened at the 2019 Cinepocalypse Genre Film Festival. The film follows a young woman who walks into a theater to find more than she bargained for. So let’s dive into the review! Synopsis: While practicing her …
Read More »Horror Pride Month Interview: Actor Roger Conners
It wouldn’t be Horror Pride Month without interviewing the brilliant actor Roger Conners. He’s a proud member of the LGBTQ plus community and a true asset to the horror community. Learn more about how he feels about Pride Month, what representation means to him, his career, and more. PopHorror – …
Read More »Cinepocalypse 2019 Presents: ‘Deliria’ – A Short Film From Director Tomas Stark
As part of the Shorts Block 1: Shadows Within playing at Cinepocalypse 2019 is Swedish director Tomas Stark’s (The Shadows Await 2018) short film, Deliria. The film stars Jordskott’s Dante Fleischanderl and Kristofer Kamiyasu as a mysterious father and son. The film takes place on an idyllic summer’s day where …
Read More »Cinepocalypse 2019: Tim Reis And James Sizemore’s ‘Budfoot’ – Short Film Review
“The events and characters portrayed in this motion picture are real. They’re all real. Your imagination is real and it is dangerous as fuck.” This warning scrolls past during the end credits for Bad Blood: The Movie’s Tim Reis and James Sizemore’s new mind-bending seventeen-minute short, Budfoot, and it distills …
Read More »‘Head Count’ (2019) Movie Review: Pure Nightmare Fuel
As a kid, I was definitely more fearless. I would play “Bloody Mary” or even bravely say “Candyman” three times in a mirror, without hesitation. You won’t catch me doing things like that now. I guess I’m too superstitious and cautious of everything I do. In the new horror film …
Read More »Interview With Chelsea Stardust, The Director Of ‘Satanic Panic’
Chelsea Stardust is the talented director of the Hulu Into the Dark feature, All That We Destroy. That film was an excellent entry into the series. She now has a new film on the way, a horror comedy from Fangoria titled Satanic Panic. That title alone should have grabbed your …
Read More »Interview with Rock Band The Spacing Effect: A ’90s Throwback of Originality
In a time when music is following a repetitive stylistic pattern of overproduced perfection, one band is daring to try something different. Gearing up to release their self-titled EP through Sony|Dark Star Records, Scotty Bussey and Aaron Cabral of NoCal seek to bring back a familiar ’90s vibe while offering …
Read More »Interview with Ashleigh Morghan, Star of ‘Head Count’
This year is full of great horror… if you know where to look. One of my recent favorites is Head Count, which stars Ashleigh Morghan. She’s an incredibly talented actress and killed it with her performance in this film. I was lucky enough to chat with Ashleigh about why she …
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