If you’ve never watched a horror short, you’re truly missing out. I’ll never stop being amazed at how beautiful, well-crafted and horrifying these stories can be in just a short amount of time. It’s impressive and not everyone can pull it off. While covering the 2018 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, …
Read More »Soul To Keep (2018) – A Clutch Your Soul Review
Recently, I had the chance to check out the screener of the demonic thriller horror film, Soul To Keep. The film stars Kate Rose Reynolds (She Wolf Rising 2016), Aurora Heimbach (Most Beautiful Island 2017), Sandra Mae Frank (The Sound of Fear 2017), Derek Long (Not Alone 2017), Jordan Theodore (The …
Read More »Interview with Chase Dudley: From Racial Tension to Tackling Beasts
Captivated by films from a very young age, Chase Dudley stumbled into discovering his preferred role as a director while creating short films during his high school years. He has has since followed his passion, directing a few full features including Payton’s Burden and Marvelous Mandy. I recently had the …
Read More »Our Trip Through Halloween Horror Nights 28 – Part 2
Halloween Horror Nights 28’s 10 haunted houses are split clean down the middle – 5 based on movies and TV shows and 5 original concepts. I covered the IP houses in the first part of my review, so that leaves an absolute grab bag of houses to prove what Universal’s …
Read More »BHFF 2018: ‘Empathy Inc.’ Movie Review
For this year’s Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, I decided to shift a bit out of my comfort zone and review a sci-fi film. I’ve never been a fan of science fiction, so picking Rigel Films’ sci-fi thriller, Empathy Inc., was a tricky decision from the start. So, was it a good …
Read More »BACCHANALIA: Drunken Devil 2018 – Event Review
There are few things better than October in Los Angeles. For one month a year the City of Angels sheds its wings and unleashes its more devilish side. It is no wonder that Drunken Devil organizer Matt Dorado has been able to amass such a devoted following of rebel rousers. …
Read More »Blood, Feminism, and Catholicism: Interview With Filmmaker Elizabeth E. Schuch
PopHorror had the pleasure to interview Filmmaker Elizabeth E. Schuch about her aspirations, her inspirations, and her latest creation, The Book of Birdie (2017). This groundbreaking director delivers a visually stimulating experience that meshes Catholic ideology, feminism, and a girl’s fascination with blood to deliver a spectacular film that defies …
Read More »All Hail Full Moon Pictures: An Interview with Charles Band
I’ve had the privilege of interviewing a plethora of talented people over the last few years, and it’s been an honor. Each time an opportunity comes up, I’m taken back and honored. Recently, I was asked to interview the one and only Charles Band, something that I never dreamed of …
Read More »Our Trip Through Halloween Horror Nights 28 – Part 1
Nothing gets under my skin like the syrupy perfume of fog juice. It’s a conditioned response that tells the pit in my stomach that an unholy night is falling, where the shadows stretch into sinister shapes, chainsaws beckon like gas-fed cicadas and lines creep on for all eternity. That smell …
Read More »‘Post Apocalyptic Commando Shark’ Might Make You Stop Worrying And Love The Schlock
As if nuclear war wasn’t bad enough, now those damn Soviets are throwing in everyone’s favorite finned predators in Post Apocalyptic Commando Shark. PopHorror recently snagged the Troma-esque trailer for this horror comedy. Maybe if I had seen this irreverent take on Armageddon as a child, I wouldn’t have spent …
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