Ah yes, it’s finally here! That wonderful time of year when the kids will be stuck in an institution of learning. Gone are the days of wondering if that police siren you here is the result of your child discovering the joys of lighter fluid and shopping center dumpsters. All in …
Read More »A New Breed of Predator? – ‘The Dawnseeker’ Film Review
We are closing in on the final weeks before the highly anticipated new film in the Predator franchise, The Predator, hits theaters. To get us geared up for it, we watched Uncork’d Entertainment’s sci-fi horror film, The Dawnseeker, which is advertised as an explosive new sci-fi horror actioner that pits five …
Read More »‘Nonsomnia’ by Maria Raven – Book Review
From Austin Macauley Publishers comes Nonsomnia, a collection of short stories by Russian author Maria Raven. Now living on Cyprus, Raven moved after a difficult childhood filled with years of both medical and psychological treatment, the result of being a victim of Munchausen Syndrome by proxy. She began writing at …
Read More »Why A New ‘Halloween’ Video Game Adaptation Must Happen
Michael Myers has been widely regarded as one of the greatest horror icons to ever grace the screen, striking terror into the hearts of both characters and audiences. Many fans hoped to see Michael be featured in his own video game, and it wasn’t until 1983 when the Haddonfield Boogeyman …
Read More »Movie Review – ‘Diane’ (2017) Is A Sad Dream
Director Michael Mongillo’s (Welcome to Earth 2005, Being Michael Madsen 2007) 2017 film, Diane, tells the story of a lonely disabled war veteran named Steve (Jason Alan Smith: Big Bad Wolf 2006, Before I Wake 2016) who becomes obsessed with a woman he found dead in his backyard. Steve is a …
Read More »Movie Review (2017): ‘The Song of Solomon’
So the other day I go out to my mailbox and find, amidst the rubbish (namely, bills), a package containing a Blu-ray. Oh, wonder what this could be? Opening it, I was greeted by the pleasant sight of a screener copy of the third entry in the American Guinea Pig …
Read More »How I Realized My Favorite Horror Movie
When I was approached to join the PopHorror family, I was asked to write about my favorite horror movie. I’ve put it off and off – I’m not going to lie – in hopes that it would be forgotten. The thing is, I can’t really pinpoint just one movie as …
Read More »Movie Review – ‘Sacred Heart’ (2016) Grapples with Questions of Faith and Justice
Written and directed by debut filmmaker Kosta Nikas, Sacred Heart (2016) has been released in the US this month by Gravitas Ventures. This Australian indie drama focuses on the protagonist Robert, played by Kipan Rothbury (Hill End 2014). and the crisis of faith he has following the hit-and-run death of his …
Read More »‘What Keeps You Alive’ (2018) Movie Review
We can never truly understand one another because an individual’s personality is an intricate cocktail of experience and organic disposition. Trying to fully grasp the depth, or lack thereof, when examining your partner’s actions is futile and often frustrating. One thing that most of us assume is that our significant other would never …
Read More »Interview with ‘The Crescent’ Director, Seth A. Smith
If you love films that are visually stunning and take you a emotional journey, The Crescent is for you. I was lucky enough to review the film last year and now I finally had a chance to talk with the director, Seth A. Smith, for the upcoming VOD release on …
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