Capturing a story using an artistic approach is no easy feat. This takes great skill and attention to detail with a boldness that could lose your audience in a heartbeat. One director who has been known for successfully using this technique is Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, Mother!). Following …
Read More »Lunch Ladies (2017 Horror Short) What Would Johnny Depp Do?
Recently, a dark horror comedy entitled Lunch Ladies had its world premiere at HollyShorts in the Midnight Madness Section. I got the opportunity to review it and let’s just say I was definitely surprised. But in a good or bad way? Find out! Lunch Ladies is directed by J.M. Logan (Kidnap) …
Read More »Wait… You Didn’t Like What Horror Movie?! Or, Can’t We All Just Get Along?
One thing I love about horror fans is the great discussions that I can have with another genre buff. However, there is something that has really been grinding my gears as of late. What I am about to dive into happens quite frequently but more so ever since the release …
Read More »PopHorror Interviews Spoken Arts Label, Cadabra Records
As a record collector and a fan of horror and weird fiction, it’s always great when my two passions can collide. Cadabra Records is blending the best horror/Lovecraftian literature with vinyl to create a pairing that I’m a massive fan of. I recently spoke with Jonathan from Cadabra Records about the label along with …
Read More »Devotion (2017) Movie Review
Jessie Seitz is a Midwestern indie filmmaker that I have been keeping my eye on for awhile now. Jessie is an absolute badass who lives and breathes film, writing and directing her own projects, working on and promoting others films, plus working at an Arthouse theater and hosting horror screenings. …
Read More »Which Stephen King Movie Are You Trapped In?
It’s 2017, the Year of the King. Stephen King, that is. Everywhere you look, there’s a new Stephen King movie, TV show, reboot, or Netflix series, and they just seem to keep coming and coming. So what’s a horror fan to do? Get trapped inside one of the Master of …
Read More »Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of ‘Hellraiser’ (1987)
HELLRAISER – ABOVE AND BEYOND THE LIMITATIONS OF HORROR PopHorror is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Hellraiser, which debuted in theaters on September 18, 1987. This cult classic goes to the limits of horror and takes you beyond. The movie is unique within the genre, and the images are unlike …
Read More »Stephen King’s ‘IT’ (2017) Movie Review – Totally Over-hyped Or The Best King Adaption Yet?
For the past year, everyone in the horror community has been talking about IT. Many were skeptical at first… who on earth could be a better Pennywise than Tim Curry? Certainly not the androgynous Bill Skarsgård! But over these twelve months, pictures of the Hemlock Grove actor dressed in a …
Read More »Miles Doleac’s ‘Demons’ (2017) Movie Review
This October, we’re getting a visit from the devil when Miles Doleac’s Demons comes to theaters and VOD. Uncork’d Entertainment and Historia Films is bringing us the story of an exorcism gone wrong and the resulting haunting that takes place eight years later. Miles Doleac (American Horror Story TV series) stars …
Read More »Circus Kane (2017) Step Right Up and Read This Review!
So far, 2017 has proven to have been the year of the clown. With the much-anticipated remake of Stephen King’s IT and of course, one of the biggest horror shows on TV American Horror Story: Cult, it’s hard not to get sucked into this crazy clown business. However, I’m not …
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