As a kid who loved to read, my favorite times in school were always trips to the library. Being one of that rare breed of student who read more than was required, I was always on the lookout for something new, something to drag me out of the long school …
Read More »Karate Kill (2017) Movie Review
Awhile back, I reviewed the trailer for Karate Kill, and I thought it looked like a cross between a martial arts film and an exploitation film. The trailer instantly piqued my interest and I have been looking forward to it ever since. Recently, I got the chance to check out …
Read More »Black Mountain Side (2014) Movie Review
Black Mountain Side, a 2014 Canadian horror thriller directed by Nick Szoztakiwskyj, follows a team of researchers unearthing a strange object in the stark and frigid Canadian Taiga. It’s the tip of a stone monument with unusual markings and a carbon date showing it is far older than it should be …
Read More »Don’t Go Into ‘The Mist’: Pilot Episode Review
The first episode of any series has to set up the viewer for what is about to come ahead. Last night, Spike’s series The Mist, based off of the Stephen King short story of the same name, premiered to some excited horror fans. Did the TV series bring the horror …
Read More »‘American Mummy’ (2014) Review: A Mummified Corpse of What Could Have Been
With all of the lackluster mummy movies that have come out in theaters over the past 20 years, I was ready for a mummy film to be truly scary again. I’ve had enough of the action/adventure route that most of these films have taken. Practically out of nowhere comes this …
Read More »My Favorite Horror Movie – Psycho (1960)
While it is hard for me to choose just one favorite horror movie, the original Psycho is at the top of my list. In 1987, I went to Universal Studios California. An attraction that drew me in was the Psycho house. I was ten and I hadn’t seen the movie …
Read More »PopHorror’s Q & A with Mathew Fisher, Director of the Upcoming Short ‘Insomniac’
As most of you already know, we love horror shorts over here at PopHorror. They are often the most brilliant horror stories yet told in a brief amount of time. That being said, we were happy to talk with Director Mathew Fisher about his upcoming short, Insomniac, and learn all …
Read More »My Favorite Horror Movie: Splinter (2008): A Diamond in the Rough
Splinter, directed by Toby Wilkins (The Grudge 3 2009) in 2008, is a film that, if you were to ask a good number of horror fans about it, they may not recall so quickly. Don’t let that fool you though. Splinter carries itself from its bitter and no-nonsense introduction in a way that pulls …
Read More »Arrow Video Blu-Ray Review of ‘Evil Ed’
What happens when a run of the mill family man and editor gets assigned the task of editing gore films? He loses his mind and kills everything in his path. That, in a nutshell, is the plot of the 1995 horror film Evil Ed, recently released on Blu-Ray from Arrow …
Read More »The Klondike Incident (2017) Horror Short Review
The Klondike Incident is the third short I’ve reviewed for P.P. Urpansoph Films and, by far, my favorite of the three. I just finished watching it and I’m still giddy with excitement and shock. These guys just keep getting better and better! The short was once again co-written, co-produced and …
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