PopHorror Let's Get Scared

When the cover of a movie features Discount Jason holding Discount Leatherface’s chainsaw, you just know you’re in for a good time. Welcome to Scare Zone. Bathrooms are on the left. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYbifwLQ5q4 It is year three of Scare Zone, a haunted house attraction in some town in the U.S.A. A …

Growing up as a young nerd, I was one of those rare types that were into both movies and video games. They always went hand-in-hand for me; one was a type of medium that I could control and be an active part in, and the other would allow me to …

Hello, you! Yes, you. The inquisitive reader. Welcome to the first article in my series of underrated gems. Over the course of time (possibly forever), I will be bringing you articles about horror films that I truly believe critics and general audiences to have gotten wrong. That’s not to say …

Ever been perusing Netflix when you stumble across a movie and go, “I’ve heard good things about this. I think I’ll watch it another time”? You do this several times until one night, when you’re desperate for entertainment, you throw it on and hope that all those good things you’ve …

Each decade has given us amazing horror icons that we love, probably a little more than we should. As a horror fan, it comes with the territory to like things that are strange and unusual, because I myself am strange and unusual. Yes, I just quoted Lydia from Beetlejuice, but …

Horror fans have been treated to a plethora of found footage over the last seventeen years (thanks again, Blair Witch), and while there have been more low points than I care to remember, there have  certainly been more than a few highlights as well. Films such as The Last Exorcism, …

On July 18, 2016, the sci-fi classic Aliens turned 30. Thirty years old! That’s as old as “Party All The Time” by Eddie Murphy! It sounds like a big number, but despite being made nearly three decades ago, Aliens has withstood the test of time to become one of the …

NOTE: Massive spoilers in this entire article. For those who haven’t seen any of these movies, go watch ‘em first! 2004 was an interesting time for American horror: it was pretty great year, with many big-name movies coming out, but almost all of them were either sequels (Seed of Chucky, …

My status as a die-hard horror fan was cemented in the summer of 1986 when I was 12-years-old. Sure, I’d seen horror movies before, but my love for the genre exploded after I saw The Fly (and Aliens, also in 1986, but that’s another story). I’m amazed and somewhat overwhelmed …