PopHorror Let's Get Scared
Check out all of the new horror movies coming out in August!
August 3rd
Blood Clots (VOD)
It was difficult to find much information on this 112-minute horror anthology, but it is currently available on Amazon. Because I have a short attention span and enjoy low budget, cannibal, zombie, monster flicks… Blood Clots might be an interesting way to spend a Saturday night. You can find the film on Amazon and Vimeo.
Director: Nick Spooner, Evan Hughes, and Luke Guidici
Starring: Brooke Smith, and Evan Arnold
August 8th
Fox Trap (VOD)
A group of people who bumbled a prom night prank 8 years earlier get together for a class reunion at a remote location. What could go wrong? Other than a revenge-seeking lunatic in a mask picking them off one by one, of course.
Director: Jamie Weston
Writer: Scott Jeffrey
Stars: Becca Hirani, Kate Lister, Julia Eringer
August 10th
Summer Of ’84 (Theatrical)
Motivated by the possibility that their cop neighbor is a serial killer, a group of friends spend their summer break keeping an eye on him. While some of the early reviews were pretty mixed on this one, the trailer looks promising, and I’m cautiously optimistic. Because we are all riding high off of IT and Stranger Things, this could be the nostalgia-laden genre piece to get us through until late October when the kids of Hawkins take over our Netflix accounts. You can read our review of the film here.
Directors: François Simard, Anouk Whissell
Writers: Matt Leslie, Stephen J. Smith
Stars: Graham Verchere, Judah Lewis, Caleb Emery
Slender Man (Theatrical)
Recounts the tale of a tall, thin, shocking figure with unnaturally long arms and a featureless face, who is presumed to be the culprit behind numerous missing children’s cases. AKA Creepy Pasta the movie.
Director: Sylvain White
Writers: David Birke, Victor Surge (based on a character by)
Stars: Joey King, Javier Botet, Julia Goldani Telles
The Meg (Theatrical)
In the wake of narrowly escaping from an assault by what he guarantees was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must defy his feelings of trepidation to spare those caught in a distressed submersible. Easily the most fun marketing campaign of any film this summer. I’m paying to see The Transporter punch a giant shark in the face. Because I’ve set the bar for success on this one incredibly low, I can’t see how I’d possibly be let down.
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Writers: Dean Georgaris (screenplay by), Jon Hoeber (screenplay by)
Stars: Ruby Rose, Jason Statham, Rainn Wilson
Along Came The Devil (VOD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jtiKRW7DyE
After a difficult childhood, Ashley looks for solace in companionship and unconsciously welcomes in a satanic power, leaving her friends and family to save her from the devil himself.
Director: Jason DeVan
Writers: Jason DeVan, Heather DeVan
Stars: Sydney Sweeney, Madison Lintz, Jessica Barth
August 14th
Patient Zero (VOD)
After a worldwide pandemic transforms most of mankind into violent infected, a man who can speak the infected’s new tongue keeps the survivors on a chase for Patient Zero. Fun Fact: The original title, The Zombie Whisperer, had already been taken by a web-series in 2011.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Writer: Mike Le (screenplay)
Stars: Natalie Dormer, Matt Smith, Clive Standen
August 17th
Down A Dark Hall (Theatrical)
Kit Gordy, a student at the Blackwood Boarding School, stands up to the institution’s headmistress because strange shit is afoot.
Director: Rodrigo Cortés
Writers: Michael Goldbach and Chris Sparling
Stars: AnnaSophia Robb, Uma Thurman, and Isabelle Fuhrman
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (VOD)
Major trouble arises when an odd power brings to life a group of Nazi puppets that was up for auction. This film has the most impressive cast out of any of the Puppet Master films and has had a surprisingly positive critical reaction. Put this one on your radar, boys and girls.
Directors: Sonny Laguna, Tommy Wiklund
Writer: S. Craig Zahler
Stars: Thomas Lennon, Michael Paré, and Charlyne Yi
The Ninth Passenger (Theatrical)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcOMxn9mb4o
Horny students on a fancy boat are killed off one by one.
Director: Corey Large
Writers: Corey Large and Steve M. Albert
Stars: Alexia Fast, Jesse Metcalfe, Timothy V. Murphy
August 31st
Boarding School (Theatrical)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU81nYmZ-uE
A young man ends up fascinated by the persona of his dead grandma and is sent to a remote school for nonconformists. The trailer oozes with atmosphere and looks to be a pretty fun take on the cross-dressing killer trope that was all too common in genre films for decades. Either that, or it’s a wildly old-fashioned and bigoted take on the material. With the director of Remember The Titans and Max at the helm, I have no idea. Fingers crossed for the former.
Director: Boaz Yakin
Writer: Boaz Yakin
Stars: Luke Prael, Sterling Jerins, Will Patton
The Little Stranger (Theatrical)
After a man of medicine is called to visit an estate in disrepair, peculiar things start to happen. The director of 2015’s Room is behind this one. While I’m not 100% sold on the trailer, the pedigree is intriguing enough for a watch.
Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Writers: Lucinda Coxon and Sarah Waters
Stars: Josh Dylan, Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson
Cynthia (Limited Theatrical)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4myvYnT6ck
A pitch black comedy about a seemingly perfect couple’s quest to have a baby.
Directors: Devon Downs, Kenny Gage
Writer: Robert Rhine
Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton, Sid Haig, Bill Moseley
