Ten years ago on January 23, 2012, John Dies at the End lured me in with an absolutely irresistible title. It seemed fitting that Don Coscarelli should direct it. It isn’t just a horror film… maybe more of a horror comedy, or a horror sci-fi, but not horror alone. Coscarelli …

Released on January 19, 2007, Dave Meyers’ remake of The Hitcher turns 15 in 2022. To celebrate, we have compiled a list of fun facts about the film. I remember stumbling across The Hitcher DVD in my sister’s movie book. I had seen all her other thrillers and horrors and …

The Mothman is my favorite legendary creature. If you aren’t aware of The Mothman, here is a description courtesy of mythology.net: It was the year 1966 when a strange creature surfaced in the small town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. This creature was described as being at least 7 feet …

One of the most notorious films ever made, Jörg Buttgereit’s Nekromantik, was released on January 29, 1988. Filmed on 8mm with little money and a homemade corpse, Nekromantik was courtesy of co-writers Jörg Buttgereit and Franz Rodenkirchen. It’s a nasty little number, an irreverent, late ’80s journey through perversion and …

Since its inception in 2015, Shudder has assembled an incredible library of original and exclusive horror content. Their latest such acquisition is SLAPFACE (2022), a dark, brooding tale of grief, loss, and dysfunction that will debut on AMC Networks’ horror streaming service soon. The folks at Shudder were kind enough …

Last week, I chatted with actor Jackson Rathbone via phone about his latest film, Warhunt, why he loves the horror genre, fighting in a zombie apocalypses, and what’s up next for him. Check it out! PopHorror: Thank you so much for your time, Jackson! I’m a huge fan, so this …

On paper. Christophe Gans’ (Silent Hill) film, Brotherhood of the Wolf, sounds like a disaster. Certainly it’s the most difficult film I have found to explain to anyone. “It’s the best French conspiracy, werewolf, horror, romantic, political, martial arts. swashbuckling movie ever. Also, it’s loosely based on true incidents.” But …

The Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2022 (FGBFF) is thrilled to convene once again in the flesh in Berlin for their 7th edition, running  February 3 – 6, 2022. The festival is Berlin’s premiere showcase of horror films made by women* and non-binary filmmakers and will return to City Kino …

It’s a new year, so that means new Vin Syn releases! Today, we’re talking about Director Mark Goldblatt’s Dead Heat (1988). This action comedy starts off like every other buddy cop movie but quickly turns into quite a disgusting supernatural thrill ride. Dead Heat was directed by Oscar nominee Mark …

We had the extreme pleasure of viewing some of the films from the Horror-On-Sea Film Festival 2022. James Smith’s Surveilled (2021) had its world premiere at the fest, and we couldn’t have been more thrilled to check it out. Surveilled is a horror thriller directed by James Smith (Agent Kelly …