The Boston Underground Film Festival (MA), Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (NY), North Bend Film Festival (WA), and the Overlook Film Festival (LA) will re-team this fall to present the second edition of NIGHTSTREAM. Originally launched in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, NIGHTSTREAM offered a singular virtual festival …

Following a successful run on the film festival circuit, Gravitas Ventures and APS Films have announced the Digital HD and cable VOD release of Joe Raffa’s Downeast. Check out the official trailer and poster down below! Downeast was produced by APS Films and directed by Joe Raffa, who wrote a …

The Oscar-Qualifying® HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL is returning in a major way for its 17th edition. Today, the festival organizers have announced the dates for this year’s short film extravaganza, which has emerged as one of the world’s biggest and most prestigious short film festivals. The festival has hosted A-list talent …

Etheria Film Festival (www.etheriafilmnight.com)’s 2021 Official Short Films Showcase Lineup was recently announced on Variety.com! Etheria 2021 which will stream exclusively on Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streamer for horror, thrillers, and the supernatural, beginning Friday, June 25 through July 25. This year’s Festival, the world’s most respected annual showcase of …

The weekend of June 25 – 27, at the Marriot of South Hobby, Houston, TX., monsters, maniacs, and the macabre will reign as the Houston Horror Film Fest 2021 arrives! Featured guests include Joshua Winch (Lake Fear), Tyler Mane (Halloween 2007), Linnea Quigley (The Return of the Living Dead), Danielle Harris …

The Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to announce the first wave of programming for its upcoming 25th edition, set again to take place as a virtual event accessible to audiences across Canada. The festival will run from August 5 – 25, 2021, and will include scheduled screenings and premieres, …

Recently, I had the opportunity to watch the documentary, Morgana, for the San Francisco Indie Fest 2021. I believe that pornography films, especially in the United States, are more times than not associated with being “dirty.” That wasn’t the vibe I got from the synopsis at all, and this is …

I remember when I was younger and the internet first became a thing and chatrooms were all the rage. Everyone was so cautious and nervous about who may be on the other side of the screen. With smartphones, Zoom, and several social media platforms popping up every day, you may …

A few years back, I reviewed Jill Gevargizian’s (check out our interview with her HERE) horror short drama, The Stylist, for Women in Horror Month (read that review here) and fell in love with it. When I heard it was being made into a full-length feature, I knew it was …

One of the really cool things I get to do here at PopHorror is review films. Short films are my absolute favorites. Combine that with one of the best festivals out there and I am so in! I easily picked the short film block, Cabin Fever-Isolation Horror, for the Final …