With less than a week away, Creep I.E. Aftermath is gearing up to kick off the spooky season. The new addition to Creep I.E will soon bring thrills and chills year-round with conventions at the Ontario Convention Center. “Aftermath” is focused on adding a little Pop Culture flavor into the …

It’s true. Absence does make the heart grow fonder. Case in point… revisiting a film you’ve seen umpteen times, including the cinema savviness you’ve gained in the interim, makes it all the more fun. Swamp Thing, recently released as part of MVD Visual’s Rewind Collection, is a warm and fuzzy …

When you think of the horror genre, two names come to mind almost immediately: Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees. For forty years, both have terrorized children and adults alike in their dreams, on the big screen, and in their minds in various capacities. You’d be hard-pressed to go to a …

Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SGA-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, The Passenger being covered here wouldn’t exist. Last summer I watched a little indie gem called Swallowed for the Overlook Film Festival. Written and directed by Carter Smith …

Some people look forward to the holidays or count the days till their beach vacation. Me? I look longingly toward May every year. It’s like my birthday, Christmas, and summertime all rolled into one fabulous, way-too-short weekend. Texas Frightmare Weekend has become so much more than an annual horror convention …

In the Apocalypse, Your Best Friend Could Be a Roach Disney is no stranger to having dark elements in their stories. Hell, Bambi traumatized several generations of children. Not me though, I was already effed up from A Nightmare on Elm Street and Aliens. So for WALL-E to be a …

Astronomicon 6.5 is hitting the Detroit area with an all-star lineup! This pop culture convention continues to bring horror icons to fans with the master of special effects – Tom Savini! A Nightmare on Elm Street fans should be pleased to see the ultimate final girl – Heather Langenkamp! There …

Everyone has a favorite slasher, for one reason or another. My heart belongs to the burned-up dude who invades your dreams, makes on-the-nose dad jokes, and slaughters innocent teenagers to make them atone for the sins of their parents.  However, Freddy Krueger isn’t like other slashers. He doesn’t play horror …

Johnny Depp has come a long way since his bloody bed demise as Glen Lantz in the original A Nightmare on Elm Street. His name is now synonymous with some of the best Tim Burton films, he’s part of an internationally-acclaimed rock band, and he’s a successful artist, with his paintings …

We recently got the chance to chat with indie horror filmmaker and comedian Ricky Glore and picked his brain about his films, All Your Friends Are Dead, Caw, Racyst, Dead Woods, and his upcoming horror comedy, Open House. Check it out! PopHorror: You’ve only been in the film industry for …