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Rear Window is a classic 1954 suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and based on Cornell Woolrich’s short story”It Had to Be Murder” (read it here!). The film explores the theme of voyeurism through its protagonist, L.B. “Jeff” Jefferies, played by James Stewart. Jeff is a photojournalist who is confined …

Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SGA-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, Medusa Deluxe being covered here wouldn’t exist. PopHorror: I finished up Medusa Deluxe last night, and I really enjoyed it! I was very impressed by the whole one-take decision. …

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 masterpiece Psycho is often considered by fans as the ultimate horror movie. From the depth of the character study to the birth of the slasher film, Psycho has been given more accolades than nearly any other genre movie. But most horror classics get a sequel, even if …

The Birds turns 60 on March 28, 2023. To celebrate PopHorror compiled a list of fun facts. The Birds follows a young woman Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) as she meets a charming man, Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a San Francisco pet store and decides to join him on his …

Director Peter Hurd (read our review of his film, The Control Group, here) is about to release his first horror novel! It’s called XOLO, and Peter was kind enough to give us an exclusive first look at the cover. It looks like it’s gonna be a good one if the …

In 1994, a staggering thirty-one years after the original classic, The Birds 2: Land’s End was released for a television premiere. This sequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s formative film (our retro review here) gave birth to the saying, “Don’t remake Hitchcock movies,” among the crew. In spite of the critical reviews, this …

In Roberto Zazzara’s The Bunker Game,  some live-action role-playing (AKA larping) goes awry. Are the characters really playing a game? Are the dangerous occurrences the fault of the game’s planners or is something more supernatural afoot? Here are some questions with the movie’s composer, Umberto Smerilli, regarding the themes in …

Now that Sundance 2022 has come to a close, I want to share with you my thoughts on the films I saw. In this first article, I’ll cover the horror and thriller features I got to watch, a few quick thoughts on each, as well as whether I recommend checking …

When Psycho rode its massive hype train into theaters in 1960, its promotion and formula were considered groundbreaking. Alfred Hitchcock had found his magnum opus, raising the slasher film into prominence for perhaps the first time on a national level in America. Twenty-three years later, after Hitchcock was no longer living, a …

The original Psycho (1960 – read our retro review here) is often regarded as the ultimate horror movie. Alfred Hitchcock’s classic black and white slasher ushered in the prominence of a whole new subgenre, becoming the origin cited as to why a lot of filmmakers got their start into movies. But what’s …