“We’re kind of in a decadent era of horror because almost every filmmaker, certainly in the United States, that’s working in horror today, is always trying to express a debt to a prior generation,” said the world’s greatest and only drive-in movie critic, Joe Bob Briggs, in an interview with …
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Did you know that an actual person played Mama in Mama (2013), Crooked Man in The Conjuring 2 (2016), multiple ghosts in Crimson Peak (2015), Slender Man in this year’s Slender Man, Keyface in Insidious: The Last Key (2018), the hobo in IT (2017), and a Neomorph in Alien: Covenant (2017)? That person’s name …
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In the post-apocalyptic film, What Still Remains, Anna, played by Lulu Antariksa (T@gged TV series) has to survive in a world that has long since been destroyed by disease. When she meets a stranger named Peter, played by Colin O’Donoghue (Once Upon a Time TV series), who offers her a place in …
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Alien (1979) is my favorite horror movie, and I’m not alone; according to IMDb, this sci-fi classic appears on lists of the best films of all time and has been selected as “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the Library of Congress. Why is Alien so compelling? It appeared post-Star …
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I understand that Predator is a classic, man on a mission-style action film that is a bona fide classic in the minds and hearts of many. If you go on YouTube, you will find no shortage of talking heads telling you that Predator, as a film, is a master class. …
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Fans of Stranger Things know that there’s no shortage of ’80s nostalgia, most of it in movie form. While it’s nearly impossible to have caught every single movie homage in this show, we did manage to pick up on a few you might have missed. Some are pretty obvious, like …
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Movies and shows set in space are a difficult concept. Not in terms of understanding, but in the act of creating a film that seems believable, considering the concept is futuristic. Just because something is set in the future, doesn’t mean the audience will just accept anything as a plot. …
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Earth has now become home to hungry creatures with incredible hearing. These creatures are attracted to anything with a heartbeat that dares to make a sound. This is John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place, which he directed, wrote and starred in. He plays the father of a family in a world …
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Awhile back, I got to check out the badass horror/action film Demon Hunter (see my review here) from director Zoe Kavanagh. The film was a fun and moody ride, not afraid to show its dark side. Recently, I got the chance to talk with Zoe about Demon Hunter, its potential sequels, …
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“IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, THE TERROR BEGINS.” In our second part of the three part look into classic vampire movies (part one is here while part three is here), PopHorror is taking a look back at Lifeforce, an ’80s cinematic sci-fi horror with elements of romance, action and mystery, and is …
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