Tongue-in-cheek vampire western Sundown: The Vampire In Retreat is coming soon to Blu-ray! Vestron Video’s all new Collector’s Series edition is loaded with special features and headed to store shelves and online retailers in August. Watch the trailer below, then read on for the details! Sundown: The Vampire In Retreat …
Read More »Grab Your Keys To Elk’s Point and Venture Into Josh Davis’ ‘Implosion of Chaos’
Need something dark and brutal to read to escape from the horrors of reality? Well, grab the keys to Elk’s Point and venture no further! Author Josh Davis’ new sadistic story, Implosion of Chaos, delivers a horrifying and bloody tale that will keep you up at night. Synopsis for Implosion …
Read More »David Fincher’s ‘SEVEN’ (1995): Still Sinfully Sinister 25 Years Later
Because they imbue you with a sense of shock, awe, terror, or in some cases all three, some movies stick with you long after the credits roll. Part Police procedural, part thriller, part horror movie, David Fincher’s Seven is one such film. With its star studded cast, including the always …
Read More »‘Day of the Dead’ (1985) At 35 – Revisiting A Romero Classic
As a kid, George A. Romero was instrumental in cultivating my love of horror. Dawn of the Dead (1978) was the first zombie film I ever watched. It was also among the first VHS tapes I ever owned: a double VHS at that! Zombies were niche back in the ’80s. …
Read More »Revisiting ‘The Shining’ (1980): Four Decades Of Isolation Terror
Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980) is all about isolation. It’s a theme I think a lot of us can relate to right now. If you’re anything like me, you’ve been mostly locked inside for 2 or more months now. It’s a little maddening, isn’t it? So is it fitting or …
Read More »‘The First Power’ (1990): When Horror Meets Religion – Retro Review
Something special happens when you mix horror and religion. The things we fear mix magically with the tenets of faith because both are steeped in the mysteries of the unknown. The Exorcist (1973) was one of the earliest films that scared the ever loving bejeezus out of me. It shook …
Read More »‘The Faculty’ (1998): An Underrated Classic Turns 20 – Retro Review
Screenwriter Kevin Williamson burst onto the scene in the mid 1990’s with a speculative screenplay he called Scary Movie. The Weinstein Company and Director Wes Craven produced the script and re-titled it Scream just before release. The rest, as they say, is history. Scream changed horror forever and made its screenwriter …
Read More »So You Want to be a Horror Author?
So you want to be a horror author? I get messages all the time from new authors asking me for advice, tips, help, and so forth. It’s a tough world out there for any author. When I first published The Hand of God back in 2012, the market was already …
Read More »PopHorror Interviews ‘Amazon Filmmaker of the Year’ Justin Doescher
Life can be pretty crazy sometimes. One minute you are an extra in a show or film and next thing you know, you are attending The Sundance Film Festival and getting the award for Amazon Filmmaker of the Year. Well, that’s how it was for Justin Doescher anyways! We recently …
Read More »‘Barry Baker: Aspiring Serial Killer’ Review
Have you ever felt like there was something missing in your life? Like you were meant to do something much grander than you thought you were capable of? That’s the basic idea behind Tony Ahedo’s web series Barry Baker: Aspiring Serial Killer. Barry Baker: Aspiring Serial Killer was written and directed by …
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