You can’t swing a dead cat around here without hitting a PopHorror writer who loves short stories. We’ll take them in any form—filmed, animated, written or even spoken. Sharp little chunks of emotion, whether dramatic, funny, terrifying, obscure, or creepy, are what some we horror fans love the most. Are …
Read More »‘The Mortuary Collection’ (2020) – Movie Review
Wow, I’m super impressed. Five twisted tales of terror, The Mortuary Collection, transports you back to anthology films of the ’70s with “loving inspiration from EC horror comics, Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, and the power of storytelling, and is a Halloween classic in the making.” I loved everything about The …
Read More »Anthology Flashback #3: ‘The Twilight Zone’ (1959-64)
One needn’t mince words about it: The Twilight Zone (read our retro review here) is one of the greatest sci-fi/fantasy/horror anthology series ever to grace people’s living rooms. In fact, the CBS show was so well done, it’s almost shocking that it originally only lasted 5 seasons. In any case, …
Read More »A Look At ‘Terror Tales’ (2016): A Wide Range of Horror Homage
I first heard about the horror anthology Terror Tales when I interviewed Laurene Landon when she mentioned upcoming projects (read that interview here). Other than likely including several stand alone stories of horror – after all, that is what makes an anthology – I had no idea what to expect …
Read More »‘All the Creatures Were Stirring’ (2018) Movie Review: Delightfully Horrifying
It’s the most wonderful time of year… brilliant Christmas horror stories just appear out of thin air! I can never get enough holiday horror films. They are full of deranged Christmas spirit, and it fills my hardened heart with joy. So when I heard about the Yuletide horror anthology, All …
Read More »BITS Festival 2018: ‘Montreal Dead End’ Movie Review
The Blood In The Snow Canadian Film Festival, celebrating its seventh year, again brings some of the best genre entertainment from our neighbors to the North. One of the films selected for this years festival and making its Toronto premiere, was Montreal Dead End, an eclectic depiction of the havoc …
Read More »‘An Hour to Kill’ (2018): An Anthology of Crazy Crime and Horror Movie Review
Anthologies can offer clever ways to craft together several short tales, a strategy that has been used within the horror genre time and again. From simple narration by the morbidly quirky Crypt Keeper to carefully interwoven stories in the feature film Southbound (2015), there are many forms an anthology can …
Read More »‘Blood, Sweat, and Terrors’ 2018 Movie Review: A Blood-Soaked Anthology
I love anthologies, especially horror based ones. It’s always a great way to past the time and discover hidden gems you never knew of. Even if most of them are bad, there’s almost always at least one that steals the show. Blood, Sweat, and Terrors definitely took me by surprise …
Read More »10 Of The Best Horror Television TV Shows from the Past – Part 1
The small screen has evolved plenty throughout the past century, and so have the shows that have graced its screen. In this modern age of social media, there are many different ways to view and watch television shows. And, because we love horror as much as you do, it’s the …
Read More »‘Nonsomnia’ by Maria Raven – Book Review
From Austin Macauley Publishers comes Nonsomnia, a collection of short stories by Russian author Maria Raven. Now living on Cyprus, Raven moved after a difficult childhood filled with years of both medical and psychological treatment, the result of being a victim of Munchausen Syndrome by proxy. She began writing at …
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