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 …
Read More »Danny Boyle’s ‘28 Days Later’ (2002) – Retro Review
We’ve had 20 years and a real viral outbreak under our belts since the release of Danny Boyle’s brilliant 28 Days Later on November 1, 2002. Let’s look back on one of the most well-made horror films of the century thus far… with gratitude that toilet paper and masks were …
Read More »Lewis Leslie’s ‘Strange Company’ (2021) A Strange Hallucinogenic Tale Of The End Of The World – Movie Review
A few months ago, I happened to stumble on the trailer for a movie called Strange Company. It seemed to have been filmed in or around 2018 but hadn’t been released yet. I was intrigued and hopeful but not expecting much since it had been so long since the initial …
Read More »Dark Disciples: Infamous Cult Leaders Part 4 – Charles Manson
What drives a person to join a cult? There’s so many reasons to someone may do it, including a longing to belong. But what happens when the cult is built upon malicious principles? As we’ve mentioned with our previous Dark Disciples entries (part 1 – Jim Jones, part 2 – …
Read More »Movie Review – ‘Apocalypse Rising’ (2018)
Richard Lowry’s Apocalypse Rising (2018) is a mix of sci-fi, horror, and comedy all wrapped up in 83 minutes of pure entertaining glory. This movie creates its own track of footsteps as a combination of two popular television series: The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones. There’s a subtle whiff of …
Read More »‘The Damned Thing’ – A Masters of Horror Episode Retro Review
“It has been waiting.” The Damned Thing is Tobe Hooper’s second contribution to the Masters of Horror collection, his first being Dance of the Dead. Although The Damned Thing was technically based on the short story by Ambrose Bierce (read our review of the short story here), the finished product holds …
Read More »Get Possessed by ‘The Dark Net’ by Benjamin Percy: A Book Review
The web is a great, big scary place and Benjamin Percy takes it to a whole new level. In his book, The Dark Net, he takes evil and mixes it with technology. The Dark Net is like the black market and deepest, darkest hole in the interwebs. It is used to …
Read More »Deadman Apocalypse: A Painful B-Movie Abomination
Every once in a while, there comes a low-budget gem newly released on RedBox. Unfortunately, Deadman Apocalypse is no such gem. Hoping to uncover a diamond in a chunk of coal, I had no such luck. Finding nothing redeemable about this film, Deadman Apocalypse was so repugnantly horrible that I was …
Read More »The Last Halloween (2016) – Movie Review
Although it’s technically past October 31st, we at PopHorror celebrate Halloween all year ’round. Of course, we have never wanted any one Hallow’s Eve to be The Last Halloween, but all good things must come to an end, am I right? So, as a special treat to our very own …
Read More »The Strain: A New Take on Classic Horror – Review
With summer coming to an end and fall quickly approaching, horror related TV shows are making their premieres. Some of such that fans hold high in anticipation are American Horror Story, Supernatural, Bates Motel and Fear The Walking Dead. However, with the explosive success of AMC’s The Walking Dead, which will be …
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