There is no denying that body horror has its place in this genre. Gruesome display of blood, guts, intestines and disfigurement can purposefully increase discomfort among horror audiences. While we once thought mainstream American filmmakers were pushing the limits with the birth of torture porn, we were sadly mistaken when …
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What do you get when you mix The Thing with Nazis, British troops and biological warfare? You get the WWI body horror gorefest, Trench 11. I was lucky enough to speak with Leo Scherman, the writer/director of the film. We chatted about his influences, making a period piece, and what it was …
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Written and directed by Leigh Whannell, Upgrade follows Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green), a traditional man living in the technologically encompassed near future whose life is left shattered after being attacked by a pack of mysterious men. Now broken and alone, Grey’s only way back to a seemingly normal life is …
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Between delving into the films of David Cronenberg and discovering the works of Bizarro author Carlton Mellick III, author of such bizarro body horror novels as Exercise Bike, The Haunted Vagina and The Handsome Squirm, I have been on a major body horror kick lately. I can’t seem to get …
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“Curse of the Spiral – The Fingerprint of Life.” Uzumaki is one of my personal favorite J-Horror films, and I’ve seen it numerous times. This is a unique, weird, creepy tale indeed, and makes us aware of how nature affects us in many complex ways – on several levels of …
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DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE SECRET TO ETERNAL LIFE? PopHorror is taking a look back at some of the most classicly told vampire tales. In part one (you can see part 2 here and part three here), we’re going back to 1993 to remember the greatness that is Cronos. In …
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Splinter, directed by Toby Wilkins (The Grudge 3 2009) in 2008, is a film that, if you were to ask a good number of horror fans about it, they may not recall so quickly. Don’t let that fool you though. Splinter carries itself from its bitter and no-nonsense introduction in a way that pulls …
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“Be afraid. Be very afraid!” Thirty years ago, director David Cronenberg brought us The Fly, one of the sickest masterpieces in horror history. From the film’s all-star cast to its impeccable special effects, there are so many reasons why The Fly is still beloved three decades years later. https://youtu.be/7BzwxJ-M_M0 (Synopsis provided …
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My status as a die-hard horror fan was cemented in the summer of 1986 when I was 12-years-old. Sure, I’d seen horror movies before, but my love for the genre exploded after I saw The Fly (and Aliens, also in 1986, but that’s another story). I’m amazed and somewhat overwhelmed …
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