One of the cool things I get to do here at PopHorror is review films. I try to watch films that haven’t been on my radar and I go into them blind. I enjoy the mystery of watching a new film with no expectations and sometimes I get surprised by …
Read More »Don Coscarelli’s ‘John Dies At The End’ (2012): Two Slackers, An Interdimensional Street Drug, And Wig Monsters – Retro Review
Ten years ago on January 23, 2012, John Dies at the End lured me in with an absolutely irresistible title. It seemed fitting that Don Coscarelli should direct it. It isn’t just a horror film… maybe more of a horror comedy, or a horror sci-fi, but not horror alone. Coscarelli …
Read More »Panic Fest 2020 Movie Review ‘ARTIK’
I call shotgun! ARTIK, the name of the film and main protagonist is a bloody adventure about a serial killer obsessed with comic books written and directed by Tom Botchii. Tom Botchii, leading this directorial debut in a feature-length film, is also known for his shorts 11 Minutes, and Goldblooded. …
Read More »Panic Fest 2020 Review: ‘Greenlight’
Greenlight is a thriller about an amateur director who gets his opportunity at creating a feature-length film, but there’s a catch. One of the crew must suffer a terrible fate. The film was both created and directed by Graham Denman, his directorial debut in a feature-length film, who’s also an …
Read More »Movie Review: ‘I Blame Society’ (2020) is a Work of Satirical Genius
Equal parts fascinating, darkly funny and chilling, Gillian Wallace Horvat’s I Blame Society is a decidedly different kind of black comedy. It stars Horvat as herself, a director desperately trying to make her big break. Discouraged, she decides to pick up an old script of hers called “I, Murderer,” which is …
Read More »‘Greenlight’ (2019) Is A Sharp, Wicked Thriller – Movie Review
From writer-director Graham Denman comes a fantastic, slick thriller called Greenlight that stars Chase Williamson (The Guest 2014), Caroline Williams (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 1986 – read our retro review here), Chris Browing (Westworld TV series), Nicole Alexandra Shipley (Criminal Minds TV series), Victor Turpin (Ma 2019), and Shane …
Read More »Sequence Break (2017) Movie Review-A Modern Body Horror Classic
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 …
Read More »Beyond the Gates (2016) Movie Review
For month’s now I’ve been hearing ton of buzz about the indie horror adventure film Beyond the Gates, which has been billed as Jumanji for horror fans. Due to the trailer and the presence of several actors that I like, I have been dying to see it. Hell, I even …
Read More »SiREN: V/H/S Spin-Off Surprise – Movie Review
Anyone familiar with the 2012 anthology horror film, V/H/S, knows that each short story leaves enough detail shrouded in mystery to warrant a full-length feature adaptation. With so many mixed reviews, the real question is do we want to see one? This was put to the test earlier this month …
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