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NOTE: This review was generated during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, this film wouldn’t exist. PopHorror fully supports the WGA and SAG-AFTRA and their efforts. Trying to find new ways to spin off stylized slasher films is a common …

Writer/Director Jim Wynorski is the king of B-Movies, boobs, and blood. Over the years he’s written, directed, and/or produced nearly 200 low-budget sci-fi and horror films, including Chopping Mall, Deathstalker 2, and Forbidden World. More recently Wynorski joined forces with Charles Band and Full Moon Features to make 50 Foot …

As a kid, I remember seeing Corey Wolfe’s awesome VHS box art for director Jim Wynorski’s 1986 film, Chopping Mall, at the numerous visits my family paid to various mom and pop rental shops. Along with Maniac (1980), it’s the art I remember most from that timeframe as I was …

It is hard to believe that it has been 35 years since the cult classic, TerrorVision, was released on Valentine’s Day in 1986! The film was written and directed by Ted Nicolaou (Subspecies 1991, Bad Channels 1992). The movie stars Diane Franklin (Better Off Dead 1985, The Amityville Murders 2018), Mary Woronov …

Night of the Comet Written and directed by Thom Eberhardt Starring Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran, and Mary Woronov Released on November 16, 1984 The intro of Night of the Comet captures everything that was so wrong but oh-so-right in American culture in 1984.  After a serious scholarly monologue …

So far in my writing career, I’ve had the privilege of reviewing amazing films from all around the world and interviewing iconic legends that I never thought would happen. Recently, I had the the opportunity to talk with someone who has been a true horror inspiration since the ’80s and …

For many of us, our horror obsessions started at a young age and involved fond memories of the video store. There was something magical about browsing worn down VHS boxes with cheesy (or sometimes terrifying) cover art. It was during one of these memorable excursions that I was first introduced …