NOTE: This story was published during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the films being covered here wouldn’t exist. PopHorror fully supports the WGA and SAG-AFTRA and their efforts. Barbenheimer was it worth the hype? In my personal opinion …
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 »Horror’s Top 25+ Most Memorable Final Guys
A lot has been said about horror’s Final Girls, but can we talk about a chunk of hunks who have managed to make it to the credit roll? In no particular order, here are 25—give or take—of horror’s most memorable Final Guys. 1. Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) SURVIVED: The Evil Dead …
Read More »New Trailer Has Dropped for Christopher Nolan’s ‘OPPENHEIMER’
A new trailer has dropped for the new film by Christopher Nolen (Inception): Oppenheimer. The film stars Cillian Murphy (Red Eye), Emily Blunt (The Girl on the Train), and Matt Damon (Dogma). Oppenheimer Synopsis The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the …
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘A Quiet Place: Part II’ (2021) Is A Superior and Suspenseful Sequel
A Quiet Place: Part II 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, Blu-ray, and Digital releases boast exclusive special features that take viewers deeper into the world originated in the global smash hit, A Quiet Place. I had the chance to check out the Blu-ray and was surprised by how good this sequel was! …
Read More »A Bad Day At The Lab – ’28 Days Later’ And The Horror of Accidents
28 Days Later is a very memorable horror film, and not just because of it’s a fast-paced, raging “zombies.” It also looks at the horror of accidents. Let me explain. Released in 2002, Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later has aged pretty well. It is a thoroughly modern, action-packed movie, but not overbearingly …
Read More »Fifteen Years After ’28 Days Later…’ A Retro Review
28 Days Later… first graced American screens 15 years ago this month. I remember it vividly because my wife and I were expecting our first child, and I’m sitting there thinking that it’s either going to scar him in utero or give him an unexplainable affinity for horror. Well, neither …
Read More »My Favorite Horror Movie: 28 Days Later (2002)
It may not seem like it now, but back in the late ’90s to early into the next decade, zombie movies just weren’t that popular. In the “modern age” of cinema, a lot of the classic zombie movies of yesteryear were considered campy or cheesy, lacking a truly gripping, realistic …
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