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As of September 19, 2022, Robert Kurtzman’s (The Walking Dead franchise) second directorial project, Wishmaster, is 25 years young. Starring Andrew Divoff (our interview) and Tammy Lauren, the film is about a young jewel appraiser (Lauren) who is given a stolen jewel to look over, one that happens to have …
Read More »Nightmares Film Festival 2021 Unveils 3 Secret Screenings
Nightmares Film Festival revealed recently it’s been hiding three secret Sunday screenings in its “#BetterHorror” schedule. And that additional lineup? It’s a doozy, with an A24 feature, a feature horror-comedy starring Bruce Campbell, and two episodes of brand new SYFY series Day of the Dead followed by a live Q&A …
Read More »Syfy Series ‘Day Of The Dead’ Poster Art Revealed
George Romero fans, rejoice! Syfy is releasing Day of the Dead, a limited series just in time for spooky season viewing. Ahead of the release, award-winning artist “Ghoulish” Gary Pullin designed a poster exclusively for the series. Let’s take a look at the series, poster and trailer! Day of the …
Read More »‘Day of the Dead’ (1985) At 35 – Revisiting A Romero Classic
As a kid, George A. Romero was instrumental in cultivating my love of horror. Dawn of the Dead (1978) was the first zombie film I ever watched. It was also among the first VHS tapes I ever owned: a double VHS at that! Zombies were niche back in the ’80s. …
Read More »‘Day Of The Dead: Bloodline’ (2017) Film Review
I’m going to be honest… when I first saw the trailer for Day of the Dead: Bloodline, it looked promising. I know there have been a couple of attempts to resurrect George A. Romero’s 1985 classic. We had Day Of The Dead 2: Contagion and Day Of The Dead in …
Read More »Meet Our Writers: Kenn Hoekstra
Kenn Hoekstra joined the PopHorror team on August 29, 2016. His first article commemorated William Friedkin’s birthday. One year and 80-ish articles later, Kenn is here to enjoy long walks on the beach and talking about himself in the third person*. So what is this Kenn Hoekstra guy all about? Let’s …
Read More »Romero’s ‘Day of the Dead’ (1985): A Thought Provoking Classic
By sheer coincidence, George A. Romero — the iconic horror director — passed away just days before the 32nd anniversary of his classic Day of the Dead. The movie was released on July 19, 1985, and he died on July 16, 2017. Normally, I don’t say much about celebrity deaths, but …
Read More »Interview with B Movie Queen Sarah French
Sarah French has been doing independent horror films for many years now. Sometimes going by the name Scarlet Salem, the star of nearly fifty horror films, including PopHorror favorite Monsterland (2016), Beach Massacre at Kill Devil Hills (2017), Shriek of the Sasquatch! (2011), Killer Biker Chicks (2009) or The Half-Life Horror From Hell …
Read More »A Look Back at Romero’s ‘Night of the Living Dead’
The idea of a horde of undead, flesh-eating ghouls was completely unheard of before George A. Romero picked up a camera in 1967 and filmed one of the most influential horror movies of all time, Night of the Living Dead (1968). Now a pop culture icon, Romero has spent nearly a half-century creating films that …
Read More »7 Craziest Zombie Kills!
Anytime the living dead are shuffling about you can guarantee some poor souls are gonna get turned into a living buffet, only to return and make others a living buffet. And while zombies seem content to just bite and chew on their victims, there are times when their feeble zombie …
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