When I was a kid, I went to an exhibit at an art museum that celebrated Rube Goldberg machines. While my family wandered the museum and looked at everything else, I stayed in the basement to watch marbles knock over dominoes, light candles, and pour water for what felt like …
Read More »PopHorror’s Horror Anime Reviews: AniMay Week 1 – Higurashi/When They Cry
There are very few horror movies that affect me like the ones that come out of Japan. Steeped in the myths and folklore of the region and dripping with a pantheon of fears I don’t understand but feel with every inch of my skin, Japanese horror movies like Takashi Miike’s …
Read More »Ithaca Fantastik 2018: ‘Knife + Heart’ Film Review
Here at PopHorror, I’ve been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to review many films. Recently, for the 2018 Ithaca Fantastik, I was asked to review the film Knife + Heart. The story intrigued me. This is not a film I would automatically pick up to watch, but I found …
Read More »Interview With Filmmaker/Burlesque Performer Tristan Risk
I’ve been a huge fan of Tristan Risk ever since I saw her breakthrough performance in The Soska’ Sister’s American Mary. Tristan recently made her directorial debut with the horror comedy short film Parlour Tricks (you can read our review here) and I was given the honor of interviewing her about …
Read More »Islandrocks’ New Album Rocks The Eurocrime/Giallo and Sci-Fi Retro Theme!
The amazing, one-man music project, Islandrocks, is back with some new and genuine material to sooth more movie genre fans. Hailing from Sweden, Islandrocks founder Thomas Nyholm has returned to deliver a 13 track album with some expertly executed and original eurocrime/giallo themes in the vein of the classical style used in …
Read More »Psychotic! (2018) Film Review
When a psychotic masked maniac starts killing off your friends one by one, who do you turn to? Where do you run? You can’t go out alone, so you might as well stay close to your friends and hope for the best, right? Written and directed by Maxwell Frey (Ghost …
Read More »Lo Specchio Di Colore Giallo Dell’Anima (2017) Short Film Review
Grindhouse Films is a fine German purveyor of only the filthiest underground horror around. With numerous notorious titles under their belts, they have now completed their latest work. Lo Specchio Di Colore Giallo Dell’Anima, which means “Yellow Mirror Of The Soul,” is Grindhouse Films offering to the giallo gods. What I …
Read More »Three Tears On Bloodstained Flesh (2014) Movie Review
I absolutely love randomly stumbling across trailers for films I’ve never even heard of. About a week ago, I happened upon the trailer for Three Tears On Bloodstained Flesh on Facebook and I instantly pre-ordered the film (which arrives on 2 disc DVD from Unearthed Films August 8, 2017). My anticipation …
Read More »’13 Dolls In Darkness’ (2017) Movie Review
Sometimes I like to know as little about as film as possible before I watch and review it. That was the case with 13 Dolls In Darkness. I had only seen the title and a couple of posters, so I really didn’t know what to expect when I agreed to …
Read More »Arrow Video Announces Release of Fulci’s ‘Don’t Torture A Duckling’
Arrow Video just unveiled a handful of new Blu-ray releases for their August lineup and damn, is it an incredible lineup! There is one specific UK/US release that I want to bring to your attention. The film I want to mention is Lucio Fulci’s (The Beyond, City of the Living Dead) …
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