The indie horror community has been abuzz with curiosity ever since Fangoria Magazine featured news and trailers from Justin M. Seaman’s horror flick The Barn. What is The Barn? Why is it so terrible? What could possibly be hiding behind its big, red door? PopHorror was recently honored with being one of …
Read More »A First Look At Grammy Award Winner Rocky Gray’s Horror Anthology “10/31/16”
A new horror anthology from Red Letter Entertainment, Inc., 10/31/16 tells the story of a video tape given to a group of teens by a sinister Trick or Treater. This seemingly small action turns their Halloween into a living nightmare. After working on the scores for Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories (2016), The …
Read More »HALLOWEEN 2: Rob Zombie’s Hated Vision
Rob Zombie’s Halloween 2 is tied with Halloween 3: Season of the Witch as the most reviled entry amongst fans of the Halloween franchise. While Season of the Witch has undergone a bit of critical revaluation as of late, both it and Zombie’s sequel still reside near the bottom of …
Read More »Comparing Carpenter’s ‘Halloween’ to Rob Zombie’s Controversial Reboot
Few remakes of horror classics have sparked as much controversy as Rob Zombie’s Halloween. Much of the general public find this film distasteful due to the graphic scenes depicted during Myer’s childhood and throughout the film. Some die-hard horror fanatics of John Carpenter’s original have a disdain for the film …
Read More »House of Purgatory (2016) – Movie Review
Ever since 2014’s horrific The Houses October Built, haunted attractions have been scarier than ever. The idea that, behind those howling wolves, flashing lights and jump scares, there’s really something out there that wants to kill you in unnerving. The whole reason people love visiting haunted house attractions is because …
Read More »Resurrecting Halloween: Resurrection
Halloween: Resurrection… Oh, God, where do I even begin? Let me start by saying this isn’t one of my favorite entries in the Halloween franchise. Many fans agree. In fact, despite being the third highest grossing film in the series (at the time), this turkey nearly sent Michael Myers into retirement…permanently. NOTE: This article contains …
Read More »‘Halloween H20: 20 Years Later’ – Retro Review
“Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream…” Oh, the feels of hearing that song, of knowing that Michael Myers will slice and dice his way into our hearts once again. It actually was like a dream when I found out that they were making a direct sequel to the original Halloween …
Read More »‘Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers’ (1989) – Retro Review
After finishing Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers as a child, I was hellbent on seeing Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers! Would Jamie be the epitome of “all-evil?” Did her stepmom survive Jamie’s attack? It was the cliffhanger of the century! Okay, so maybe not the century, …
Read More »Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers – Retro Review
After the box office backlash from Halloween 3: Season of the Witch, fans were hungry for Michael Myers to return to the big screen. After creative differences between Moustapha Akkad, Debra Hill, and John Carpenter about the direction this film would take, Hill and Carpenter sold all of their rights …
Read More »‘Halloween III: Season of the Witch’ (1982) Is An Underrated Gem – Retro Review
“Happy, happy Halloween, Halloween, Halloween. Happy, happy Halloween, Silver Shamrock!” Halloween III: Season of the Witch is one movie that is either loved or hated among the horror community. But why? That’s because The Shape aka Michael Myers isn’t in it, and how can you have a Halloween movie without …
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