Once summer rolls around and it is hellishly hot outside, I prefer staying in my cool cave and watching movies to create a fall environment, dreaming of crispy orange leaves and lit-up pumpkins while I sip a PSL. How do you create that feeling when it’s not quite October yet? …
Read More »PopHorror Visits Bingemans Screampark 2019 in Kitchener Ontario Canada
Just as Halloween looms on the horizon, Bingemans Screampark in Kitchener Ontario, Canada brings yet another season of screams and scares to an end. I was lucky enough to be sent on behalf of PopHorror to test my mettle against the onslaught of chills and thrills that Bingemans Screampark had …
Read More »Lose Yourself In The Whimsical Horror Of Michigan’s Rotten Manor Halloween Haunt
Rotten Manor isn’t what you’d expect from a haunted attraction; it’s so much more than that. You’ll want to clear your schedules for this one, because once it lures you onto its grounds, you won’t want to leave. Pulling up to Rotten Manor, you’re met with a breathtaking view of …
Read More »Interview With ‘Haunt’ (2019) Actress Katie Stevens
I’m going to totally out myself on this one, but one of my favorite TV shows on the air right now is The Bold Type, which airs on the Freeform Channel. When I heard that Katie Stevens, who plays the fierce, competitive, insanely intelligent Jane Sloan, would be starring in …
Read More »Can You Handle The Halloween Haunt, The Scream Machine?
The Scream Machine is a fast and furious haunt located in Taylor, Michigan. It has an outdoor but sheltered waiting area with great entertainment while you wait for your turn. The Scream Machine is in its fourth season at its current location, and improving every year. It’s around 8,500 square feet, …
Read More »Interview with ‘Haunt’ Writer/Directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods
One of my favorite things about the Halloween season is haunted houses. There are so many; it’s hard to pick just one. There’s nothing like getting the shit scared out of you and being chased by a chainsaw to make it really feel like fall, even when it’s 100 degrees …
Read More »Different Shades of Haunted House Movies – Our Top 10 Haunted House Movies
Looking for some haunted house movies to get yourself ready for Halloween? Well, we’ve got the list for you! We wrote up a list of our Top 10 Haunted House Movies from oldest to newest, and we just had to share it with you guys. Let’s get to it: 1. House …
Read More »‘Talon Falls’ (2017) A Screampark Movie Review
“Haunt gone wrong” is a subject that has been done several times (The Funhouse, The Funhouse Massacre, The Houses October Built) to varying effect. The latest in this subgenre of films is Talon Falls, which centers on two couples who are on their way to a camping trip and are …
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 »Angry Ghosts and Permissive Parents: ‘Haunt’ (2013)
Mac Carter’s Haunt (2013) offers viewers a haunted house tale, very angry ghosts, and teenage romance. But is it memorable? For me, the character’s names didn’t even sink in. Maybe I’m just bad with names, but it could also be symptomatic of a movie that didn’t keep me absolutely, 100% …
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