One of horror’s greatest Part IIIs, Chuck Russell’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987 – read our retro review here) is largely successful for expanding upon Freddy’s backstory, broadening his powers and exploring the mental architecture of the dreamscape. By this point in the series, Freddy Krueger …
Read More »Freddy Krueger: How His Evil Evolved #1 – ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ (1984)
Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) is known as many things: A dirty child murderer called “The Springwood Slasher,” a burnt-faced psychopath, a dream demon and the “bastard son of a hundred maniacs.” He is also the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise’s primary villain and a pop culture icon. Freddy has joined …
Read More »Unleash the Darkness: ‘Portal’ (2019) Movie Review
What do you get when you mix the Ghost Adventures TV series and Evil Dead (1981)? A new horror film called Portal (2019) that was written by Peter Dukes (Escape Room 2017) and Dean Alioto (Shadowheart 2009, Quarries 2016), and directed by Dean Alioto (Lizzie Borden Had An Axe 2004). The …
Read More »‘In Search of Darkness’ (2019) Is An Ecstatic Love Letter To ’80s Horror Films
At over four hours, David Weiner’s In Search of Darkness (2019), takes on the monumental task of exploring horror films of the ’80s without feeling overly long and bloated with information — and it manages it in spades. This film was made, in part, thanks to an Indiegogo campaign with …
Read More »‘Wes Craven’s New Nightmare’ 25th Anniversary: Strengths and Weaknesses
Originally released on October 14, 1994, Wes Craven’s New Nightmare offered a fresh, daring take on the Freddy Krueger character… or something like it. You see, New Nightmare is technically a Freddy movie, yet it definitely isn’t. The villain is actually an entity that takes the form of Freddy, because it …
Read More »Cinepocalypse 2019 Horror Short Review: ‘Road Trash’
Good intentions may pave the way to Hell, but the experience of watching Natasha Pascetta’s short film, Road Trash, was a heavenly experience. This review is for Cinepocalypse 2019. Synopsis Road Trash is a short horror film about a girl who is addicted to burying roadkill. One day, she unknowingly …
Read More »FGBFF 2019: Midnight Movies Short Film Block Review
Midnight Movies… A movie phenomenon that began in the 1950s that has continued throughout the decades. Usually considered a low budget and/or cult movie, with a creature of some sort running amuck, and shown with a host such as Joe Bob Briggs (read our interview with him here) or Elvira. Later …
Read More »BHFF 2018: ‘Wolfman’s Got Nards’ Documentary Film Review
Ever since I found out about Wolfman’s Got Nards, I have been looking forward to seeing this documentary about The Monster Squad. The Monster Squad is one of my most favorite films of all time. It combines the power of friendship, the ’80s and Universal movie monsters. What’s not to …
Read More »Top 50 Women In Horror Movies and Thrillers, Part 2
In honor of Women in Horror Month, PopHorror has compiled a list of the Top 50 Women In Horror Movies and Thrillers. This list contains ladies from movies, TV shows, books, writers and short films. This is part two of our list so if you haven’t done so make sure you …
Read More »Top 50 Women In Horror Movies and Thrillers, Part 1
In honor of Women in Horror month, PopHorror has compiled a list of our Top 50 Women in Horror Movies and Thrillers. This list includes ladies from movies, books, TV shows, writers, and short films. Because we have found so many talented women to add, we have decided to split …
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