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Will It Work? – Halloween’s Single Minded Killer Double Feature

Every week, PopHorror picks a horror movie and tries to find a risky or unexpected double feature. We write up our reasons, and then take to social media to find out if our pick is a great night at the theater or a disappointing double bill! Will It Work? See …

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Will It Work? – A ‘Midsommar’ Double Feature Matchup

Welcome to a new series where, every week, PopHorror picks a horror movie and tries to find a risky or unexpected double feature. We write up our reasons then take it to social media. Let’s find out if our pick is a great night at the theater or a disappointing …

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Grief Fable, A Review of ‘Midsommar’ (2019)

Midsommar

There are few things that make one feel as helpless as grief. Losing a loved one isolates and warps a person until they are as a buoy at sea: adrift, bobbing, clanging a mournful song to a barren ocean of loss. One way to slow this agonizing tide is to …

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Netflix’s ‘The Perfection’ (2019) Movie Review

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 …

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PopHorror’s Horror Anime Reviews: AniMay Week 2 – Monster

It’s week 2 of PopHorror’s month long horror anime deep dive. This means it’s time for something different. In last week’s article on When They Cry (read that one here), we discussed this quintessential horror anime, which is full of hyperbolized emotions, wonky pacing, reliance on Japanese folklore, and environmental …

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Is Dead Really Better? A Review of Pet Sematary (2019)

First of all, I don’t want to spend too much time dwelling on the 1989 movie. That one was good, clean, and full of scares. Starry Eyes‘ (2014) Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s Pet Sematary doesn’t make any effort to reach out or dig up the past. The new movie …

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A Bad Moon Rising: My Top 5 Werewolf Films

Welcome, dear readers, to the wonderful world of monsters. As avid horror fans, we sit in wait sometimes patiently – sometimes not so patiently – in anticipation of what wonderful monster film will come out next, whether it be remakes or fresh, new adaptions of what once was a classic. …

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Escape From Reality: I’m Here to Tell You That Horror Saves Lives

Most people assume that genre fans watch horror movies because they love to be terrified. They relish the anticipation of a sudden jump scare, the creeping build of a scream, the feel of their heart jumping into their throats. Although many assume that this is all there is to being …

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HorrorHound Weekend 2018: Top 5 Must Do’s

Zombie Dogs at HorrorHound

As an avid lover of all things horror, there is one horror convention that I look forward to over all others every year. HorrorHound Weekend is a convention that takes place in Sharonville, Ohio, over a three day weekend in March. It is all things a horror movie lover could …

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WiHM 2018 – Interview with Jamie Satterfield, Owner of Creeper Crate!

As a fan of all things horror, I’m always looking into different things that are horror related. As I was creeping around the webs of the internet, I discovered Creeper Crate, a horror-inspired monthly box geared towards women horror fans. I immediately told all my horror loving girlfriends about it. …

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