Today we mark the 118th birthday of Alfred Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense and one of the greatest directors of all time. He’s responsible for such masterpieces as Psycho, Rear Window, Vertigo, and The Birds. He developed a unique, signature style that includes maintaining a simple story all while breaking suspense …
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In Wes Craven’s classic 1977 film, The Hills Have Eyes, a family on their way to California has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack. We take a look back at this film on …
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Hatchet is one of the best yet underrated, gore-filled, hilarious horror comedies of our time. The film also happened to introduce a new, brutal, slash-happy psycho named Victor Crowley. Eleven years later, PopHorror pays tribute to this underestimated cult classic. (Synopsis provided by IMDb.com): When a group of tourists on a …
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Perhaps the best way to introduce this retro review is to illuminate my love for the ’80s slasher film, a sub-genre where the most iconic horror legends reside or have led to inspiration. These are films with provocative themes that cause critics and philosophers alike to kick around different theories of misogyny and chauvinism. Ultimately sticking …
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Friday the 13th (1980): More Than Meets The Eye Sometimes a movie can just be a movie without needing a convoluted story line, complex character motivations and obvious themes about the human condition. Here we have a movie that is undeniably a commercial piece, and a horror film that seems …
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As horror fans, we all have our favorite horror villains: Michael Myers, Candyman, Sam, Pinhead, Chucky, Leatherface, Freddy Kreuger, Jason Voorhees, and more. The idea of two horror legends fighting against each other was something fans wanted to see, often making guesses of who would win the fight and who …
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