IFC Midnight has been killing it with their horror releases this year including Welcome to Mercy (read our review – here). It’s one that I still keep thinking about, even weeks later, and much of that is due to the brilliant director, Tommy Bertelsen. I was lucky enough talk with …
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Suspicions rise when teenage Boy Scout Tyler Burnside (Charlie Plummer: All the Money in the World 2017) stumbles across a box of questionable magazines and photos within his seemingly pristine father’s (Dylan McDermott: American Horror Story TV series) private shed, making it appear as though he’s linked to the notorious …
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Much like zombie films, paranormal movies have been run into the ground with the same old story over and over again. However, when I saw the trailer for IFC Midnight’s new film, Our House, it peeked my interested. The story looked intriguing an I’m huge fan of Thomas Mann. Did …
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Directed by Aislinn Clarke, The Devil’s Doorway demonstrates familiarized filmmaking while incorporating unique elements that give it a distinct voice. While called in to inspect the mysterious bleeding tears of The Virgin Mary statue within an Irish Magdalene Laundry for “insane and fallen” women, two priests (Lalor Roddy and Ciaran …
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Modern creature features in the horror genre typically revolve around a deformed, vicious beast that pummels and shreds its way to the end credits. Few films of today take the misunderstood Frankenstein’s monster approach to this subgenre. However, Fritz Böhm fuses this element with a unique, coming-of-age angle for his full-length …
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Imagine living your dream career of debunking supernatural hoaxes and, one day, your childhood idol – the one who inspired your work – sends you a package including a personalized recorded message. Would this shock you? What if the individual also happened to be missing and presumed dead? I’m sure …
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Few filmmakers are able to successfully pay homage to renowned action directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez and Guy Ritchie without failing miserably or ripping them off entirely. With multiple, interwoven subplots, ridiculous crime debacles, gruesome action and humorous scenarios, films like Pulp Fiction, Machete and Snatch bare a style …
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Although I love horror, it takes a lot to scare me. Psychological thrillers and films that mess with your head are typically the ones that affect me the most. That’s why I love Pyewacket (read my review here) so much. It’s definitely one my favorites thus far in 2018, and I …
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Growing up, one of my favorite films was The Craft (still is). I used to wish I was a witch and practice light as a feather and stiff as a board with my friends. Unfortunately, nothing happened and that’s the most I’ve ever dabbled anything like witchcraft or cult-like situations. …
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Being a writer for PopHorror has provided me with so many opportunities to interview some amazing and talented people! I recently got to sit down and chat with Julius Ramsay, the incredible director of the upcoming thriller Midnighters. It is in theaters and Available On Demand And Digital HD March 2! Julius …
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