PopHorror Let's Get Scared
Evil Dead has always held a special place in my heart. I can still remember that first VHS copy I owned, the beat up cardboard sleeve faded from where it had spent time on a video store shelf by the window, complete with Bruce Campbell’s clenched jaw jutting out at …
Read More »Steve Desmond’s ‘Monsters’ Shakes Up the Genre
The word “monster” can mean different things to different people. Some may consider supernatural beings to be pretty monstrous, while others may fear more mythological creatures. There are even people who think snakes, bees, strangers and clowns are out to get them. For 9-year-old Jenn in the horror short Monsters, …
Read More »Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of ‘Hellraiser’ (1987)
HELLRAISER – ABOVE AND BEYOND THE LIMITATIONS OF HORROR PopHorror is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Hellraiser, which debuted in theaters on September 18, 1987. This cult classic goes to the limits of horror and takes you beyond. The movie is unique within the genre, and the images are unlike …
Read More »Feast (2005): All The Gore And Slime To Satisfy Your Creature Feature Cravings – Retro Review
When it comes to creature features, most horror fans demand twisted, hideous monsters long of claw and sharp of tooth to fulfill their nightmarish expectations. Even the classic images of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’s monster set a morbid standard of stitched together, dead remains. Though Frankenstein’s monster is, and will forever …
Read More »Jinkies! 5 Awesome Monsters from ‘Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!’
Who you gonna call? The Mystery Machine! The cartoons that I watched growing up have always left a special place in my heart. Although everyone has their favorites, most people love Scooby-Doo. Forty-Seven years ago, on September 13th, 1969, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! was released for the first time. It was …
Read More »Review – BLOOD GLACIER (2013)
Perusing Netflix’s poverty-level offerings, I happened upon the Austrian flick, Blood Glacier. We had crossed paths several times in the past; every time I saw the title I imagined a film about a killer glacier playing “Sink the Titanic” with people standing in for the ship. Of course, it’s not …
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