I’m a huge fan of revenge films, low-budget horror films, and heavy metal. It stands to reason that the indie horror/revenge film The Retaliators, which stars and features music from some of the biggest bands from the rock/metal scene, would be right up my alley. Did The Retaliators satisfy my …
Read More »Female Revenge Film ‘Ex Voto’ To Raise Awareness About Violence Against Women
After surviving a brutal assault, an enigmatic 17-year-old Mexican girl finds retribution through her untapped female power and local witch culture. Inspired by the violence and gross mistreatment against women and the lack of female community in many suburbs of Mexico City, Ex Voto tells the story of 17-year-old Mexicana Nayeli …
Read More »Female Led Revenge Film, ‘Streets of Vengeance,’ Gets Release Date
Streets of Vengeance is a film that holds a special place in my heart, carrying the distinction of being the first film that a filmmaker gave me to review when I started writing for PopHorror (you can read the review here). I have been anxiously awaiting the official release of …
Read More »Interview With Leah McKendrick, The Creator of ‘M.F.A.’
Last October, the Weinstein scandal shook Hollywood, sparking the #MeToo movement and a wave of sexual assault survivors coming forward with their stories. Coincidently, a small indie film entitled M.F.A. (You can check out our review here) rocked the indie scene around this time after premiering at South by Southwest Film …
Read More »BITS 2017: ‘Kill Order’ – Movie Review
While not my go to genre, I do enjoy martial arts films quite a bit. What I am a bigger fan of is science fiction, especially films about people with superhuman abilities. The moment I saw the Kill Order trailer, I was really excited to see it. The film looked like it …
Read More »‘Rites of Vengeance’ (2017) Short Film Review
I’m a huge fan of revenge films, being one of my favorite sub-genres of horror/thrillers. It’s a genre I can’t get enough of, so when I was offered the chance to review Izzy Lee’s short revenge film Rites of Vengeance, I jumped at the chance. Here are my thoughts. Rites …
Read More »Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf (2009) Movie Review
I’ve recently had the pleasure of discovering the work of Kurando Mitsutake. He first came to my attention with his latest feature Karate Kill (2016) which I absolutely loved. This lead to me picking up his two other films: Gun Woman (2014) (which I love just as much if not …
Read More »Gun Woman (2014) Movie Review
Recently I had the pleasure of reviewing Kurando Mitsutake’s Karate Kill, which I absolutely loved. After looking up the trailers to his other films, I decided that I needed to check them out ASAP, so I ordered them both immediately. The first one to come in was his 2014 Gun …
Read More »Chicago Rot (2015) Movie Review
Chicago Rot is a film that defies simple categorization. It’s what you get when you take elements from crime dramas, revenge thrillers, vigilante films, comic book movies, gladiator flicks and ’80s gore films and throw them in a blender. It’s an interesting film to say the least, but do the diverse elements gel …
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