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We love the “24 hours of A Christmas Story” television tradition. It’s great! But what’s better than that? The annual SyFy New Year’s Twilight Zone marathon, of course! SyFy continues the tradition New Year’s weekend for the 28th year in a row. As always, they’ve got a great lineup featuring …
Read More »Rod Serling’s ‘Night Gallery’ Turns 50
There hasn’t been anyone like Rod Serling, who passed away in 1975. He was a visionary maverick who bent the ear of the network, and they in turn bent a knee to him regarding the brilliantly progressive yet timeless television he gave them, offering them science fiction and horror laced …
Read More »‘Phantom of the Paradise’ (1974): A Retrospective
Who wants an original twist on a familiar idea? While the practice is commonplace nowadays, it wasn’t quite the case in the 1970s. Sure, the ’70s had plenty of changes implemented but there were still people out there thinking inside the box. Enter the mind of Brian De Palma, the …
Read More »Anthology Flashback #3: ‘The Twilight Zone’ (1959-64)
One needn’t mince words about it: The Twilight Zone (read our retro review here) is one of the greatest sci-fi/fantasy/horror anthology series ever to grace people’s living rooms. In fact, the CBS show was so well done, it’s almost shocking that it originally only lasted 5 seasons. In any case, …
Read More »Nacho Vigalondo’s ‘Timecrimes’ (2007) – The Horror of Predetermination Movie Review
Also known as Los cronocrímenes, Nacho Vigalondo’s (Pooka 2018, Colossal 2016 – read our review here) Timecrimes is a unique, sci-fi horror offering, suggesting that some horrible, convoluted events are simply meant to be. What if you could rewind the tape on life to undo strange and horrible things? On the …
Read More »FEAR HAUS Weekly Recap – Robert Bryce Milburn’s ‘American Hell’ 3/14/19
We here at PopHorror are massive believers in FEAR HAUS and its glorious hostess with the mostest, Blair Bathory. We’re always more than happy to show our support of Blair and her Atlanta-based horror brand. So, needless to say, when someone on staff suggested weekly recaps of this visionary anthology …
Read More »Flashback to ‘The Twilight Zone’s’ First Episode: ‘Where Is Everybody?’
Every great thing has to have a beginning, right? Have you ever thought about how the Twilight Zone began? Pretty well, as it turned out. “Where Is Everybody?” is the first Twilight Zone episode ever, but that’s not the only reason it’s a classic. Let’s look at some of the …
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