Near the intro of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (read our retro review here), we already get the sense that Danny (Danny Lloyd) and Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) have a strained father/son relationship. In addition, the two, along with mother and wife Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duvall), eventually meet a series of …
Read More »Shelley Duvall’s Return to Acting: ‘THE FOREST HILLS’ – Spoiler-Free Review
In 2022, the news broke out that Shelley Duvall (The Shining, 1980) would be returning to acting for the first time in two decades. Duvall’s career briefly died out in a whisper with her 2002 movie Manna from Heaven. Afterwards, Duvall battled mental health issues and avoided Hollywood; resorting to …
Read More »New Posters Drop for Werewolf Film, ‘THE FOREST HILLS’
Coming soon is a cool new horror project that heralds Shelley Duvall’s (The Shining) return to cinema: The Forest Hills. This new werewolf film also stars Edward Furlong (Terminator 2: Judgement Day), Dee Wallace (The Howling), and Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp). Here are the new posters: Check out the trailer …
Read More »PopHorror Writers Pay Tribute To ‘The Shining’ (1980)
The Shining (1980) was initially released 40 years old on May 23, 2020. The film is a masterpiece of modern cinema to many, both in and out of the horror community. To honor the 40th anniversary, I asked the PopHorror team to remember the film and to talk about the …
Read More »Revisiting ‘The Shining’ (1980): Four Decades Of Isolation Terror
Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980) is all about isolation. It’s a theme I think a lot of us can relate to right now. If you’re anything like me, you’ve been mostly locked inside for 2 or more months now. It’s a little maddening, isn’t it? So is it fitting or …
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