The horror genre has always created some of the strongest, smartest, and most courageous final girls. The Friday The 13th franchise has given the horror community some of the most memorable women who’ve proven that the size of the beast and the wrath of his mother aren’t enough to take …
Read More »Top 10 Fun Facts About M. Night Shyamalan
M. Night Shyamalan celebrated his 50th birthday in August 2020. To celebrate, we here at PopHorror have compiled a list of some fun facts you might not already know about him. On August 6, 1970, Shyamalan was born in Puducherry, India, and then raised in the posh suburban Penn Valley …
Read More »The ‘Glass’ (2019) Final Trailer is Here!
M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass (2019), the highly anticipated sequel to Unbreakable has been generating a lot of buzz lately. I think it’s safe to say the PopHorror crew is pretty excited about it. We brought you the initial announcement and later news and a series of photos. Now we’ve got …
Read More »M. Night Shyamalan Announces Untitled Thriller Series From Apple
M. Night Shyamalan has had a bit of a resurgence lately. I’ve always been a fan, and I knew he had it in him. After a hit like Split, and a promising project like Glass, a venture into television is timed just about right. Earlier in 2018, Apple specified a …
Read More »‘The Basement’: A Split Inspiration Movie Review
I’ll be honest. Upon viewing the trailer for The Basement by filmmakers Brian M. Conley and Nathan Ives, it looked as though the feature would be a direct knockoff of M. Knight Shyamalan’s 2017 award-winning blockbuster, Split (read our review here). While it wasn’t for everyone, I was a big fan …
Read More »The PopHorror Writers’ Favorite Horror Movies of 2017
If you’ve spent any time on this website, you know that the PopHorror writers watch and review a LOT of horror movies. Between indie and mainstream, shorts and feature lengths, festivals and sequels, we have seen hundreds of hours of scary celluloid in 2017 alone. While we certainly aren’t complaining …
Read More »Why 2017 Is The Best Year For Horror Ever
I’m just going to come right out and say it… 2017 is the best year for horror ever. That’s right! We are currently living in the absolute best year for the horror genre yet. From movies to video games, 2017 is consistently giving us top notch entertainment and I don’t …
Read More »The Witch Director to Remake Nosferatu
According to a report by Variety, Robert Eggers, director of The Witch will be joining forces with Split star Anya Taylor-Joy to remake Nosferatu, a classic vampire film. Synopsis from Variety: The 1922 silent movie followed the vampire Count Orlok of Transylvania, who wants to buy a house in Germany and becomes …
Read More »Happy Birthday, M. Night Shyamalan!
PopHorror would like to wish the visionary M. Night Shyamalan a happy birthday! Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan was born August 6, 1970, in Mahe, Pondicherry, India, and raised in the affluent Penn Valley area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Now known as M. Night Shyamalan, his middle name, Night, was made up in college. The …
Read More »Jason Blum And Dee Rees Are Making A Social Horror Film!
Get Out was a perfect social horror film that faced things that people didn’t want to talk about, while also putting a comedic spin on it. Now, theguardian.com announces we may be getting another social thriller from Get Out producer, Jason Blum. The question is, will this film strike gold …
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