I am a self-described underground horror fan, foodie, craft beer enthusiast and death metal freak, so I was thrilled beyond imagining when I got the chance to interview Mike Hochins from Canadian metal band Violent Homicidal Slasher (AKA V.H.S. – check out my review of their album, A Very Merry …
Read More »Interview With ‘Suspiria’s’ Barbara Magnolfi: Revisiting a Timeless Classic
Best known in the United States as Olga in Dario Argento’s Suspiria (1977), Barbara Magnolfi is an Italian actress who began performance art as a ballerina in Rome. Achieving the level of lead ballerina at the age of 10, Barbara eventually transitioned into film, expanding her love for performing to …
Read More »Musician IslandRocks is Re-visioning the Retro Movie Theme!
I’ve been watching horror cinema faithfully since High School in the early nineties. When I discovered Italian cinema, my mind was blown, especially Lucio Fulci, Umberto Lenzi, Ruggero Deodato and Dario Argento. In the early wave before a lot of these films even got good VHS treatment from companies like …
Read More »9 of the Creepiest Horror Film Scores!
Music is one of the most frightening aspects that horror films have. Without their terrifying scores, these films wouldn’t have the same effect on audiences. Today, in honor of SCORE: A Film Music Documentary, which will be in theaters on June 16th, PopHorror looks back on some of the most spine-chilling …
Read More »Why ‘The Editor’ Is My Favorite Horror Film
When you ask me what my favorite horror movie is, you are opening a deep, dark well into my mind where I could choose a different film every time you ask. However, there is a genre of film that I always go back to and that is Italian cinema. Since …
Read More »7 Nights of Perfect Double Features
The horror nerd knows the unique pain and pleasure that comes with putting two movies together for a truly killer double feature – the kind of exciting combination that makes the entire viewing experience a new, sublime cinematic journey and makes each movie stand out as exceptional against the other. …
Read More »PopHorror’s Top 8 Horror Movie Boarding Schools From Hell
This March 31, the horror thriller The Blackcoat’s Daughter will debut in theaters across the country and is now available exclusively on DirecTV. The film, which is directed by Osgood “Oz” Perkins (I Am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House 2016) and stars Emma Roberts (American Horror Story TV series) …
Read More »Retro Review: Death Bed, The Bed That Eats
Oh, to be a character in a horror movie. It’s a perilous place, with danger around every corner. Basically anything can kill you, from frogs to robots to the damn wind. But sometimes, you’ll find a horror director that says, “Fuck all that, I want to make something different. One …
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