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NOTE: This story was published during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the films being covered here wouldn’t exist. PopHorror fully supports the WGA and SAG-AFTRA and their efforts. At almost every Cinema Wasteland convention in Strongsville, Ohio (I …

Failure! (2023) is a psychological thriller written and directed by Alex Kahuam. The film stars Ted Raimi, who we all know from Xena: Warrior Princess, the Evil Dead franchise, and Darkman (1990). It is set to have its world premiere at Frightfest. Is this film’s tagline correct? Is Failure! an …

With the success of the latest entry of the Evil Dead franchise, Evil Dead Rise (2023), Synapse films has announced a Blu-Ray release of the Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist. It is a documentary feature about the special effects artist, Tom Sullivan. Read on for more details …

As of September 19, 2022, Robert Kurtzman’s (The Walking Dead franchise) second directorial project, Wishmaster, is 25 years young. Starring Andrew Divoff (our interview) and Tammy Lauren, the film is about a young jewel appraiser (Lauren) who is given a stolen jewel to look over, one that happens to have …

Forgiveness is the title of the movie, but it is not the name of the game for filmmaker Alex Kahuam’s latest endeavor. After premiering at Arrow FrightFest 2021 this past August, Forgiveness continues to beguile audiences along its festival run, and the most recent to experience Alex’s work were those …

Every once in awhile, a film comes along and it’s just so good, that you want more of it. This is the case with Alex Kahuam’s short film, Red Light (read our review HERE). Clocking in at a mere 10 minutes, Red Light has me waiting with bated breath for …

One of my favorite shorts of 2020 is hands down the brilliant horror, Red Light, which premiered at the Telluride Horror Show 2020. It was written and directed by Alex Kahuam (Escondida, Forgiveness). Red Light was a proof of concept and stars horror icons Ted Raimi (Ash vs. Evil Dead, …

Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead franchise has developed quite the fan following over the years. From the original Evil Dead in 1981 to Ash vs. Evil Dead on Starz, fans can’t get enough of Ashley J. Williams and his boomstick. That rabid fandom is the subject of Hail to the Deadites, …

To someone living in the Midwest, the idea of riding on the subway can feel foreign, intimidating, and maybe even scary. After viewing The Midnight Meat Train (2008) many years ago, you can bet that my opinion was changed to petrifying. This month is the 10th anniversary of this brilliant …

“It has been waiting.” The Damned Thing is Tobe Hooper’s second contribution to the Masters of Horror collection, his first being Dance of the Dead. Although The Damned Thing was technically based on the short story by Ambrose Bierce (read our review of the short story here), the finished product holds …