‘Tis the season to be scary. At least that’s the goal of the newest Shudder original Christmas horror film, The Sacrifice Game. For as many formulaic Hallmark love stories or nostalgic Netflix capers that we get around the Christmas season every year, there are an equal amount of merry massacres and …
Read More »Fantasia Fest 2023: Interview With Filmmaker Jenn Wexler For ‘The Sacrifice Game’
Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SGA-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, The Sacrifice Game being covered here wouldn’t exist. It’s my favorite time of year! No, not Halloween or Christmas. My other favorite time! It’s Fantasia International Film Festival …
Read More »Women in Horror Month 2019: Interview with Heather Buckley
Heather Buckley is a powerhouse in the horror genre – producer, actress, journalist – and that’s just the beginning. Anyone who is anyone knows who she is, or has seen something she’s worked on or been a part of, such as the films We Are Still Here (2015 – read our …
Read More »PopHorror’s Top 25 Favorite Horror Movies of 2018
When I hear people say, “Man, barely any horror movies came out this year,” I just roll my eyes and laugh. Although there weren’t a lot of mainstream horror films to come out in 2018, there were a notable amount of indie horrors that are must-see masterpieces. Never limit your …
Read More »Interview With ‘The Ranger’ Director Jenn Wexler
It was back in March when I first heard about the movie, The Ranger. I knew that it was a project coming out of Larry Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix, and that it was a throwback slasher about kids in the woods being stalked by a psycho in a Ranger Smith …
Read More »‘The Ranger’ (2018) – ‘Green Room’ Meets ‘Maniac Cop’ Movie Review
In Jenn Wexler’s film, The Ranger, a group of teens take off into the woods to party and piss off the locals. Sound familiar? On the surface, The Ranger does have a lot in common with many of the cabin in the woods slasher subgenre flicks that we’ve seen over …
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