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The Strangers was released 15 years ago and was an immediate hit. It made more than double its original budget in box office sales. People were deeply unnerved.  Writer-director Bryan Bertino took inspiration from Helter Skelter and an incident that occurred when he was a child. Bertino and his sister …

I got the opportunity to sit down with Jay Cheel and Brian Robertson, the creators of Cursed Films, a standout series on Shudder about sets of famous films that have dark events connected to them. Jay writes and directs the series, while Brian produces it. Cursed Films has just begun it’s …

Imagine coming home after a fitful day of work, and seeing your landlord sprawled out, attacked on your kitchen floor, as you come face-to-face with an unknown assailant. That’s the gripping beginning to For The Sake Of Vicious, and it only gets more intense from there. From the tension-filled opening through …

What if The Strangers were people you knew? Hosts brings that premise to life in a darkly unapologetic way. Sometimes, the terror that awaits you is right next door, and sometimes it unknowingly enters your home, right under your nose. The notion that realistic fear hits viewers in a deeper way is a terrifyingly …

As a writer, reviewer and overall lover of film in a time when we aren’t getting to see a lot of new releases, I am appreciative of The Fantasia International Film Festival. This year, they made their whole library digital, and I am forever grateful. The world right now is …

With Halloween right around the corner, now is the time to get your spook on and have those shivers transcend upon your spine. There is an extensive collection of horror movie titles out there that will make you hide under the covers and scream with fright. Some of these titles, …

Horror films get a bad wrap for not having any character development. Us, as horror fans, know that this is a common misconception. For me, an idea for an article was born. After weeks of writer’s block, I heard the demons from below singing, “Hallelujah!” and it was time to …

Picture this. The year is 2008 and a very eager, horror-loving twenty year old Lacy Lou excitedly enters the movie theater to see The Strangers. Little did she know that this would be the very last movie in a decade that would bring actual shivers down her spine. She left …

It’s not every day that I get to think of the suspenseful and thrilling 1990 movie Pacific Heights. It’s a good movie and fairly unique. The days that I do, then, are rare and special and make me smile. I was reminded of this film while watching the new Lifetime horror Evil …

It’s a rarity that serial killers work well together in horror films, whether they’re love interests, family members, or just people with the same goal in mind. There’s nothing scarier than being outnumbered by a team of rampaging maniacs. PopHorror has put together a list of the serial killer team-ups that …