Get your Halloween groove on early, with more than 100 horror titles streaming on Peacock starting September 1st, 2023! This is a pretty fantastic collection, and you’re definitely going to want to check it out! Read on for the details! Screaming Now: Peacock is Your Home for Halloween Boo-kle up: …
Read More »Coming Soon: Universal Monsters Tarot Deck and Guidebook!
Coming soon, wherever books are sold: Universal Monsters™ Tarot Deck and Guidebook (written by Casey Gilly and illustrated by Joe Wilson). Check it out! From The Press Release Featuring stunning original artwork inspired by classic tarot iconography, this 78-card deck depicts spine-chilling characters, imagery, and themes from the legendary Universal …
Read More »‘FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN’ (1943): An 80 Year Legacy
Before Batman fought Superman, before The Avengers assembled, before Freddy fought Jason, and before Godzilla fought King Kong, another shared universe was born. In 1943, in a successful attempt to revitalize the declining interest in their monsters, Universal Pictures created Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man. The film would mark a …
Read More »Halloween Horror Nights 2022: BANG or BUST? – Event Review
Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights rolled out the red carpet to celebrate opening night pn September 9, 2022. They welcomed Hollywood icons such as the OG final girl herself, Jamie Lee Curtis, filmmakers Jordan Peele and Jason Blum, Freaky star Vince Vaughn, Nope star Brandon Perea, Halloween Ends star …
Read More »George Waggner’s ‘The Wolf Man’ (1941) Turns 80 – Retro Review
“Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf when the wolf bane blooms, and the autumn moon is bright.” That’s the verse we hear over and over again in The Wolf Man. In 1941, Universal Pictures added a werewolf to its …
Read More »Sophisticated Vampire: Mickey Reece’s ‘Climate Of The Hunter’ (2020) Movie Review
Climate Of The Hunter is a new horror film directed by Mickey Reece (Mono 2017) and stars Ginger Gilmartin (Fingerprints 2006). Film Synopsis: Two sisters, Alma and Elizabeth, along with a dog who’s described as a “philosopher,” have come to Alma’s remote house to reconnect with Wesley after twenty years. Alma is …
Read More »Our Adventures At Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights 29 (2019) – Part 2
Be sure to check out the first part of my review of Halloween Horror Nights 29, and then continue on right here! Haunted Houses The ten haunted houses of Halloween Horror Nights 28 were split clean down the middle – five based on movies and TV shows, five based on …
Read More »Universal Studios Hollywood – Halloween Horror Nights 2019 Recap
Universal Studios Hollywood kicked off the Halloween Haunt season on September 12, 2019 with a Halloween Horror Nights Fan Preview Night. This year, they opened their gates to fans, with me among them. I was thrilled to receive an invite on behalf of PopHorror, to tread carefully among the creatures …
Read More »Taking A Look Back At ‘The Mummy’s Ghost ‘ 75 Years Later
Seventy-five years ago on July 7, 1944, The Mummy’s Ghost released, the second of three films in which Lon Chaney, Jr. (The Wolf Man 1941, Spiderbaby: The Maddest Story Ever Told 1967 – read our retro review here) portrayed the mummy, Kharis. Directed by Reginald Le Borg (Joe Palooka franchise) he …
Read More »Remembering Boris Karloff On His 130th Birthday
Rising to fame during a significant era in film history, Boris Karloff contributed to the golden age of Hollywood of the 1930s. Theatrical audiences used film as a fantastical adventure to escape the uncertainties in their jobs, the economy and their lives. This month, we celebrate and remember the horror …
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