I had the opportunity to review Mackenzie Bartlett’s The Party for the 2019 Boston Underground Film Festival. As you probably know by now, I am a short film super fan. I honestly didn’t have any idea what this was about when I selected it to review, other than its very …
Read More »A Most Uncomfortable Viewing: ‘Blood Bound’ (2019) Movie Review
I am all about movies centering about witches, magic, demons, possession and what have you. Strangely, most of the time I find that these kinds of movies are not very good. More often than not, movies in said themes are made cheaply and rely on the genre itself to carry …
Read More »The House With A Clock In Its Walls (2018) Movie Review
Eli Roth’s Cabin Fever is one of my favorite films and Jack Black is one of my favorite comedic actors (in large part due to Tenacious D). So when I found out that these two did a family friendly fantasy film together called The House With A Clock In Its Walls, …
Read More »‘Hex’ (2017) Movie Review
There are very few horror films that deal with Witches in a historical setting but Hex blends the two in a unique way. The synopsis is as follows: During the English Civil War, two opposing soldiers find themselves trapped in a forest controlled by a Witch. They now must work …
Read More »‘Witch Hunter: Into the Outside’ by JZ Foster – Book Review
Update: Check out the brand new book trailer for Witch Hunter: Into the Outside! A few years ago, I stumbled across a new genre of fiction called urban fantasy. I have become quite fond of these kinds of tales and I am always looking for new authors and books in …
Read More »Midnight Texas Book 1: ‘Midnight Crossroad’ by Charlaine Harris – Book Review
After watching season 1 of True Blood when it hit DVD, I searched out Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire Mysteries series (AKA The Sookie Stackhouse series). I was hooked pretty quickly but eventually got burned out on the series and stopped reading (although I plan to pick it up again someday). …
Read More »‘Friend Request’ (2017): Movie Review
Evil is trending in Simon Verhoeven’s new film Friend Request. Taking the fears of social media and turning it into a paranormal and stalker festival, Friend Request starts with main character Laura (Alycia Debnam-Carey) accepting the friend request of weird loner Marina (Liesl Ahlers), who has no other friends on Facebook. …
Read More »‘Blood Wolf: A Nikki Blade Novel’ by Tim Miller – Book Review
One of our favorite horror authors and writer for PopHorror, Tim Miller, who has written over 40 books so far, mostly in the extreme horror genre, which he has continued to push, most recently with Snuff Film. Tim has decided to branch off into a different direction for his upcoming …
Read More »‘Hell Cat of the Holt’ by Mark Cassell – Book Review
Hell Cat of the Holt is the third story in Mark Cassell’s Shadow Fabric series. Although not a full novel, this novella expands upon the multi-dimensional lore the author began in his first two books in the trilogy, 2014’s The Shadow Fabric and 2017’s The Shadow Fabric Mythos: Vol. 1. Readers …
Read More »Cult Classic Show ‘Dark Shadows’ Turns 51!
This year, the cult classic show Dark Shadows show turns 51! It is an American Gothic horror soap opera which premiered June 27, 1966 and ended April 2, 1971. It aired on ABC in the afternoons and, at first, it was deemed boring by critics. It soon developed a cult following, in particular with teenagers …
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