JenniferLeigh

I love a good scare. I have a collection of over 500 horror movies and I am an avid reader as well. I'm also a fan of other nerdoms, Star Wars, Star Trek, X-Files, Firefly and Doctor Who to name a few. I live in Illinois with my husband and cats who share my nerdoms.

‘A Disturbance In The Force’ (2023): How The Star Wars Holiday Special Happened – Film Review

Force

As much as I am a horror nerd, my other Nerddom lies with Star Wars. Star Wars was released the same year I was born. I am a little envious of people who got to experience Star Wars for the first time in 1977. Star Wars changed not only the …

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Sean Temple And Sarah Wisner’s ‘THE THAW’ (2023) – Short Film Review

The Thaw

I am a short fiction aficionado. This, of course, includes short films. I absolutely love watching and reviewing short films. It’s one of my favorite things I get to do here at PopHorror.  We are fans of Sean Temple and Sarah Wisner’s short film, Water Horse (2019): you may read …

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‘Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story Of The Cabbage Patch Kids’ (2022) – Film Review

Cabbage

When the Cabbage Patch Kids craze hit, I was lucky enough to be just the right age. I was also lucky enough to receive a doll during this craze. I actually ended up with four dolls by 1985. How I got my first doll was a total fluke though! My …

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Cairo Smith’s Psychological Thriller ‘Screwdriver’ (2023) – Film Review

Screwdriver

When I get asked what my favorite subgenre of horror is, I always give slasher films as my immediate answer. While this is true, I have to confess I also love psychological thrillers. I can honestly say that many of them have held more scare value to me than slasher …

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Is Death Really The End? ‘BEYOND THE GRAVE’ (2023) – Documentary Film Review

Beyond the Grave

Death is one of the only guarantees in life, yet oddly, it is something we don’t understand and avoid talking about. At some point, we realize our own mortality and it is all a mystery really. Still, it is going to happen to all of us. You don’t know when …

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Crystal Lake Publishing and Monstrous Books Present: ‘Shakespeare Unleashed’ (Unleashed Series Book 2)- Book Review

Shakespeare

How many of you out there enjoy Shakespeare? I always looked forward to Shakespeare in my English courses. I’m not saying I always understood everything, but I always and still do appreciate and am enthralled with Shakespeare. So, when I found Crystal Lake Publishing and Monstrous Books collection of short …

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GenreBlast 2023: Shorts Blast #3 “The Accursed Hat Trick”- Shorts Review

Accursed

I am a fan of short films. Some of the best horror films I’ve seen have been short films. I was intrigued and looking forward to seeing the GenreBlast 2023 block of shorts, The Accursed Hat Trick. The description of the block was right up my alley. Three long shorts …

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‘Pizza Guy 8’ – New Microbudget Horror Follows A Pizza Guy On A Surreal Rampage

Pizza

Pizza Guy 8, the exciting new microbudget feature film from Troma alumnus Tate Hoffmaster and producer Dylan Mars Greenberg, is a wall breaking homage to SOV horror. Director Hoffmaster says, “It’s a movie about a nice pizza delivery guy who gets pushed around and starts going on a killing spree …

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