The opioid crisis. We’ve heard about it. We’ve read news articles about it. We may even have been affected by it. But what can we do about it? Grieving father Bill Johnson (Circus Of The Dead’s Bill Oberst, Jr.) has an idea about that in Mark Savage’s 2021 film, Painkiller. …

It’s been a long time since PopHorror has reviewed anything from Vinegar Syndrome, but now we’re back at it and ready to go! There are two selections for this month: Bob Bralver’s 1989 thriller, Rush Week, and the supernatural horror film, Last Gasp, directed by Scott McGinnis. I decided to …

Yes, you read that right. The name of this movie is Toilet Zombie Baby Strikes Back. And it’s just as glorious as you imagine. Jamie Robert MacDougall’s raunchy horror comedy is a no-budget project that was filmed during the apocalypse… er, I mean pandemic. Many of the actors shot the …

It’s always a joy to check out the films coming from MyIndie Productions. When I had the chance to watch the 2014 short, Third Temple, I was excited to see what new tales they had come up with this time. Third Temple was co-written, co-produced and co-directed by Dolphin’s (read …

It’s always exciting to see what the next generation of filmmakers has in store for us. At this year’s SXSW Film Festival, we were graced with the Texas High School shorts block, an entire film block made by a group of enterprising Lone Star high school students. Beyond the Model …

I’ve been keeping my eye on the upcoming horror flick, Butchers Bluff, for months now. There are so many people involved that I just love—Bill Oberst, Jr. (Circus Of The Dead 2014, 3 From Hell 2019 – read our review here), Shawn C. Phillips (13 Slays Till X-Mas 2020 – …

As a Christian horror movie lover, I always wonder why more genre films aren’t made about the church. There are so many aspects that you could touch upon. You’ve got severe, carbon-copy nuns, silent monks who keep secrets, priests that hear confessions from the damned, tenuous connections to secret groups …

We’ve been fortunate to review quite a few of Filmmaker Ivan Kavanagh’s films here at PopHorror. You can read our reviews for Son (2021), Never Grow Old (2019), Tin Can Man (2007), and The Canal (2014), as well as our previous interview with Mr. Kavanagh. So when we got the …

I’m always on the lookout for new authors to try. I’m pretty picky about the books I choose, so I’m always on the search for something that will strike my fancy. Suddenly, an excerpt of Lisa Renee Jones’ The Poet landed in my Inbox (read the excerpt here), and to …

Looking for something new to read? Why not start with Brilliance trilogy author Lisa Renee Jones’ (read our interview with her here) newest book, The Poet. Enjoy an excerpt from the book below! “I sit in the back row of the theater-style Austin, Texas speakeasy, the air conditioner cranked on …