Working in a library gives me access to tons of great books. Over the past year, I’ve read The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell, The Troop and The Acolyte by Nick Cutter, Scythe by Neal Shusterman, Horrorstör and My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix, We The Animals by Justin …

I’ve been a fan of Bad Cookie Pictures since I first saw their short, Ready to Burst, back in 2016. Created by filmmakers Ariel Hansen and Christopher “Topher” Graham, the company has creeped out the indie community in quite a few ways, including body horror with Ready to Burst (read our …

If you’ve been reading PopHorror for awhile, you’ll probably recognize the name Tony Ahedo (you can read our interview with him here). Not only is he the innovative mind behind Barry Baker: Aspiring Serial Killer series, but he’s also been instrumental in helping Filmmaker Ryan Swantek (White Willow 2017, Panther Ridge 2018, 5:29 See …

It’s always a thrill to go to conventions, whether they’re horror, sci-fi, comic, film or anything in between. When I was offered the chance to go to the Rhode Island Comic Con once again (here’s our coverage from last year’s event) for PopHorror, where all genres are covered, I knew …

I absolutely love horror shorts. They’re like bite-sized chunks of terror that deliver a pitiless punch in just a fraction of the time a full length genre film. But, because of their short time frame, the filmmaker is usually limited as to what they can actually touch upon. However, in …

Anyone who knows me knows I’m a sucker for horror comedies. There’s just something gratifying about a genre flick that can laugh at itself. So it was my absolute pleasure to be able to review Laugh Now Die Later Shorts Block, the horror comedy block from this year’s Brooklyn Horror …

A few days ago, we shared with our Facebook followers the newest horror short from Filmmaker Ryan Swantek (read our interview with him here), the man behind one of my favorite shorts ever, White Willow (2017 – read our review here), and his sophomoric effort, Panther Ridge (2018 – read …

For this year’s Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, I decided to shift a bit out of my comfort zone and review a sci-fi film. I’ve never been a fan of science fiction, so picking Rigel Films’ sci-fi thriller, Empathy Inc., was a tricky decision from the start. So, was it a good …

When I first read about Filmmaker Zach Lipovsky’s (Afflicted 2013) film, Freaks, I made a few assumptions about what I was about to watch. I assumed it was about a little girl breaking free from her paranoid father’s grasp and discovering the world for the first time like the little …

From Austin Macauley Publishers comes Nonsomnia, a collection of short stories by Russian author Maria Raven. Now living on Cyprus, Raven moved after a difficult childhood filled with years of both medical and psychological treatment, the result of being a victim of Munchausen Syndrome by proxy. She began writing at …