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2022 was another great year for horror titles, so it wasn’t easy when I had to pick just one. However, one film that I couldn’t stop talking about as soon as the credits rolled was Zack Cregger’s (Whitest kids you know, Wrecked) Barbarian.  The Setup Right away we meet Young …

On Halloween night of 2002, a horror movie murder would happen that would inspire me to not only become a fan of the horror genre, but eventually become an independent horror writer and director myself. This is the story of how John Carpenter’s movie franchise, Halloween, became my favorite horror …

Zombies have always been one of my biggest fears. I feel like it’s such a possible reality for humans in this day and age. Especially given how advanced our science is. I think it’s totally believable to think that our government could be doing experiments to make an undead army. …

I can’t pinpoint when exactly a 2-foot-tall, red-haired psycho killer doll became one of my all-time favorite icons. But at 29-years-old, the Child’s Play franchise, which follows the slaying adventures of a children’s toy possessed by the soul of Lakeshore Stranger Charles Lee Ray, brings me joy like no other film series. …

I have been a horror fan since I was a little Danny Glick floating outside of peoples’ windows. My mother was wonderfully irresponsible and had nothing but contempt for the norms of motherhood; because of this, she read Stephen King novels to me at bedtime and allowed me to watch …

As is tradition for new writers at PopHorror, I was tasked with writing a piece on my favorite film as a sort of introduction to the site’s readers. I fretted. My two favorite flicks are George Romero’s Night Of The Living Dead and John Carpenter’s The Thing, two classic works …

What’s In The Basement?  It was 1982 and I was just six-years-old the first time I saw him at the bottom of my basement stairs – his pale face set amongst black cloak, black suit, black hat and shiny silver knife. His lips were almost red and his grin was …

If I were to close my eyes, I could tell you exactly where I was and who I was with when I first watched Jaws (1975 – read our retro review here). I was five years old, so 20 years ago. Yikes. I was in my grandparents’ basement, and the three …

“We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.” — Stephen King Ever since I was in grade school and found the Universal monster books in the school library, I was immediately drawn to horror. The first horror movie I saw as a kid was The Exorcist …

Greetings and horrortations! As a horror fanatic almost my entire life, I have come to appreciate the art of creating scary stories that make your skin crawl. I appreciate hearts racing and the anticipation of the next victim’s death. It’s something that truly satisfies my brain. It might sound sick …