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In case you guys didn’t know, it’s the year of the clown, baby! Although clown films are released all the time, it’s not ever year that two highly anticipated ones are coming out one right after the other another: Crepitus and IT. You can smell the coulrophobia in the air and the sounds …

Recently I spoke with the very talented horror artist Christina Jackson after her art blew me away the instant I set eyes on it. PopHorror loves promoting women in all types of horror and this artist is no exception. So naturally, I want to share all of her amazing work …

When I was recently asked what my favorite horror movie was, there was no question. Hands down, with no doubt in my mind, I knew that The Shining is my favorite horror film. Why? Read on and find out! I will start by saying two things: King and Kubrick. Legendary composers …

With the February 3rd release of Netflix’s zombie comedy series Santa Clarita Diet, Drew Barrymore has once again come back to her horror roots. Although she hasn’t done much in the way of terror in the past few years, in Drew’s early career, she was the face of fear on the movie …

Castle Rock… to Stephen King fans, the name of this town sends shivers down their spines. So many of the Master of Horror’s stories have been set in this creepy, fictitious little suburb of Portland, Maine, and quite a few of them have been made for the silver screen, including …

For more than 20 years, Stephen King film adaptations ruled Hollywood. From Carrie’s $33.8 million grossed on a $1.8 million budget to The Green Mile’s astonishing haul of $136 million, adapting King’s work has long been a treasure map to Box Office gold. How, then, did 2016’s Cell arrive with so little fanfare? …

“Carrie is an absolutely spellbinding horror movie,” raves renowned film critic Roger Ebert in his 1976 review. “It’s also (and this is what makes it so good) an observant human portrait.” This is bold praise for Brian De Palma’s masterful 1976 film adaptation of Stephen King’s first horror novel. Carrie, the film, …

Way back in 1981, Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell turned a small cast and an even smaller budget into the modern independent horror masterpiece The Evil Dead. We salute the film and the filmmakers on the 35th anniversary of the theatrical premiere at the Redford theater in Detroit, Michigan! Even …

Sometimes unhappy people find comfort in knowing others are unhappy as well. In other words, misery loves company. Thanks to Stephen King, the word misery will forever embed one person into my mind. Isn’t it incredible how we can associate one word to a person, place, or thing? The first …

If you haven’t heard of The Netflix Original Series Stranger Things (2016), I’m guessing you probably live under a rock because everyone is talking about this show. I don’t usually jump on the bandwagon with popular things. I’m often too busy, but as more and more people were describing this show, …