★★★★ Being a major gaymer and a ScreenLife horror fanatic, Livescreamers pretty much felt tailor-made with me in mind. While its concept grabbed me right away, there is a certain caution that comes in absorbing indie horror. Innumerable bottom-of-the-barrel flicks release every year, and the low budget trappings can stunt a project's full potential. Additionally, … Continue reading Popcorn Frights 2024: Livescreamers
Popcorn Frights 2024: Lizzie Lazarus
★★★★ (Written by Intern, Sean Barry) Horror debatably works best if characters are well written and three-dimensional. An audience is better able to engage, upping the stakes when things go wrong if people are more attached to the protagonists. Lizzie Lazarus aptly showcases this idea with considerable attention paid to realism. However, a lack of … Continue reading Popcorn Frights 2024: Lizzie Lazarus
Popcorn Frights 2023 Wrap-Up
Pop the popcorn and get ready for a seriously fun time as we dive into the films of 2023's Popcorn Frights Film Festival! After the jump, check out our full coverage, including Dark Windows, Puzzle Box, and Saint Drogo. Films DARK WINDOWS Dark Windows has a setup typical of the slasher subgenre. Take a group … Continue reading Popcorn Frights 2023 Wrap-Up
Popcorn Frights 2023: That’s a Wrap
★★★★ In the style of the classic cheesy slashers of yesteryear, Marcel Walz’s instantly iconic That’s A Wrap brings gory mayhem and campy fun to a film wrap party environ. Old school horror aesthetic, propulsive synthy soundtrack, intimidating, androgynous masked killer donned in a flowy blonde wig, a chopping block of various character archetypes, and … Continue reading Popcorn Frights 2023: That’s a Wrap
Popcorn Frights 2023: Founder’s Day
★★★ Any upcoming slasher movie is always cause for excitement, let alone one led by filmmaking brothers the Bloomquists (Night at the Eagle Inn). I was excited to see what they would bring to the table with politically-charged Founder’s Day. The concept and aesthetic should be an instant home run—who doesn’t want to see a … Continue reading Popcorn Frights 2023: Founder’s Day
Popcorn Frights 2023: Don’t Look Away
★★★★ From the opening scene of Popcorn Frights selection Don’t Look Away, a mounting sense of creeping dread seeps into the film’s DNA. Being relentlessly pursued by either the unknown or the strange and unusual have been a tale as old as time in the horror genre—co-writer/director Michael Bafaro continues this tradition, albeit with a … Continue reading Popcorn Frights 2023: Don’t Look Away
Popcorn Frights 2023: Santastein
★★★ Don’t forget to leave out the milk and cookies for Santastein this Christmas season! The latest in a long line of Christmastime slashers, this movie should give exactly what that zany title promises. Most recently, director Joe Bezos delivered a crowd-pleasing Santa gorefest in the form of Christmas Bloody Christmas. While Santastein doesn’t quite … Continue reading Popcorn Frights 2023: Santastein
Interview: Actors Max Harwood and Hero Fiennes Tiffin
One of the biggest thrills of spooky season was having the pleasure of sitting down over Zoom with the two leads of horror/comedy, The Loneliest Boy in the World! Max Harwood and Hero Fiennes Tiffin are two of our favorite people to have interviewed so far! Join us as we dig deep into the cemetery … Continue reading Interview: Actors Max Harwood and Hero Fiennes Tiffin
Popcorn Frights 2022 Wrap-Up
2022's Popcorn Frights has finally come to an eerie close! Just like last year's version of the festival, the film crop was teeming with gory delights and spooky haunts. Check out out full coverage of the festival after the jump! Films THE BARN PART II Full review at the link. FINAL SUMMER Creepy Duck Design … Continue reading Popcorn Frights 2022 Wrap-Up
Popcorn Frights 2022: The Barn Part II
★★★★ Channeling the outrageous VHS era horror-inspired fun of 2016’s The Barn, this belated sequel (aptly titled The Barn Part II) delivers big on copious boobs and crowd-pleasing practical gore effects. Crowd-funded, low budget horror often feels like a passion project finally fully realized, and The Barn Part II is no exception. The baddies may … Continue reading Popcorn Frights 2022: The Barn Part II