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Popcorn Pictures
Reviewing the best (and worst) of horror, sci-fi and fantasy since 2000


Peter Cushing - 100 Years On
Celebrating the centenary of Peter Cushing's birthday with a look back over his career.
Apr 3, 2022


Galaxy of Terror (1981)
B movie producing legend Roger Corman serves up a cheap and not-so-cheerful Alien-style sci-fi horror.
Apr 3, 2022


Tale of the Mummy (1998)
Flawed if not entirely watchable mummy flick which got massively overshadowed by Brendan Fraser's big budget extravaganza.
Apr 3, 2022


Heebie Jeebies (2013)
Sy Fy aren't even trying anymore. "The Beast with Five Heads"? Give me a break.
Apr 3, 2022


The Dead (2010)
Zombies invade the continent of Africa in different take on the usual genre tropes.
Apr 3, 2022


Black Water: Abyss (2020)
"Don't get back into the water" Plot Five friends set off to explore a remote cave system in Northern Australia. When a flash flood hits...
Apr 2, 2022


Joy Ride (2001)
Its never a good idea to play practical jokes on psychopathic truck drivers as two brothers are about to find out the hard way.
Apr 2, 2022


Blue Monkey (1987)
Obscure giant bug flick from the 80s promises a lot of gooey gore and animatronics. Does it deliver?
Apr 2, 2022


Evilspeak (1981)
Clint Howard gets a hard time by bullies at his school and uses a 'high tech' computer to summon demons. Well it was the 80s...
Apr 2, 2022


Fire Serpent (2007)
Sy Fy bring to life a fire serpent from outer space in dull straight-to-TV creature feature nonsense.
Apr 2, 2022


Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
One of the first of the "straight out of the slasher blender" of post-modern 00s cash-ins.
Apr 2, 2022


Of Unknown Origin (1983)
Peter Weller starts to lose his sanity as his attempts to eliminate a rat that has moved into his house become ever more desperate.
Apr 2, 2022


10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
A totally different experience to it's predecessor, 10 Cloverfield Lane harkens back to Hitchcock and The Twilight Zone.
Apr 1, 2022


Aquaslash (2019)
Throwback slasher set inside a water park should be the recipe for success. So how does Aquaslash get it so wrong?
Apr 1, 2022


Shakma (1990)
Killer baboons might not sound like the scariest thing to grace a horror film but Shakma does a great job of dispelling that idea!
Apr 1, 2022
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