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


Blood Relic (2005)
Dire low budget slasher set inside an aviation museum with a killer wearing a Top Gun-style aviator flight suit.
Jul 31, 2022


Slithis (1978)
Humanoid sea creature comes ashore and starts ripping people apart in low budget 70s monster movie.
Jul 31, 2022


Ghost Shark (2013)
Killer shark comes back from the dead as a vengeful ghost to wreak havoc on those that killed it! Yes, that's the plot.
Jul 31, 2022


The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
Giant molluscs terrorise the Salton Sea area of California in hugely underrated 50s monster movie.
Jul 31, 2022


The Deadly Mantis (1957)
50s big bug movie about a giant preying mantis is one from the dying days of the genre and it shows.
Jul 31, 2022


The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
Hammer's Gothic take on one of the most famous works of literature of all time - and one of the most adapted.
Jul 31, 2022


Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
Shameless attempt to copy the successful formula of The 7th Voyage of Sinbad is an entertaining fantasy film in its own right.
Jul 24, 2022


To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
Hammer's final theatrical horror film in it's original production run is its most shocking and depraved outing yet!
Jul 24, 2022


Asylum (1972)
Old school horror anthology fun from the masters of the portmanteau, Amicus.
Jun 19, 2022


The Prey (1983)
With one of the best tag lines of the 80 - "It's not human and it's got an axe" comes backwoods slasher The Prey.
Jun 11, 2022




The Sand (2015)
If Blood Beach had been made nowadays, then The Sand is how it might have looked.
Jun 10, 2022


An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)
Belated sequel to one of the most-loved horror films of the 80s.
Jun 10, 2022


Soylent Green (1973)
A grim dystopian vision of the 'future' which is ironically the same year as I got around to writing the review - 2022!
Jun 10, 2022


Pitchfork (2016)
Woeful attempt to create an 'iconic' new slasher villain is one of the worst films I've seen for some time.
Jun 10, 2022
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