Tag Archives: Horror Movies

TrailerWatch – “Fun Size Horror: Volume Two”

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Denise

Now that spring is around the corner, it’s time to find chills the old fashioned way; from horror movies.  I’m a sucker for horror anthologies, so when I saw the Fun Size Horror: Volume Two* trailer, I had to share … Continue reading →

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The Horror! — “Stalled”

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Denise

Okay, time to get back on the horror train, with a brand-new section here at AFan.  Hooray!  First up, a zombie apocalypse movie…set in the bathroom? “The Queen’s swimming in my toilet.” Subgenre: Zombie horror-comedy. C’mon, look at the poster. … Continue reading →

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“Stomping Ground” – a backwoods horror story that’s off the beaten track

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Denise

Nutshell: tired of the same-ol’, same-ol’ when it comes to spooky stories set in the deep woods?  Stomping Ground is a film that digs into mythology and interpersonal dynamics to amp up the suspense, rather than the ol’ run-run-slash.  Big … Continue reading →

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TrailerWatch: “Stomping Ground”

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Denise

“Little lady, these woods is dangerous.  You don’t come out here with a pack’a guys you can’t trust.” Living in a suburb that backed to woods, my sisters and I always figured something was going on back there.  But we … Continue reading →

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Spooky “Monday at 11:01A.M.” hits iTunes now, theaters/VOD Feb. 5th

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Denise

“A little bit of Twilight Zone with [The] Shining mixed together” – Emmanuel Vouniozos, cinematographer Well.  That’s a heckuva draw for me.  So’s the fact that Lance Henriksen is in this film.  Synopsis! ‘Monday At 11:01 A.M.’ is a suspense … Continue reading →

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In Queue Review: When Animals Dream

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Denise

Nutshell:  A horror think piece. Slow to build, but the endgame as to exactly what Marie is is never in doubt, allowing viewers to really sink their teeth into (yeah, I said it) the twists and turns of the tale.  … Continue reading →

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Wayback Review: Fright Night (2011)

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Denise

Since yesterday’s The Finest Hours pass giveaway had me digging around for director Craig Gillespie earlier work; a re-boot of Fright Night.   So enjoy a little bit of retro from the August 2011 archives of Atomic Popcorn! Movie Review — … Continue reading →

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“The Witch” ups release date to February 19th

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Denise

I got word on The Witch last year, and it caught my eye; pre-Salem Witch Trials hysteria, with plenty of of religious obsession, isolation and paranoia in the trailer.  Now they’re pushing up the release date — prime winter chills … Continue reading →

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“The Witch” has a new poster & site for Friday the 13th!

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Denise

Happy Friday the 13th everybody!  TGTICL!  (Thank Goodness This Isn’t Crystal Lake!) To celebrate, spooky movie The Witch has a groovy new poster — Edgar Allen Poe, anyone? — and a site you can clicky around to mark the Friday … Continue reading →

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#31in31: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Denise

Happy Halloween everybody!  We’ve made it through another 31 days of scary (and scary bad) stuff…and to finish things off, here’s a much-buzzed movie about a skateboarding vampire.  No, really. “Are you a good boy?” Story: Douchebag drug dealer pimp … Continue reading →

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