Cherry Pop Horror

Sometimes what we need is the company of your best friend. Lu has recommended a thrilling movie with minimal dialogue in - No One Will Save You (2023) Brynn lives at the outskirts of town, it takes a lot of prep and willpower to travel to the inner circle where people roam. Everyone there seems to have it out for her with Brynn receiving abusive calls, whispered glances and cold shoulders but she...

It's all fun and games until someone loses a foot. Bronwyn was a bit apprehensive about this one but it turned out to not be what they were expecting - Saw (2004) Adam and Lawrence wake in a grimy, rust covered bathroom. They've been chained to the wall and there's a corpse between them. Soon they discover that they are part of a serial killer's latest game. The rules are simple. Figure out why th...

Oh my, what beautiful eyes you have. Jess D and I are back again with an almost classic slasher - Jeepers Creepers (2001) On their way home from college Darry (Justin Long) and his sister Trish are almost run off the road by a crazed van driver. They don't really think much of it until later when they see the driver dumping suspiciously wrapped packages down the rusted pipe of an abandoned buildin...

Their relationship faded like a black sunset. This week we're exploring something breathtaking as Kat D and I watch - Belladonna Of Sadness (1973) Presented as a fairytale we follow Jean and Jeanne as they struggle to make their love endure. They wish to wed but the Lord of the kingdom demands payment for permission. Cruel and unforgiving, Jeanne is left scarred and not even the love of Jean can m...

Sometimes you just have to smile through the pain. Alice came to me with a movie they'd not seen but wanted to and boy did they regret it - Smile (2022) Rose is a therapist and buried deep - working eighty hour weeks, barely sleeping, barely eating. But it can't be helped as she tries to avoid the troubles of her past, that is until she meets Laura who's in the process of a manic episode. Laura cl...

The third floor is strictly out of bounds. This week we're indulging in a ghost story as Dylan shows me - The Innkeepers (2011) The Yankee Peddler is soon going out of business. The upper floors are already cleared out and they're down to a staff of two. Luke and Claire have found ways to entertain themselves though. They're on the hunt for the ghost of Madeline O'Malley who supposedly died in the...

Practical Effects +1000%...Bad Green Screen ruining the magic? Shane is back with another slimy mess of a monster this week with - The Blob (1988) It came from space! A small town in America is besieged by the unlikeliest of horrors as a silent, slinking terror stalks the streets. The Blob is on a rampage and with every morsel devoured it only continues to grow. It's up to a highschool cheerleader...

We may in fact never sleep again. Sam has re-joined me to tackle one of the all-time classic 80's slasher with - A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984). Tina has been having terrifying dreams of a man with knives for fingers, he chases her and she always gets away just in time. Weirder still, she's not the only one having bad dreams. Nancy, Glen (Johnny Depp) and even tough guy Rod have mentioned having...

"In space no one can hear you scream!" Brand new voice to the show Raymond had never seen this very iconic movie so naturally we had to rectify that - Alien (1979) The crew of the mineral transport ship the Nostromo are woken from cryo-sleep by Mother, the ship's computer, to investigate a possible SOS signal from a local planet. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), Dallis, Lambert, Cain (John Hurt), Brett,...

We light the candle to open the door, then we blow it out to close it. This week Sarah and I are tackling a movie that's become something of a indie darling - Talk To Me (2022) Life has been tough for Mia since her Mother died a few years ago. She's been semi-adopted by her best friend's family and luckily this has somewhat kept the emptiness at bay. But there's a new sensation about town that's a...

We're all just part of the machine. Rory has returned this week to help me take a look at a movie 30 years in the making...Mad God (2021) Stumble through the insanity of this world. Descend deeper into the depths of depravity, where flesh, blood and bone make good the machines that run your lives. A stunning Claymation work from the creator of some of the most famous Star Wars creatures. A disturb...

All the woman are just beautiful. We have a brand new voice to the show this week as Lu joins us for - A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014) Arash lives in Bad City, a place where the wealthy stay wealthy and the poor turn to crime and drugs to manage the days. Oil rigs churn in the backdrop as he walks the street but there's someone else prowling as the nights pass. Saeed is a local pimp and ha...

"I'm your biggest fan." - No movie, I'm YOUR biggest fan. Kat has returned and as promised in our last episode together we're going back to Stephen King's Misery (1990) Paul Sheldon is the very successful author of the acclaimed period romance novels - the 'Misery' series. He's grown tired and dejected with the series and so in his latest book (which is about to publish) kills off the titular Mise...

All life begins with a single cell. Aboard an International Space Station the crew eagerly awaits the return of a pod which was sent to Mars. Among the soil samples they find a single cell, dormant but with the proper atmosphere they coax it back and thus life is born. David (Jake Gyllenhaal) can't imagine going back to Earth after being in space for over 1000 days. Rory (Ryan Reynolds) and the re...

"They're under the ground Burt...they're under the God-damn ground!!" We did it! At long last we get to one of my all time favourite Creature-Features and I get to share it with Dylan as we watch - Tremors (1990) Valentine (Kevin Bacon) and Earl are the 'do-it-all' handymen of the middle-of-nowhere town, Perfection. Times have been tough and it all comes to a head when they realise they've hit roc...

"GET BACK YOU EIGHT-LEGGED FREAKS!!!" Bronwyn is back this week to help me re-live a movie I've not watched in over a decade - Eight Legged Freaks (2002) Chris (David Arquette) is returning to his hometown, his Father having tragically passed away and leaving him the owner of the town's mine. Sam the town's Sheriff, and as a single mother, is working hard at keeping her neighbours and her kids in...

We all need a friend. We're back in the 80's this week as I get to show JP a movie they've had on their list for a while - Pin (1988) Leon and Ursula grew up in quite a strict home. Their Mother was obsessed with keeping things clean and their Father, well, they had to earn his love. As such Leon became increasingly lonely, right up until the moment he made friends with his Father's anatomy doll -...

It's all fun and games until the glowsticks are covered in blood. Anje joins me again and this time they wanted to show me Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) Sophie and her girlfriend Bee are in the beginnings of their relationship when they decide to attend a 'hurricane party' at Sophie's oldest friend's house. Tensions are high right from the get-go as several of her friends never expected Sophie to sh...

What we wouldn't do to bring back those we've lost This week a brand new voice joins the Cherry Pop Horror family as Shane tackles a Lovecraftian nightmare with The Void (2016) The town is going bust, empty streets, abandoned buildings and a hospital that's close to fully burnt down. Sheriff Daniel and his ex-wife Alison broken up after a dire situation turned fatal but now they must work together...

There's just something about the way the walkway wiggles that makes me uncomfortable. Sam has come back and despite the fact we couldn't do their first choice we came to a fun and exciting alternative with Underwater (2020) Nora (Kristen Stewart) is an engineer aboard the drilling rig Kepler, at the base of the Mariana Trench. There's a sudden shake that rattles the station, flooding and destroyin...

Sit down to a plate of barbeque as the Texan heat rolls on in. Pip returns this week to help me tackle one of the legacy slashers - that's right it's time for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) After several instances of graverobbing Sally & Franklin decide to return to their family home, bringing with them a group of friends to make something of a road-trip out of it. The old beat up house ha...

We're bundling up with many layers this week as there's a chill on the wind. Jess D returns this week to take a look at a naughty's low-budget road trip with Wind Chill (2007) There once was a Guy and a Girl (Emily Blunt) but sadly they didn't have names. Through happenstance they ended up driving together both, supposedly, on their ways to meet up with family for the holidays. But after they're r...

It had such potential. Kat D returns again and as per the usual we've found a weird and wacky movie to take a look at - Slotherhouse (2023) Emily wants desperately to be the President of her sorority just like her Mum was. So in a bid to get more Instagram followers and thus surpass the previous President, the very bitchy Briana, Emily buys a sloth from a poacher and convinces the girls to let it...

"Are they dead?" "Does it really matter?" This week we welcome a brand new member to the Cherry Pop Horror family, Alice and this week it was their first time watching - The Addams Family (1991) The Addams' are a strange bunch - they're 'monsters', 'fiends', 'creatures' but more than anything they're family. Gomez, the father of the house, laments at the falling out he had with his brother a good...

Fisherman don't dive cause it's better to go fast. Eve has joined me again to check out an Irish horror movie - Sea Fever (2019) Siobhan is a marine biologist and much prefers her studies to the laborious chore of people but when it's made clear that she'll not pass her course unless she goes on a practical expedition she laments. Agreeing she boards a down-on-its-luck fishing vessel. Due to the h...