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Saturday At The Movies: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Remember, not so long ago, that sense of excitement we all had heading into our local theatres, eager to re-visit characters named Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippen, Gimli, Legolas, Aragorn and Gandalf? By the...
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Mama Vs Schwarzenegger – Biff Bam Pop’s Box Office Predictions
He said he’d be back, and now he is. The question remains, does anybody care that Arnold Schwarzenegger is staring in a new action flick? Here’s our prediction: The Last Stand finds an aging...
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Schwarzenegger Flops, Mama Rocks – Biff Bam Pop’s Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up...
What happens when someone says they’ll be back…and nobody cares? Hi, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Thanks for showing up…in tenth place. That’s right, even with decent reviews, the former Terminator’s first...
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Hell Finally Freezes Over In Hellblazer #300 On The Wednesday Run – February...
If you’re a regular to Biff Bam Pop!, John Constantine, everyone’s favourite mystical hellblazer, needs no introduction. We’ve written about the character a number of times here, most recently with the...
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Saturday At The Movies: A Ghost Hunter’s Spoiler Filled Review of Mama
The other day, my friend and I went to a matinee showing of Mama. We were the only two in that theatre and hopefully no one heard our screams. Mama has enough surprises and twists to land on my...
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Exclusive Interview: Jovanka Vuckovic Talks The Captured Bird
Jovanka Vuckovic is one of the bright lights in the horror field today. The former Editor-in-Chief of Rue Morgue Magazine is the author of Zombies! An Illustrated History Of The Undead and the...
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Pacific Rim vs Grown Ups 2 – Biff Bam Pop’s Box Office Predictions
This weekend sees a massive sci-fi flick take on a comedy sequel. Which one, if either, will claim the top spot at the box office? Here are our predictions: Pacific Rim is the film geeks around the...
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Despicable Me 2 Overpowers Pacific Rim & Grown Ups 2 – Biff Bam Pop’s Weekend...
I put off doing the wrap-up report simply because all weekend long, the numbers were fluctuating. Often times the numbers and films switch, but this weekend seemed particularly close as to which movie...
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Airplanes, Biological Threats, Ancient Mythology, Horror And A Famous...
A quick anecdote: two Thursday evenings ago, I went out for dinner at a well-regarded pizza house in east end Toronto. The pie, a two-cheese blend with three types of mushrooms aside some green...
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31 Days of Horror: At the Mountains of Space Madness – Prometheus as Lovecraft
Science-fiction horror has had a rocky ride. It’s a genre filled with classics like The Thing and Pitch Black, and clunkers like “Doom”. But even if opinion on its artistic success was ultimately...
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31 Days of Horror – Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark 1973
As an adult, nothing should scare me any more, short of death, taxes, and, of course, The Bride. But as an aficionado of horror movies, there are some flicks that do get a rise out of me. There are...
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Oh Hell Yeah! Hellboy In Hell #1 And A Hell Of A Hellboy Megabundle On The...
If you’re a fan of the gothic horror, pulp adventure and/or fantasy genres in comic books, then the holiday season has come early for you. Yes! Happy Christmas. Happy Hanukkah. Happy Kwanzaa. Oh! Happy...
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Trailer Time: Pacific Rim
Who doesn’t love giant monsters? How about giant robots? Monsters fighting robots? Add in one of our greatest genre directors, Guillermo del Toro, and you have – Pacific Rim! You can keep your Man of...
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Steampunk Granny’s Preview of The Strain
I did a book review on Guillermo del Toro’s vampire trilogy a little over a year ago for Biff Bam Pop!. The review was on all three books: The Strain, The Fall and The Night Eternal. I love horror and...
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The Strain S01 E01: Night Zero
Air travel is the fastest route from point A to point B, which is on the plus side, but the negative side has passengers contending with rising costs, security checks, frequent flight cancellations...
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31 Days of Horror 2014 with Drew Nelson of “The Strain”
I’ve been doing the weekly recaps for “The Strain” and when Biff Bam Pop’s fearless leader, Andy Burns, asked if I would interview Drew Nelson who played Matt Sayles on the show. My reply was, “Holy...
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31 Days of Horror 2014 with Drew Nelson of “The Strain,” Part Two
I love being one of the senior writers on Biff Bam Pop!, I get to interview such interesting people. I left off on Part One of my interview with Drew Nelson, who played Matt Sayles on FX’s hit vampire...
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Fury vs The Book Of Life – Biff Bam Pop’s Box Office Predictions
Two new releases want you to pick them this weekend, but as we know, only one can hit the top of the box office. Which will it be? Here are our predictions: Brad Pitt has been making the rounds...
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TIFF’s Gothic Master Classes with Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro discussing his favourite Michael Jackson video, or not TIFF has this cool thing they do where they bring directors to Toronto and get them to talk about the films they themselves...
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“The Professor” Is In: Guillermo del Toro on Rebecca
He’s funny, disarming, a genial presence that belies the disturbing sensibility he harbours within. But even more than that, Guillermo del Toro knows his shit. TIFF’s been offering a series of Gothic...
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31 Days of Horror – Crimson Peak vs Goosebumps at the box office this weekend
It’s a big weekend at the box office, as two films with a decided October/Halloween flare make their way into movie theaters. Will either of them make it to the top spot at the box office, or will...
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31 Days of Horror 2015: Crimson Peak
I’m easy to please and, if a movie features aliens, zombies, or ghosts, then I’m right there. Sitting in the back row of a theatre with my coat collar pulled up around my neck in case I needed to...
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2016 Brings Us Back To The SWAMP THING #1 On The Wednesday Run
So, you made it, eh? You made it through the holidays intact and your back is no worse for wear, what with carrying all of those heavy Absolute and Omnibus editions of various comic book compilations...
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31 Days of Horror 2016: Guest writer Emily Klassen on The Orphanage
My passion for ghost stories has led me to watch countless horror flicks and boy, are a lot of them bad. I get it. Filmmakers want to make a ‘scary movie’; they come up with a premise, find a...
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Holiday Gift Guide 2016: Comic Book Collections Part 3
Over the last few weeks, we’ve highlighted a series of comic book collections that would make ideal gifts for your comic book loving friends and loved ones this season. You can find the first part of...
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TIFF 2017: The Shape of Water PLUS Red Band Trailer
The Shape of Water is, ah, shaping up to be the film of the year. Guillermo del Toro’s latest brilliant film just won the top prize, the Golden Lion, at the Venice Film Festival, and it’s a good bet...
View ArticleFaves of 2017: Graham Skipper, Actor and Filmmaker
Graham Skipper has appeared in films like Almost Human, The Mind’s Eye, Beyond the Gates, and Downrange. He also starred as Herbert West in Re-Animator: The Musical. Most recently, Skipper wrote and...
View ArticleThe Week In Horror: Rob Zombie, ‘The Shape of Water’ + ‘Rawhead Rex’
It was announced this week that Rob Zombie will be releasing a box set of all 11 of his solo albums on 180g vinyl, loaded with extras (listed below). This is a massive set for hardcore fans with deep...
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The Week In Horror: Fulci Comics, Halloween Trailer on the way, GTD figure +...
Hello, fiends! It’s time for another Week In Horror. I hope everyone has enjoyed the long weekend and thanked a vet, if you had the chance. So, not a lot going on the world of horror this week, but...
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31 Days Of Horror: Can Evrenol’s ‘Housewife’ is a Respectably Ambitious Step...
Maybe you haven’t watched Can Evrenol’s first film, Baskin, yet. If you’d like to do that before reading on, I’ll wait. That was nuts, huh? Maybe you’ll want a palette cleanser after that, something...
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From Paper To Film (Part 2 of 5) – Japer’s Crop Of DC Comic Characters That...
Word is quickly leaking out in regards to DC Comics parent company, Warner Brothers and its new direction when it comes to mining their stable of comic book characters and turning them into films....
View ArticleTrailer Time: Neil Marshall’s Bloody Vision of ‘Hellboy’ Gets A Red Band Trailer
The second trailer for Neil Marshall’s reboot of Hellboy is in the wild! Director Marshall has promised a darker, grittier adventure for the beloved character. Hellboy is rated R for bloody gore and...
View ArticleWill Poor Reviews Send ‘Hellboy’ to Box Office Hell This Weekend?
This weekend sees the reboot of a franchise that probably didn’t need one in the first place, and that’s already panned by everybody who’s seen it. It sounds like it’s going to be hell for Hellboy....
View ArticleThe Week In Horror: All Heads Turn As ‘The Hunt’ Goes Bye
You want horror? Lose your phone and laptop at the same time and then scramble to fix it all with different/older devices. *shudders* Not a great day, fiends. Anyway, here. We. Go… Universal has...
View ArticleThe Week In Horror: Clowns, Carnivals, and Haunts
How did you guys like our Week of Rob Zombie? Did you go back and rewatch any of his films leading up to the release of 3 From Hell? Did any of your opinions change? We also just had a Friday the 13th...
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Trailer Time: Netflix’s ‘Pacific Rim: The Black’
2021 sure is turning out to be a good year for kaiju fans, huh? With Legendary’s Godzilla vs Kong up for release this spring, the exciting announcement of Toho’s Shin Ultraman project in Japan (also...
View ArticleThe Week in Horror: Orca The Killer Whale, Pacific Rim, All the Moons, Blade
Hi, fiends! Welcome back to your weekly dose of horror news highlights from around the web. I have no idea who won the Super Bowl, because I re-watched Orca the Killer Whale, instead. A really nice...
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The Week in Horror: ‘Resident Evil’, ‘Malignant’, ‘Cuckoo’, + more!
It’s a special Labour Day edition of The Week In Horror, which means…I worked really hard on this one? Nah, that can’t be it. Anyway, this week’s news has scoops on the new Resident Evil reboot, a new...
View ArticleTrailer Time: Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley” to Scare Up Audiences...
It’s been a good few years since Guillermo del Toro won all the Oscars for The Shape of Water, and his rabid and somewhat obsessive fanbase have been eagerly anticipating his next cinematic offering....
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The Week In Horror: ‘Midnight Club’, ‘Prey’, ‘Becky 2’, + more!
We’ve got a packed house in The Week in Horror with lots of curiously Netflix-centric announcements and previews. New series from Guillermo Del Toro, Tim Burton, and Mike Flanagan, updates on the new...
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Review: Greatness Lies Within Guillermo del Toro’s “Cabinet of Curiosities”
When it was announced that Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, The Shape of Water) had attached his name to an anthology series called Cabinet of Curiosities, the hopes of lovers of spooky stuff around the...
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