Luis Pomales-Diaz

Jan 25, 2025 | horrorpress.com | Luis Pomales-Diaz

The theme for this month here at Horror Press is “Based on a True Story,” and in my eyes, no franchise better encapsulates the core tenet of that corner of the horror genre than The Conjuring Universe. Let me be very clear: the tenet in question is “This is based on abject lies made by charlatans, but someone wrote a book about it, so it counts,” but nothing wields that approach with quite as much gusto as James Wan’s 2013 movie The Conjuring and the nine-film franchise it spawned.

Jan 22, 2025 | horrorpress.com | Luis Pomales-Diaz

The alternate title for this article was “Exploiting Abuse for Ghost Stories, Profit, And Fun”, but I figured that would be too much of a downer. I am a skeptic about the paranormal. I always have been, and I probably always will be. Do I wish all ghost hunters out there find something other than the occasional sparkly orb? You bet. Do I want the Mothman and all his precognitive, disaster-causing diva moments to be real? I have the themed sweatshirt to prove it.

Jan 15, 2025 | horrorpress.com | Luis Pomales-Diaz

Jigsaw, John Kramer’s Jigsaw specifically, is a wonderfully controversial character. Opinions on him are heavily polarized: you either think he’s a complete crackpot with a flawed moral compass and horrible methods (hey, that’s me!), or you think he’s a justified if not profoundly broken person who targets flawed individuals and genuinely believes he’s doing the right thing (hey, maybe that’s you!).

Dec 20, 2024 | horrorpress.com | Luis Pomales-Diaz

At this point, it feels a bit trite doing retrospectives on the year at the beginning of my articles. What can I say? 2024 was a long year packed with chaos and horror. I am glad 2025 is going to be…well, it’s not going to be 2024; at least we can say that!Having time to mull over my thoughts on the films I saw last year, I had difficulty paring down my best from the multitude of films I saw.

Dec 11, 2024 | horrorpress.com | Luis Pomales-Diaz

Welcome back to Horror 101, a series of articles where we explain horror movie legends and their lore. For beginners, the confused, or just those who need a refresher, these articles are for you. It is certainly ironic to be close-minded as a horror fan. What do you mean you’ll watch fifteen terribly made movies in a week but then turn your nose up at something 20 minutes longer than your usual runtime? (That one was aimed at me, so if you caught a stray, apologia).