Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

Independent Found Footage Horror Film “The Waiting Man” Launches Kickstarter to Fund the last part of the budget for filming in 2026. Filmmakers Carl Sundström & Nathaniel Pellikka Erlandsson invites audiences to help bring this nightmare to the screen. Carl Sundström and Nathaniel Pellikka Erlandsson has officially launched a Kickstarter campaign for The Waiting Man, an independent horror film about the streamer TOMNI who gets targeted by The Waiting Man. The campaign aims to raise $3000 to fund the production. ABOUT THE FILM The Waiting Man tells the story of a streamer, TOMNI, who saw a strange man outside his…

White Raven Films will be premiering their new short film Forty Five at Horror-On-Sea Film Festival in the UK on the 23rd January 2026. We have more details of the film and its screening below. Synopsis: The film follows Boyd Fallon, a grieving father desperate to find his daughter’s killer three years after her death. With the police making no progress, he hires a private detective. Along the way, Boyd meets Father Vaughan, who hints that his daughter’s death may be connected to the Antichrist. As he pursues various dangerous leads, he eventually encounters a false prophet who offers…

VIPCO & BayView Entertainment have released the horror film Spirits In The Dark, which is now available on Digital platforms worldwide including on Plex and Tubi. From the team behind A Stranger In The Woods. Spirits In The Dark was Written and Directed by József Gallai. The film stars József Gallai, Ágota Dunai and Peter Cosgrove. Synopsis: After the death of his wife and newborn daughter, Gil lives a lonely and reclusive life, pursuing his only hobby: visiting abandoned, run-down houses with his camera and uploading his adventures to the internet. One day, however, his life is changed when he…

HEADLESS HORROR 3 – THE PRIEST’S REVENGE is a horror film being developed by Talent Image Entertainment Ltd (TIE) and Showman’s Productions. It is being produced in The Showman’s Studio in London. The crew and cast are as follows: Lisa Kate –  Executive Producer / Director Phil Mawdsley – Co-Producer / Co-Director / Actor Nicholas Barnes – Marketing & Promotional Manager Matthew Crisp – D.O.P / Cinematographer Andrea Sandell – Actor Susan Fordham – Actor Petrina Richardson – Actor Richard Jones – Actor A fundraiser has begun to help towards expenses such as travel and equipment and any donations are…

FRECKLED MAX AND THE SPOOKS (PEHAVÝ MAX A STRAŠIDLÁ) – 1987, Slovak Film Institute, 97 min. Dir. Juraj Jakubisko. “It all began under the Frankenstein castle. It was my tenth year with this circus troupe, and we were passing through a bleak territory of vampires, will-o’-the-wisps and water sprites,” observes young orphan Max (Martin Hrebeň), just before he runs away and hides out in the ruins of the nearby castle. There he discovers a rogues’ gallery of lonely monsters who’ve made it their home: gruesome but loveable Alojz (Eddie Constantine, Lemmy Caution from Godard’s ALPHAVILLE); the marvelous Ferdinand Mayne (Polanski’s THE…