Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

The Pompeywood Genre Film Festival returns for its 5th year! Pompeywood is to highlight the work of independent, low or no budget, filmmakers in Portsmouth, Hampshire, the UK, and across the world. The principal focus of the festival is within the Horror genre and for short films (under 17 minutes) but also invites submissions for awards for other genres including science fiction, thrillers and comedy. The format of the event will be a screening before a live public audience and will include screenings of selected short films, question and answer panels with filmmakers cast and crew, two feature films, and…

If you’re tired of safe, polished, watered-down horror, Twisted Tales of Madness and Murder Presents is here to drag you screaming back into the gutter where horror belongs. Created and written by Rick Tobin, this brutal audio anthology podcast channels the raw spirit of 1970s grindhouse cinema and classic late-night radio drama, then cranks the violence, madness, and psychological tension up to eleven. Every episode drops listeners into a new story where morality collapses, people snap, and the darkness inside ordinary lives finally claws its way out. There are no safe endings here. No sanitized villains. No polite storytelling.…

A new slasher is entering the battlefield of modern horror — and it’s bringing something far more dangerous than just a knife. Deathstalker Productions has released the first teaser trailer for A Soldier’s Descent, an intense new slasher film that fuses brutal genre thrills with a grounded look at the psychological aftermath of war. The teaser immediately establishes a bleak and unsettling tone: fractured memories, suffocating tension, and a growing sense that the real battle may only be beginning. At its core, A Soldier’s Descent aims to do something rarely attempted in the slasher genre. The film has been described…

In the latest episode of the Dreadful Dialogue Podcast, actor James Pratt (Eyes of Salt) joined hosts Alyse and Kristen to dive into his role as Tepes in the recently released horror film Texas Nightmare. The film which is inspired by the style of David Lynch features a well-established cast including Sadie Katz (Clutch), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Eva Hamilton (Ruin Me), Randy Charach (Vanished), and Lew Temple (The Walking Dead), with direction by Michael Merino (Acceleration). Pratt opens up about the making of the film, sharing insights from filming in Topanga Canyon, his portrayal of Tepes, and what makes…

‘A great sense of immersive… caught me by sinister surprise in a great way!’ Horror Fuel ‘Powerful performances. Tauginas shines as the haunted hero navigating a world turned upside down’ Franetic Mixing found footage with a classic narrative filmmaking style, Mirror Life fires a warning shot at the scientific community trying to play God. From writer-directors Brian Kazmarck (Terminal Legacy) and Kazy Tauginas (The Equalizer 2, Dolemite Is My Name) comes an unsettling cautionary tale that serves as a haunting reminder: don’t mess with nature or it might bite back… Following its acclaimed release in the…