Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

Founder and Editor in Chief of Horror Screams Video Vault

★★★★★ ‘Earns a deserved place in the recent boom in Irish horror’ Moving Pictures Film Club ★★★★ ‘Genuine shocks’ Starburst ★★★★ ‘Well worth seeking out!’ Movies in Focus On Halloween night 1998, Northern Ireland TV veteran Gerry Burns teams up with popular new children’s presenter Michelle Kelly to investigate poltergeist activity in a reputedly haunted house in Belfast. Light entertainment turns to horror when an unseen terror reveals itself. Combining found footage horror, folklore and a nostalgia for regional television, Haunted Ulster Live recreates a familiar world of 90’s light entertainment which, much like Belfast itself during the Northern Ireland Troubles, is…

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BayView Entertainment, LLC have released the horror film Bae Wolf in Black & White on Digital Platforms including to rent/buy on Amazon Prime Video worldwide. “It takes a monster to fight a monster.” A black & white version of this re-telling of Beowulf. Bae Wolf in Black & White is from Director David Axe and the film stars Jennifer Hill, Morgan Shaley Renew and Rachel Petsiavas. Synopsis: Now in fabulous Black & White! It’s the year 500 A.D. in deepest, darkest Denmark. A jealous, decapitating monster — the unstoppable Grendel — terrorizes the drunken revelers of mead-soaked Heorot. Fearless Princess Freawaru and her sidekick,…

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UTOPIA DIVES INTO UNCHARTED TERRITORY WITH US ACQUISITION OF HOT SPRING SHARK ATTACK HOT SPRING SHARK ATTACK MAKES ITS US PREMIERE AS THE OPENING NIGHT SELECTION AT THE CHATTANOOGA FILM FESTIVAL UTOPIA, the award-winning independent studio known for arthouse gems such as Pet Shop Days, Shiva Baby, The Sweet East, Holy Spider, and Red Rooms announced they are plunging into new waters today with the acquisition of Hot Spring Shark Attack (aka Onsen Shâku). Utopia has acquired North American rights to the “unhinged” Japanese shark film and are planning a summer 2025 rollout. The deal was negotiated by Candace Tan on behalf of Utopia and Akiko Uchida of King…

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Untouchables Entertainment Debuts First Look at THE DARK DOMAIN: MVW MICKEY-VS-WINNIE The Ultimate Public Domain Children’s Icons Become Monsters & Go Head to Head in First Teaser Trailer Untouchables Entertainment is thrilled to unveil the first teaser trailer for Glenn Douglas Packard’s highly anticipated “versus” horror film, The Dark Domain: MVW Mickey-vs-Winnie. This chilling new addition to the emerging public domain horror sub-genre pits two beloved childhood icons against each other in a monstrous battle for survival. The Dark Domain: MVW Mickey-vs-Winnie marks the first public domain crossover film. The chilling new teaser trailer unleashes the first glimpse of the grotesque birth of…

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BayView Entertainment, LLC have released the horror film The Transparent Woman on Digital Platforms including to rent/buy on Amazon Prime Video in the USA and Canada. Winner of Best Original Score and Best Composer at the Global Music Awards. Nominated for Best Music for an Italian Film and Best Italian Composer at the Premio Italian Composer. The Transparent Woman is from Director Domiziano Cristopharo and the film stars Roberta Gemma, Arian Levanael and Giovanna Nocetti. Synopsis: Anna is a beautiful and fiercely independent blind woman. Due to financial problems, her husband Carl has to sell their city apartment and they move into…

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