Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

Founder and Editor in Chief of Horror Screams Video Vault

CRISIS HOTLINE ** USA 2019 Dir: Mark Schwab. 92 mins Simon (Corey Jackson) is already feeling bored and frustrated by his new job at the LGBTQ crisis hotline. Dealing with non-crisis calls that make his long nights feel even longer, he’s surprised when he get a call from a young computer engineer named Danny (Christian Gabriel). Danny tells him he’s going to take one OxyContin at a time, until he overdoses—but not before he shares why. What follows is a story of young love gone very wrong; Danny meets the man of his dreams, Kyle (Pano Tsaklas), online, and they…

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Donna McRae’s critically acclaimed LOST GULLY ROAD haunts US audiences this December. Out now on DVD and Digital from Wild Eye Releasing, the “gothic-tinged Aussie ghost story” (Filmink) stars Adele Perovic (The Code), Jane Clifton (Beast), and John Brumpton (The Loved Ones), with a mesmerising musical score by Clare Moore and Dave Graney. LOST GULLY ROAD tells the story of Lucy, a directionless young woman who travels to a secluded cottage in the forest to wait for her sister. With no television and little communication to the outside world she spends her days alone and drinking to pass the time.…

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JACK FROST *** USA 1996 Dir: Michael Cooney. 89 mins There were two movies called JACK FROST on release in the late 90’s, but this is the only one in which an evil snowman says “It ain’t fuckin’ Frosty” and decapitates a school kid for fun (the other one stars Michael Keaton and leaves you with the desire to decapitate a school kid). En route to his execution, a serial killer finds his evil soul transferred into the physical form of a snowman thanks to a freak accident. This gives him the ability to melt and freeze at will to…

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Since her fabulous role as Ethel in CRAZY FAT ETHEL (2016) Dixie Gers has been very busy in front of the camera with roles in the upcoming films TRULY, MADLY directed by Brian Dorton, the horror musical KILL DOLLY KILL, Tristan Clay’s INVERTED, and the hospital horror DEATH CARE. Now comes news that she has been very busy behind the camera as well with not only writing but also directing her first short film, PIGGY (from Headless Cat Productions) which she also stars in. PIGGY was selected as a semi-finalist for the Women In Horror Film Festival, although it won’t…

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