Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

Founder and Editor in Chief of Horror Screams Video Vault

With Halloween behind us, the holidays are right around the corner. You better watch out, because Fright-Rags is coming to town with KRAMPUS and CREEPSHOW merchandise. Survive this Christmas with Fright-Rags’ exclusive KRAMPUS collection. The line includes three new shirts, a reprint of a classic design, gingerbread man socks, and six enamel pins, including an antique bronze-style KRAMPUS bell pin. Fright-Rags has released strange, eerie, terrifying CREEPSHOW apparel. The TV series has received two new shirts, plus two enamel pins based on a pair of the first season’s most memorable monsters. KRAMPUS and CREEPSHOW collections are on sale now…

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Phantasmagorical Canadian supernatural horror WELCOME TO THE CIRCLE written and directed by David Fowler (writer of Born in China and Penguins documentaries) and starring Heather Doerksen (PACIFIC RIM), Matthew MacCaull (TOMORROWLAND, STAR TREK BEYOND) and Taylor Dianne Robinson (TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN) tells the story of a young girl and her father who fall prey to a secluded, madman-worshiping cult situated deep in the woods. Trapped in a maze of demented mind games and deadly supernatural rituals, their only chance of survival seems an impossible task: Escape The Circle. Michael Khazen produced for High Deaf Productions, alongside Andrew Francis and…

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The terrifying spectre of ‘The Hangman’ returns in this nightmarish sequel to smash-hit supernatural thriller THE GALLOWS. Synopsis: When Auna Rue, a teenage vlogger and aspiring actress, logs onto a sinister website, she’s soon trapped in the malevolent world of cursed stage play, The Gallows. After performing a passage from the play for her tiny online fan base, Auna instantly achieves the stardom she seeks – as well as a twisted challenge from the deadly spirit of The Hangman himself… Let terror grip you in this fear-inducing sequel, produced by the company that brought you the box-office phenomenon…

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One of the rarest and most highly sought shot on video release out there, Paul Knop’s CHLOROFORMED is being released by SRS Cinema in a (very) limited edition Blu-ray. Six tantalizing tales about the “The Phantom Photographer” who wanted to take some very “unique” shots of five lovely ladies, all wearing bikinis, posing like they had just been murdered. Needless to say, the models didn’t particularly care to pose for such photos. A slight “whiff” of chloroform provides “the perfect solution” to his problems. CHLOROFORMED will be released in a limited edition (50 only) Blu-ray with orders shipping late…

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This November, Christian Oliver (“Sense8”, House of Good & Evil) and Larisa Oleynik (“Mad Men”, 10 Things I Hate About You) come face to face with hirsute terror in John Woodruff’s highly-anticipated horror throwback, ANIMAL AMONG US. Don Frye, Christine Donlon, Jonathan Murphy, Erin Daniels, Heather Tom, Jasmine Dustin, and Whitney Davis star in a film by John Woodruff. Written by Jonathan Murphy. Produced by Murphy, Woodruff and Cara Kidwell. Synopsis: Fifteen years ago, two teenage girls were murdered at Merrymaker Campgrounds. The case was filed as an animal attack, the camp was condemned, and the killer never found.…

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