Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

CHRISTINE **** USA 1983 Dir: John Carpenter. 110 mins Carpenter followed the critical and commercial failure of THE THING with the safer option of a Stephen King adaptation in a prolific period for big budget King movies. Its strongest asset is Keith Gordon’s interpretation of one of King’s outcast teens: his Arnie Cunningham is an archetypal nerd with a bad haircut and gangly physique that get him frequently bullied by a gang of peers who nickname him “Cuntingham”. His transformation – via the 1950’s Plymouth Fury of the title – into an arrogant, womanising bastard and, ultimately, a cackling psychopath,…

HORROR HOUSE follows on from its successful run on The Monster Channel, and makes the jump to The Vortexx. HORROR HOUSE is a Australian horror series featuring the very best of Australian short horror films and independent horror of the future. Hosted by Count Funghoula (David Black) and Mistress Boobiyana (Tritia DeViSha). The first episode showed the kangaroo zombie short film WATERBORNE (2014), the 3 minute short film KALI GEISHA EROTICA GROTESQUE (2015), Nicholas Burgess’s THE TALE OF BETTY BOOTS (2010) and DARK METAMORPHOSIS (2018). Further episodes will be shown on The Vortexx, episode 2 on 12th October and episode…

First there was HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES. Then there was THE DEVIL’S REJECTS. Now, writer-director Rob Zombie presents the next blood-soaked chapter in the most violent crime saga in movie history, 3 FROM HELL. To celebrate the upcoming release of Rob Zombie’s 3 FROM HELL on Digital Download, Blu-ray and DVD, Lionsgate UK would like to welcome fans of the ‘Firefly Family’ franchise to a very special, one-off advance screening of the film on 11th October at the Genesis Cinema in London. This screening will include a video intro by series star Bill Moseley (Otis Driftwood). Tickets are free of…

One of the rarest and most highly sought shot on video releases out there, Paul Knop’s V IS FOR VAMPIRE, comes back in limited edition Bluray and VHS. Synopsis: Laura Manning, the world’s number one author of vampire novels, is sponsoring a once in a lifetime contest. She has issued an open challenge for photographers to capture the most lurid and realistic, vampire-inspired portraits with the opportunity for the winning snapshot to adorn the cover of her latest novel (also entitled “V Is For Vampire”). The contest piques the interest of two unique photographers from the same media agency,…

MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN **** USA 2019 Dir: Alexandre O. Philippe. 95 mins Writer-director Alexandre O. Philippe’s feature documentary career has often nodded to the horror and sci-fi genres and their fanbase, notably with EARTHLINGS: UGLY BAGS OF MOSTLY WATER, DOC OF THE DEAD and 78/52. As with the latter study of PSYCHO’s shower scene, MEMORY covers well-ploughed territory as it examines the background behind Ridley Scott’s still-stunning 1979 ALIEN. We get a familiar refresh of its origins in 50’s monster movies (notably IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE) and Lovecraft, alongside H.R. Giger’s input in the ever-evolving script.…