Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

A SERIAL KILLER’S GUIDE TO LIFE *** UK 2019 Dir: Staten Cousins Roe. 81 mins Katie Brayben is a lowly shopworker who spends her evenings scrubbing the back of her ageing, senile mum when she gets home and clings on to the dream of going kite surfing in the Caribbean. Patronised by her peers in her dead-end seaside hometown, she is also addicted to lame self-help gurus. At one such event, she meets Poppy Roe, an eccentric on a mission to become famous by wiping out the most deserving elements of this self-improvement wankery. Both set off on a “voyage…

Kew Media is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of thriller feature ISABELLE on UK digital platforms from 30th September. Starring Adam Brody (The O.C., Shazam!, Sleeping with Other People), Amanda Crew (Silicon Valley, The Age of Adaline), Zoë Belkin (Carrie, Kiss & Cry) and Sheila McCarthy (The Umbrella Academy, The Day After Tomorrow), the haunting psychological thriller is directed and produced by Rob Heydon (Ecstasy) and written by Donald Martin (Never Too Late, Milton’s Secret). A Wanting Film Inc production, ISABELLE is about an all-American couple whose dream of starting a family is shattered after they move into the…

Continuing the twistedly vicious adventure of Lucky McKee’s cult hit THE WOMAN, DARLIN’ sees Pollyanna McIntosh (The Walking Dead) emerge as a stand-out star both in front of and behind the camera in a stunning writing-directing debut. Found at a Catholic hospital filthy and ferocious, feral teenager Darlin’ (Lauryn Canny,Limbo) is whisked off to a care home run by The Bishop (Bryan Batt, Mad Men) and his obedient nuns where she is to be tamed into a “good girl.” However, Darlin’ holds a secret darker than the “sins” she is threatened with, and she is not traveling alone. The Woman…

From the minds of Luigi Cozzi (CONTAMINATION) and Daria Nicolodi (SUSPIRIA) comes PAGANINI HORROR a slash-tastic piece of cheesy Euro-horror that could only have been made in the 80s! 88 Films are proud to present this bonkers slice of Italian cult cinema, a camp classic in the making, ripe for re-discovery and destined to be your new favourite worst movie, now even more outrageous thanks to this rocking 2k restoration. Synopsis: An all-girl Rock group head to a remote villa for a music video shoot, they are in desperate need of a hit single and purchase sheet music from…

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premiere streaming destination for exclusive and original genre entertainment, have announced that it will present the streaming debut of TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID, the highly acclaimed genre-bending film from writer/director Issa López this Thursday, 12th September. The film will be available for all Shudder members to stream in the U.S., Canada, UK and Ireland. A haunting horror fairytale set against the backdrop of Mexico’s devastating drug wars, TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID follows a group of orphaned children armed with three magical wishes, running from the ghosts that haunt them and the cartel that murdered their parents. Filmmaker…