Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

Producer Aaron M. Lane oversees a new restoration of the first 3 of 10 episodes of the syndicated late night offering Cinema Insomnia slated to be released in retro-styled DVD packaging on 17th September 2019 from East Coast based physical media nostalgia juggernaut, ALPHA VIDEO/OLDIES.COM. In the wake of the VHS collecting craze, comes a new trend of mostly thirty-somethings who claim that the DVD format–from their 1990’s and early 2000’s childhoods–is their preferred medium. That’s right, after disappointments with streaming services like Netflix and the puffed up costs of criterion-type Bluray-releases, many obsessive video pirates miss the cheap, plentiful,…

The Masters of Modern Horror – George Romero and Dario Argento – bring you an unprecedented pair of shockers inspired by the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. In Romero’s The Facts In The Case Of Mr. Valdemar, a conniving wife (Adrienne Barbeau of THE FOG) and her lover use a hypnotic trance to embezzle a fortune from her dying husband, only to receive some chilling surprises from beyond the grave. Then in Argento’s The Black Cat, a deranged crime scene photographer (Harvey Keitel of FROM DUSK TILL DAWN) is driven to brutal acts of madness and murder by his girlfriend’s…

Dark Star Pictures have released a new trailer for the sci-fi thriller EMPATHY INC. Yedidya Gorsetman’s sci-fi thriller tells of an investor in a VR startup discovers that the reality the company provides isn’t virtual. Hotshot venture capitalist Joel has a multimillion-dollar deal go up in smoke, and he and his actress wife Jessica are forced to move in with her parents and start from scratch. At the lowest and most desperate moment in his life, Joel meets old friend Nicolaus and his business partner Lester, who are seeking investors in a new technology known as XVR—Xtreme Virtual Reality—from their…

END TRIP *** USA 2018 Dir: Aaron Jay Rome. 85 mins “I have to change my personality for every new person I meet…” Although the climax slides a little into the routine, this well acted, taut contemporary thriller is more complex and thought-provoking than the central scenario might initially suggest. Chummy U-RYDE, app-accessible cab driver Brandon (Aaron Jay Rome), in a relationship with a fiancée of three years, charms a variety of passengers on his late night routes from flirty females keen to rate him five stars to a regular British bloke who seems all too eager to find him…

From the effects team behind HARRY POTTER, and acclaimed filmmaker Simon Wells (CARNIVORE: WEREWOLF OF LONDON) comes rousing fantasy-adventure DRAGON KINGDOM, on Digital this September from Uncork’d Entertainment. To save their Kingdom from the Dark Lord’s army, a mighty and courageous legion of warriors must travel through the forbidden lands fighting the fearsome fire breathing monsters of The Dark Kingdom, a land that swallows all who enter, in order to rescue their King. Ross O’Hennessy, Ben Loyd-Holmes, Rebecca Dyson-Smith, Zara Phythian, Jessica-Jane Stafford, Jemma Moore and Mike Mitchell star in a wondrous special-effects showcase that breathes fire and leaves a…