Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

Founder and Editor in Chief of Horror Screams Video Vault

From the mind of Aaron Mahnke, creator of the award-winning Lore podcast, comes Wellington, a five-issue comic book series delving even deeper into Lore’s dark side of history! Written by New York Times bestselling author Delilah S. Dawson (Star Wars) with Aaron Mahnke, featuring artwork by Piotr Kowalski (The Dark Tower) and colors by Brad Simpson (The Witcher), this fear-fraught tale – debuting December 2019 – introduces the creature-hunting Duke of Wellington, investigator of the most thrilling mysteries and monsters found on the smash hit podcast! “History and folklore are deep wells, and they are honestly a fiction writer’s dream…

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PERFECT SKIN is a horror thriller from director Kevin Chicken and writer Dusan Tolmac. Recently released on Digital formats, this title involves a psychopathic tattoo artist, who targets a beautiful, young Polish woman for his next work-of-art. Kidnapping her, Bob hopes to utilize her flesh, to create a macabre and permanent creation. This title stars Richard Brake (3 from Hell), Natalia Kostrzewa (The Looking Glass) and Jo Woodcock. PERFECT SKIN’s story is set in London. Here, a mysterious tattoo artist (Brake) turns his attention to a woman, whose unblemished skin could be the perfect canvas. However, Katia (Kostrzewa) likes the…

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From director Simon Edwards (Blaze of Glory) comes 6 HOT CHICKS IN A WAREHOUSE. Shot partially in Norfolk, U.K. the film pits several attractive models against each other, for the pleasure of a demented photographer. Part action and part horror, 6 HOT CHICKS IN A WAREHOUSE stars Diana Prince, of The Last Drive In fame. Sabine Crossen (Predator Dark Ages), Jessica Messenger (Wasteland), Jade Wallis and Emma Lock star as some of the beautiful women, forced to fight in a series of cage matches. Indican Pictures will release this exciting thriller this September, on home entertainment formats. Official Synopsis: Adrian,…

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The iconic scenes and sequences from seminal sci-fi horror ALIEN are firmly embedded in film history and popular culture: the creepy eggs and HR Giger designed spacecraft on a long dead planet; the pivotal facehugger attaching itself to one of the crew of the Nostromo; the shocking chest-bursting sequence and much, much more… But while we may all now know that “in space, no-one can hear you scream”, how did Ridley Scott and the creative team come up with the ideas for a blockbuster that changed both the horror and sci-fi genres and truly terrified audiences around the world? As…

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THE CASE OF THE BLOODY IRIS (a.k.a. What Are Those Strange Drops of Blood Doing On Jennifer’s Body?) **** Italy 1972 Dir: Anthony Ascott (Giuliano Carnimeo) 94 mins This hugely enjoyable giallo opens with one possible inspiration for the elevator murder in De Palma’s DRESSED TO KILL: a cool blonde woman is stabbed, her throat sliced by a mystery killer clad in mask, Fedora and yellow gloves. She’s the second victim in a lavish high-rise and next under threat is sexy model Edwige Fenech, while the crimes are (poorly) investigated by a suspect-beating police commissioner and his comically inept sidekick.…

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