Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD **** UK 1971 Dir: Peter Duffell. 97 mins Despite the title (director Duffell favoured DEATH AND THE MAIDEN), this is an unfashionably bloodless 1970 horror film and also one of Amicus’ best anthologies. Robert Bloch’s script is ripe with self-referential humour, beginning with the framing story in which an estate agent named Mr. Stoker (John Bryans) sets up the four tales to come as he recalls the horrors that befell past tenants of an isolated old country house. “Method For Murder” is an EC Comics-style twisting mystery suggesting Bloch had the same professional fears and…

HIGH ON THE HOG *** USA 2019 Dir: Tony Walsh. 85 mins An incredibly potent strain of weed has hit the city causing mass hysteria and a fair few violent deaths. Federal agents are on the case and are targeting a small town farmer who is growing weed on his families farm to make ends meet and sending it to the city to sell. Big Daddy (Sid Haig) is actually a kind man, respects his papa and takes in abused women, all he wants to do is be left alone alone to grow his weed and reap the rewards with…

THE MUMMY REBIRTH ** U.S.A. 2019 Dir: Khu, Justin Price 80 mins The Mummy Rebirth follows two treasure hunters, Noe (played by Carter) and Daniella (Brittany Goodwin), who inadvertently awaken a cursed mummy with the power to bring about the end of the world. The film opens in ancient Egypt with a conversation between Sebek (Shamel Hashish) and Reheema (Taylor Carter), who have been together through many lifetimes and are about to meet their end in this one. Before they are cornered and killed by a group of masked men, Sebek vows rebirth and revenge on this world when he…

This August, Midnight Releasing will set free WICKED WITCHES, the creepy, witchy new horror jaunt from The Pickering Brothers. Duncan Casey, Justin Marosa and Samantha Schnitzler star in WICKED WITCHES a film that Gorefuck Blog called “extremely entertaining and pretty damn evil”. Synopsis: After being thrown out of his home by his wife for being promiscuous, Mark finds himself back at Dumpling Farm, a place of youthful memories and parties, but things aren’t quite right. His old buddy Ian, who has never left the place, is possessed by a group demonic, flesh eating Witches. Using Ian and his farm,…

THE NIGHT SITTER *** USA 2018 Dirs: Abiel Bruhn, John Rocco. 88 mins This neon-lit, synth-fuelled, dark comedy tells the story of a young boy, his ghost-hunting father, and his new babysitter. Kevin (Jack Champion), is a reclusive, quiet kid whose father (Joe Walz) is leaving him with “Amber” (Elyse Dufour) while he goes on his first date after the death of his wife. But not everything is as it seems (obviously). “Amber” isn’t Amber at all, but a con artist who plans on robbing the house with some friends. Kevin is being haunted by three witchy entities, and his father…