Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

LAST AMERICAN HORROR SHOW * USA 2018 Dir: Michael S Rodriguez. 82 mins There’s a slightly queasy element of fanboy wish-fulfilment in this feeble anthology’s casting of Felissa Rose as a lonely horror fan with an impressive movie collection and a “Fulci Lives” sticker on her laptop. Rose, at least, is characteristically spirited as the star of the wraparound story, welcoming a blind date to her home and declining his preference to watch a nice faith-based / feel-good movie by showing him horror movies instead. This leads into a trio of amateurish shorts, starting with “Homewrecked”, in which a gang…

SHED is an independent horror movie with skin-stealing monsters. But really, it’s about love. A tiny crew of lunatics made SHED in Columbia, South Carolina in late 2018 … during a hurricane. SHED is bloody, sexy, weird and transgressive. Written, directed, produced & edited by David Axe, writer & producer of THE THETA GIRL. Starring Mike Amason & Sanethia Dresch. Effects by Lisa Ashworth & Brandon McIver. Music by Matt Akers. “This is definitely a movie for gorehounds not to miss.” – Without Your Head “There is a feeling of otherworldliness here, a dreamlike feel that is immediate.” – The…

Filmmaker Jeff Payne had the horror community a buzz with his creepy nightmare, THE PALE FACED LADY. Now an announcement has been made that a sequel isn’t far away. The first installment was a stylistic scary short film that left us all wanting more scares.  All we can tell about the upcoming, THE PALE FACED LADY 2 is what’s in these exclusive photos (below), the rest is a mystery. What new direction are you taking THE PALE FACED LADY in with this sequel? “The first one was more narrative driven, giving you the setting, a bit of the story, and what…

Arrow Video continues its mission to unearth the very best in weird and wonderful horror obscura from the golden age of US independent genre moviemaking, Arrow Video is proud to present the long-awaited second volume in its American Horror Project series co-curated by author Stephen Thrower (Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents). Starting off with a little-seen 1970 offering from underrated cult auteur John Hayes (Grave of the Vampire, Garden of the Dead), DREAM NO EVIL is a haunting, moving tale of a young woman’s desperate quest to be reunited with her long-lost father – only to find…

TINGLEWOOD **** Australia 2009 Dir: Alexander von Hofmann. 17 mins A slickly shot and edited, ruthless short horror from Australia, this is constructed around an ill-fated camping trip taken by a satisfyingly unsympathetic family. The oldest kid has an unhealthy obsession with insects, looks like he’s aspiring to be a serial killer and is mean to his kid sister. Dad relishes the chance to freak out his own daughter with the old Tale of the Hook campfire story routine when night falls. Both parents are savaged by a nocturnal attack of toothy, vicious creatures. The tense build up pays off…