Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

MALUM **** Italy / USA 2023 Dir: Anthony DiBlasi. 92 mins A young and inexperienced police officer is assigned to work the final shift at a recently closed down police station. Her main goal is to investigate the suspicious circumstances surrounding her father’s death and the potential involvement of a dangerous cult. As she delves deeper into her investigation, she begins to uncover dark secrets about her family’s past which she never saw coming. As the night progresses, the rookie officer is faced with a series of chilling and inexplicable supernatural occurrences that shake her to the core. Strange noises,…

EXHUMA **** South Korea 2024 Dir: Jang Jae-hyun. 134 mins As was evident from The Wailing, Korean spiritual horror can be unnerving and atmospheric perhaps more so than the overdone Catholic horror subgenre in the West. There’s something nerve-racking about a shaman dancing to rhythmic drums and slashing through dead pigs, hoping to cleanse wrinkled corpses of malevolent spirits. While The Wailing did set a very high standard not just for South Korea but for exorcism-core horror on a universal level, director Jang Jae-hyun’s 2024 horror Exhuma comes off as a close competitor. The ambitious near 140-minute runtime gives way…

Acclaimed filmmaker, podcaster, and movie journalist Rick Danford creates a love letter to the horror films and classic radio shows he enjoyed as a child. BayView Entertainment LLC is proud to announce its distribution of the upcoming film, The Clock from writer-director Rick Danford. The thriller tells the blood-curdling tale of strange things that happen when a couple bring an ancient Grandfather Clock into their home. Will they solve the mystery of its sinister origins before time runs out?! Released under BayView Entertainment’s VIPCO label, the film pays homage to the many creepy, creaky old house horrors Rick Danford enjoyed as…

BayView Entertainment have released the Documentary Alien Elite: UFO Defenders Of National Security on Digital Platforms worldwide. Alien Elite: UFO Defenders Of National Security will arrive on AVOD Digital Platforms worldwide on 25th June 2024. Alien and UFO docs continue to top the watch lists of all platforms! Synopsis: The UFO enigma has entered a new era with recent government and military disclosures but their interest in UFOs isn’t new, for decades special projects within the defense industry have been pursuing hidden agendas relating to advanced alien technology that are still unknown to the public. Èxplore these classified…

VIPCO & BayView Entertainment have released the action comedy thriller film A 75% Carnage, which is now available on Digital Platforms worldwide. A 75% Carnage will arrive on AVOD Digital Platforms worldwide on 30th July 2024. From award-winning director Ivan Brusa. Italian language film. Synopsis: 30-year-old Mattia Villa is alone in a world that, according to him, is falling apart with no hope in sight. One day he meets Federica, a girl who involves him in a dodgy plan: carry out massacres in the country’s main cities. All to send a signal. The truth, however, is something else entirely. …