Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

Founder and Editor in Chief of Horror Screams Video Vault

We go Underground for a dose of devilishly disturbing terror in this award-winning, relentlessly gripping, hen-do-turned-horror. Directed by Lars Janssen and co-written and co-produced by Charlotte Dawn Potter, this brand-new British thriller is out now on UK Digital, courtesy of Miracle Media. A group of girlfriends head off for a night of wild abandon to celebrate a final night of freedom as one of them prepares to walk down the aisle. But they soon get way more than they bargained for as the drinks, dancing and full-throttle celebrations become terribly twisted when a wrong turn finds them trapped underground and…

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Castle Duckula, home for many centuries to a dreadful dynasty of vicious vampire ducks… The Counts of Duckula! Terrifying until now…the current Count is a vegetarian vampire with a desire for showbusiness! Count Duckula: The Complete Collection includes all 4 series of this classic Cosgrove Hall animation in a 7-disc set which is out now on DVD in the UK courtesy of Fabulous Films. “Count Duckula was The Rolling Stones to Danger Mouse‘s Beatles” Den of Geek Airing between 1988 and 1993 Count Duckula is a spin-off of the Cosgrove Hall classic Danger Mouse (in…

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VIPCO & BayView Entertainment have released the Asian horror film The House Of The Serpent, which is now available on Digital Platforms worldwide including on Hoopla in the USA. The House Of The Serpent will arrive on AVOD Digital Platforms worldwide on 30th July 2024. Takahashi gained prominence in the horror genre with collaborations with director Hideo Nakata on films such as “Don’t Look Up” (1996) and “The Ring” (1998), contributing significantly to the J-horror boom. His other screenplay credits include “Serpent’s Path” (1998, directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa), “Orochi: Blood” (2008, directed by Norio Tsuruta), and Netflix’s “Ju-On: Origins” (2020, directed…

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‘Perfectly captures the feel of a pre-scream slasher movie’ – Grimoire of Horror ‘A bloody love letter to a bygone era written with the tip of an axe… nothing short of impressive’ – Film Threat Pack your bags for Final Summer – an ’80s-inspired summer camp slasher that sees a group of camp counsellors fighting for their lives against a masked killer. This blood-squirting, brutally brilliant horror is the impressive directorial debut from John Isberg– who also writes and co-produces the film – and is out now on UK Digital, courtesy of Miracle Media Limited. We head back to 1991, after a long summer of…

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A cult classic, The Crippled Masters, newly restored from original 35mm archival elements, will be available 23rd July 2024, during Disability Pride Month, in a special collector’s edition on Blu-ray and DVD from Film Masters. An unusual Kung Fu film from the grindhouse era, it was originally released internationally in Mandarin in 1979 as Tiān cán dì quē, later released in the U.S. in 1982. Known for its inventive fight scenes, the film led to two sequels. Directed by Chi Lo aka Joe Law (Magic Swords, Hong men xiong di, Hei lung), the film tells the story of two martial arts artists, one who has lost both arms and…

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