Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

ON THE TRAIL OF BIGFOOT **** USA 2019 Dir: Seth Breedlove. 160 mins Small Town Monsters return with another search for a mysterious creature that people have claimed to have seen for years. Throughout its 6 short episodes that run around the half hour mark, Seth Breedlove takes you on a journey as he explores the legend that is Bigfoot. Featuring accounts by Bigfoot enthusiasts who have witnessed the hairy beast stomping across America. There is still little in the way of evidence of Bigfoots existence as is evident throughout this series, but we do get to hear some supposed…

Principal production has begun on the scenic psychological thriller PARADISE COVE. The Martin Guigui-helmed feature is now filming in Los Angeles with leads Mena Suvari (American Beauty, American Pie, “American Horror Story”) and Todd Grinnell (Netflix’s “One Day at a Time” and “Grace and Frankie”) at the mercy of “True Blood” and “Once Upon a Time” alum Kristin Bauer van Straten. In PARADISE COVE a contractor and his wife (Grinnell, Suvari) head to Malibu to flip his late mother’s beach house and are terrorized by the deranged homeless woman (Bauer van Straten) living underneath. PARADISE COVE is the latest feature…

THE MERMAID’S SONG (a.k.a. Charlotte’s Song) (a.k.a. Mermaid’s Song) *** Canada 2015 Dir: Nicholas Humphries 88 mins Billed as a dark homage to Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Little Mermaid” this kind of follows on from the original tale. The mermaid made her life on the land, married and had five daughters. After her untimely passing her husband, who continues to run the family bar and dance show starts to struggle financially. Set in Oklahoma in the 1930’s during the depression, widow and father George is forced to ask for help from a gangster who agrees only if they…

A man of the cloth turns Jurassic in Wild Eye Releasing’s THE VELOCIPASTOR – coming later this year from the reputable genre label! Ahead of the home entertainment release in August, the Brendan Steere written/directed film will have a special midnight screening/ Q&A at the Texas Frightmare Weekend on 3rd May 2019. Synopsis: After a devastating family tragedy, a priest travels to China to find deeper spirituality, but instead is endowed with an ancient ability that allows him to turn into a dinosaur. At first, he is horrified by his newfound superpower, but a local prostitute convinces him to use…

HOUSE OF EVIL *** Italy 2017 Dir: Marco Ristori, Luca Boni 83 mins HOUSE OF EVIL is set in the early 1970’s and follows a young couple, John a keen photographer and Kate a budding artist. Wanting to breath some freshness into their life they move from the bright lights of the city and move into a home in the countryside. At first things are fine especially with the news that Kate is pregnant with their first child. It is not long till the happy family dynamics change as things happen around the home and John becomes distant and dark.…