Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

Described as ‘Shaun of the Dead meets La La Land’ (First Showing) this is a brilliantly bonkers, Bafta-nominated zom-com musical, from the creator of the internet smash Ryan Gosling Won’t Eat His Cereal. Synopsis: When a zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven, Anna and her friends must fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing hellish snowmen, an undead Santa and bloodthirsty elves in a desperate race to reach their loved ones hiding out at their local high school. Ryan McHenry, the brains behind the internet Vine smash hit ‘Ryan Gosling won’t eat his cereal’, won…

88 Films are pleased to present two classic 90s horror titles on special edition UK Blu-ray for the very first time. These thrilling sequels provided fresh follow-ups that satisfied fans of the much-loved originals, and now these impressive releases are set to terrify all over again with stunning new HD presentations and stacks of special features. CANDYMAN: FAREWELL TO THE FLESH A true horror icon returns in this buzzin’ UK Blu-ray edition of CANDYMAN: FAREWELL TO THE FLESH. The sequel to Clive Barker’s original 1993 shocker, this 1995 follow-up brings legendary hook-handed bogeyman Tony Todd back once again to spill the…

Third is the word. Three sheets to the wind. Three’s a crowd. Queer as a three dollar bill. The three Rs’- reading, writing, and rock-n-roll. You’ve heard it all, but you haven’t seen it all. That’s where Scumdance comes in. Now in its third year, Reno, Nevada’s Scumdance film festival features some of the finest underground movies around. Scumdance is proud to be part of Reno’s yearly held premier arts festival, Artown. Scumdance Film Festival has opened its submission process for the 2019 festival season. They are in search of feature films and shorts in the following areas: Horror |…

BOAR *** Australia 2017 Dir: Chris Sun 96 mins Amongst farms of the Australian outback roams a mutant boar of epic proportions, frolicking around tearing down farmers fencing and snacking on the locals. This crazed beast has developed a ferocious appetite for human flesh and is not afraid of anyone! Probably not the best time for Debbie (Simone Buchanan) to bring her entire family along for a reunion at her brother’s farm. I remember first hearing about this in 2015 at HorrorCon when I went to Bill Moseley’s Q&A. He mentioned in passing that he had just signed up to…

THE SON, THE FATHER… **** USA 2017 Dir: Lukas Hassel. 13 mins A visually striking short from writer-director Lukas Hassel, shot in Renton, Washington. The first, portentous image is of a fly buzzing around a whiskey glass. A sense of dread surrounds what should be an innocuous scene of a young boy (Lucas Oktay) walking home on his eleventh birthday, carrying a yellow balloon. Hassel makes subtly unnerving use of colour throughout. The birthday boy finds his alcoholic, overbearing mother – trapped in a constant battle for affection with his father – faking her death for the sake of (she…