Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment have released a new adaptation of Hamlet, starring two-time Academy Award nominee and Shakespearian titan Ian McKellen. Hamlet is out now on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital Download. A tale of revenge that has stood the test of time, Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is reimagined for the modern day as a gripping psychological thriller! Transcending the confines of the stage in a uniquely modern spin, the film utilises nearly every room of the Theatre Royal Windsor to transform it into the immortal Elsinore Castle, from basement dungeon to roof-top battlement. Ian McKellen, reprising his lead role as Hamlet, a man who descends…

‘Genuine scares, a fitting cast and a strong adherence to verisimilitude from Bum-sik’s direction… a haunting experience that’s bound to spook a few frights’ Eastern Kicks ‘If I wanted to define the perfect horror movie, it would have to be this one… I’ve never been more scared in my whole life’ Korea.net A reality show becomes all too real in Jung Bum-shik’s Korean found-footage fear-fest Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum. Now you can discover what really happened at the haunted hospital as Second Sight Films brings the acclaimed horror to Limited Edition and Standard Edition Blu-ray on 24th June…

Hell has no mercy in Hellhound, an adrenaline-fuelled action-packed thriller from director Joshua Dixon (Never Back Down: No Surrender, Blue Family) in his bold feature debut. The film is out now on Digital release from Miracle Media. In the heart of Bangkok, seasoned hitman Loreno (Louis Mandylor – My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, Rambo: Last Blood) is ready to retire but finds himself reluctantly drawn back into his deadly work for one final hit. Lending a hand to an old friend, Cetan (Vithaya Pansringarm – Thirteen Lives, A Prayer Before Dawn), he agrees to hunt down a ruthless local…

Get ready for the most gleefully supercharged action film you’ll see all year. Bill Skarsgård stars as Boy, a deaf-mute with a vivid imagination, driven by his inner voice, one which he co-opted from his favourite childhood video game. He avows revenge after his family is murdered by Hilda Van Der Koy, the deranged matriarch of a corrupt post-apocalyptic dynasty that left the boy orphaned, deafened, and voiceless. Boy trains with a mysterious shaman to become an instrument of death and is set loose on the eve of the annual culling of dissidents. Bedlam ensues as Boy commits bloody martial arts mayhem, inciting a…

LISA FRANKENSTEIN *** USA 2024 Dir: Zelda Williams. 101 mins Frankenstein fans are eating good in 2024. The year kicked off with the multi-Oscar-winner Poor Things (2023) that had Emma Stone putting a darkly funny feminist spin on Frankenstein’s monster as the infant-brained Bella Baxter. Meanwhile, Guillermo del Toro confirmed that he’s working on his Frankenstein adaptation for Netflix. In the middle of this lies Lisa Frankenstein, the subversive, neon-lit tribute to Mary Shelley’s Gothic masterpiece with a dash of 80s nostalgia and a bonus nod to Shelley’s equally Gothic poet husband Percy Shelley. Expect a lot of zany violence,…