Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

Founder and Editor in Chief of Horror Screams Video Vault

LOST CHILD **** U.S.A. 2018 Dir: Ramaa Mosley. 96 mins When troubled young soldier Fern (Leven Rambin) returns to her home town to try and find her estranged brother in a bid to make amends for their traumatic childhood she comes across a young boy living in the woods. She takes him in but soon starts to believe in the superstition and rumours warning of demons in the woods taking on the form of lost children so they can feed on their human hosts over the course of years. Is this boy a demon in disguise or is his true…

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Writer-director Nathan Leon’s PRODIGY, nominated for 4 ICFF awards including best picture, premieres on VOD this December from Uncork’d Entertainment. PRODIGY, stars Tyler Roy Roberts (“Z Nation”), Cory Kays (Looking for Andrew) and King Amir Allahyar (Façade) and was written and directed by Nathan Leon. Synopsis: Erik Black is a broken soul due to the loss of his wife. He spends his days alone and self-medicating. All of that changes when his estranged son asks him to help him reach an undisclosed destination. There, he says, he will receive a divine message he believes will change the course of humanity.…

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Making its World Premiere at Cannes Film Festival and garnering rave reviews at other major festivals, Iain Ross-McNamee’s gothic chiller CRUCIBLE OF THE VAMPIRE is set to arrives in UK cinemas in February 2019, followed by a home entertainment release on dual format DVD and Blu-ray and on digital platforms courtesy of Screenbound Entertainment. Starring British acting favourite Neil Morrissey (Line of Duty, Men Behaving Badly), alongside rising stars Katie Goldfinch and Florence Cady, this brooding vampire tale gives a strong nod to classic British horror greats and the genre defining Hammer Horror films. ‘There’s something of a retro Golden Age…

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Following our review of the found footage horror BUTTERFLY KISSES (Review Here) we can premiere an EXCLUSIVE song that was made specifically for the film’s closing credits by Steep Steps. The video was inspired by the film and was produced by BUTTERFLY KISSES producer Carlo Glorioso and together with the song and the images in the video it makes one chilling video. Look out for the Peeping Tom! Film Synopsis: Found footage and urban legend come together in chilling fashion in this unsettling film, shot on location in Ellicott City, Maryland. Gavin York, a wedding videographer sorting through used tapes,…

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AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS, the must-see, critically acclaimed British sci-fi horror of the year arrives in UK Cinemas and on Premium Video on Demand early December as well as on DVD and Blu-ray in the U.SA. making it the perfect antidote for Christmas! “A rare and cutting British entry” – Kim Newman “A perfect blend of scathing satire, brutal horror and shocking sci-fi” – Horror Channel A powder keg of throat-grabbing suspense, Cronenbergian intensity and mind-bending body horror from Johnny Kevorkian, the director of The Disappeared, and BAFTA-nominated Jack Tarling, the producer of God’s Own Country. The film stars Sam Gittins, Neerja…

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