Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

Artsploitation Films has announced the North American release of the shocking Chilean horror film TRAUMA. The third feature from director Lucio A. Rojas, TRAUMA has screened at Horror Hound Film Festival, the Vancouver Badass Film Festival de Canada, Morbido Film Fest and the Optical Theatre Festival in Italy, where Rojas took home the award for Best Film. Rojas hits hard with TRAUMA, a cinematic depiction of the horrors committed by the Pinochet regime and the visceral cycle of abuse that followed its fall. Synopsis: A shocking, brutal tale that blends the dark history of Chile’s recent repressive dictatorial past with the seemingly modern…

At the start of AFM, Artsploitation Films has announced it has acquired the US and Canadian rights to Drew Barnhardt’s American independent, RONDO. The film World Premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival earlier this year to a bevy of enthusiastic reviews and sold out audiences. The deal was negotiated by Bill Straus of Bridge Independent and Ray Murray of Artsploitation Films. Synopsis: Paul, a troubled young veteran, is told by a psychiatrist that sex is the solution to his dependency and drinking problems. But things turns out otherwise as Paul and his sister are sucked into a criminal underworld where…

It has been a busy few months for the folks at Artsploitation Films and now they have announced another upcoming release, the English-language Swedish Horror/Comedy BLOOD PARADISE from producer-director provocateurs Andréa Winter and Patrick von Barkenberg. Synopsis: Reeling after her latest novel flops, best-selling crime writer Robin Richards (Winter) is sent by her publisher to the Swedish countryside to regain inspiration. There alone, she comes across an assortment of peculiar characters, including her driver and most obsessive fan, his explosively jealous wife, and the progressively more unhinged man who owns the farm that’s hosting her. Totally out of place in her new…

Put another log on the fire, drink your Mulled wine, it’s going to be a killer Christmas! The terrifying backstory of the yuletide slaughterer Krampus comes to digital and DVD this November with KRAMPUS ORIGINS, from Uncork’d Entertainment. Synopsis: The first World War rages on when a group of American soldiers find a mysterious artifact that can summon the ancient evil of the Krampus. After the men are killed in action, the artifact is sent to the commanding officers widow who is a teacher at a small-town orphanage. The orphans accidentally summon the Krampus, and the teacher and her pupils…

Charisma Carpenter (Buffy, Angel), Josh Hopkins (Cougar Town, “Quantico”) and Madison Horcher (Adventures in Babysitting) star in MAIL ORDER MONSTER, writer-director Paulina Lagudi’s “cool, kid appropriate Frankenstein-esque drama” (Dove), available for unsealing this November! Synopsis: After witnessing her mother’s death 3 years ago with her best friend PJ in the car, 12 year old Sam Pepper has never been able to move on. Her reclusive nature and nerd table membership leaves Sam an easy target for bullying. Trauma and puberty cause Sam and PJ to not only grow apart but become rivals. PJ bullies Sam through ostracizing and humiliating her…