Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

Dark Sky Films are proud to announce that POSSUM the directorial debut of Matthew Holness will be arriving this November in US cinemas and on digital platforms. Writer/Director Matthew Holness wrote and starred in Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace before moving into directing. His short films include Smutch, A Gun for George and The Snipist. POSSUM is his first feature. As an author, his short stories have appeared in several anthologies including Phobic: Modern Horror Stories, The New Uncanny: Tales of Unease and Protest: Stories of Resistance for Comma Press. As an actor, he has appeared in The Office, Life’s Too Short,…

GHOSTS OF DARKNESS (a.k.a. House Of Ghosts) *** UK 2017 Dir: David Ryan Keith 82 mins Two paranormal investigators receive an invitation to Richmond Manor, a haunted house who’s ghostly inhabitants have been responsible for countless gruesome deaths over the years. On their arrival they are greeted by a mysterious man who informs them that they have been chosen by the owner of the manor to uncover the truth about these murders and offers them the princely sum of fifty thousand dollars each if they are successful. The two men have never met before and probably never would have under normal…

Part gothic fairytale and part chilling horror, director Justin P. Lange’s debut feature THE DARK balances rich imagery with a brutal and bloody story of unlikely kindred spirits who must defend themselves against the villainous powers of the ‘normal’ world. Starring Nadia Alexander (USA’s The Sinner, Netflix’s Seven Seconds), Toby Nichols (Netflix’s Iron Fist, Trumbo) and Karl Markovics (The Counterfeiters) in a film that DEFLIP SIDE said: “Reminded me of the best of Guillermo del Toro. ” Film Synopsis: On the outskirts of a small town lies Devil’s Den, a mysterious tract of woods where many have entered but no one has ever…

DEATH KISS **** USA 2018 Dir: Rene Perez. 87 mins A graduate of the PLAYING WITH DOLLS franchise, writer / cinematographer / composer / director Rene Perez has crafted an affectionate, highly enjoyable homage to 1970’s vigilante cinema – and specifically, the post-DEATH WISH career of Charles Bronson. He brilliantly casts Hungarian actor Robert Bronzi as a character known only as “K” and bearing an uncanny resemblance to Bronson; the dubbing of his voice also adds to the retro exploitation vibe. Structured around Daniel Baldwin’s talk radio condemnation of the justice system, the story sees Bronzi’s unsmiling, monosyllabic, six-shooter-wielding “Stranger”…

octOber is a terrifying short horror film that gives a new reason to fear the month that Halloween built. It’s actually a breathtaking sequel to Dark Red’s septeMber, which was released a few months back (NEWS HERE). Jeff Payne, Mason McDonald, Tabitha McDonald, and Dustin Miller are the creators of septeMber and octOber, which is only the beginning of a series of short films that will scare the life out of you, month by month by month. They also made the fan film, Michael Myers versus Jason Voorhees, that pays and incredible homage to the characters of HALLOWEEN and FRIDAY…