Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

This year is the 169th anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe’s death and while many of his works have been interpreted over the years in various mediums, it is perhaps his narrative poem The Raven that many are familiar with. First published in 1845, Poe’s poem has left an impression on many throughout the world and now The Raven will fly once more. Director Damian Draven’s interpretation aims to peel back the skin in a word for word immersion of Edgar Allan Poe’s poetic masterpiece. His hope is to create the go to movie for Poe fans and a modern audience.…

Take the techno-paranoia of Black Mirror, add the intergalactic body horror of John Carpenter’s THE THING, adapt them into a VHS board game, and wrap it all up in a bitingly satirical Christmas-movie package, and what do you get? AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS recently had its European Premiere at Arrow Video Frightfest Film Festival in London in August. Dark Sky Films have announced that they will be bringing the movie to theaters and VOD in America. AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS comes from British director Johnny Kevorkian and co-starring David Bradley of Game Of Thrones, Doctor Who, and Harry Potter fame. “Sharp and twisted.”…

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…