Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

With the horror film festival market growing in the UK it may be of surprise to some of you that The Darkside Magazine (available at all good newsagents or just subscribe HERE) have their own festival. Now in its second year, this years DARKFEST festival, appropriately named DARKFEST 2 has an excellent line-up and of course guests will be attendance as well. PLUS they will be launching the latest Dark Side book British Horror Films – Beyond Hammer And Amicus, the third in the great Ghoulish trilogy. Now onto the films expected to show: DRACULA (1958), HORROR HOSPITAL (1973), CARRY…

Filmed in Northern California, DEATH KISS stars Robert Kovacs (who has gained attention for his uncanny resemblance to well-known action star Charles Bronson), Daniel Baldwin (JOHN CARPENTER’S VAMPIRES), Richard Tyson (KINDERGARTEN COP, TWO MOON JUNCTION), Eva Hamilton (horror fest fave RUIN ME), Stormi Maya, Leia Perez, Reese Austyn, and Sam Story. DEATH KISS concerns a vigilante with a mysterious past who goes to a crime-infested city and takes the law into his own hands, at the same time protecting a young mother and her child. Writer-director is Rene Perez (PLAYING WITH DOLLS: HAVOC). Producer is Jeff Miller (THE TOYBOX, OUIJA…

NETFL!X AND KILL is the latest darkly hilarious offering from writer/director Kate Shenton, which tells the unlikely story of a psychopath and his victim… who spend all day sitting around watching television. Pitched as ‘Gogglebox with a horror twist,’ the web series is the first production under the Bubble Wrap Creations mantle, a partnership between Shenton and producer Baptiste Charles. The series reunites the award-winning director with Adam Rhys-Davies and Nic Lamont, stars of her hugely popular horror feature EGOMANIAC. Each episode features an homage to a different horror villain, from Pinhead to Freddy Krueger, placing the series firmly in…

It has been announced that the World Premiere of the mystery drama thriller WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE will be taking place on 22nd September 2018 at the 2018 LA Film Festival. The film is based on the acclaimed novel of the same name by Shirley Jackson and stars Taissa Farmiga (Higher Ground, The Nun), Alexandra Daddario (San Andreas, Percy Jackson Series, Baywatch), Crispin Glover (Back to the Future, What’s eating Gilbert Grape, Alice in Wonderland), and Sebastian Stan (Captain America, Black Panther, Avengers). Synopsis: Two sisters live secluded in a large manor and care for their deranged uncle.…

FACE OF EVIL ** USA 2016 Dir: Vito Dinatolo 90 mins This is a movie of two halves and if you make it through the first half you might be pleasantly surprised. Private Jay Williams (Scott Baxter), (N.B: note the characters surname for future reference) returns home from the middle East after a long and arduous tour of duty to a party thrown in his honour by his friends and family. After a while his ex girlfriend turns up and they go off together to “make up”. After drinking some dodgy Arabic liqueur the ex becomes infected and basically goes…