Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

As many people are surely aware by now, WB Events is no more. This was the company behind the horror conventions that was in several U.K. cities including the capital of England. While the closure of these horror conventions will be a massive blow to horror fans and traders there is a light at the end of this dark tunnel. Popcorn Horror runs Glasgow Horror Fest which is now in its fourth year. Since 2011 they have showcased and promoted indie horror creators and they have an offer on right now for anyone affected by the closure of the WB…

Award-winning filmmaker Robert Logevall and writer Abram Makowka invite you to experience a young man’s descent into decadence and darkness. THE PURGE’s Rhys Wakefield hatches a killer plan in THE GRAND SON, premiering on digital this August from Uncork’d Entertainment. Synopsis: High in the Hollywood Hills, Tod and his sister, Lani live a charmed life in mansion of their grandmother, a former movie star now hosting a home shopping show with failing ratings. She sees her grandchildren as spoiled and entitled and when Tod senses that his lifestyle is in jeopardy he hatches a diabolical plot to keep the home shopping…

From rising director Chee Keong Cheung comes REDCON-1 – a horror thriller driven through with genuine relentless fight action and bristling with real military hardware, as a crack team of soldiers must battle through a zombie filled Britain in a race against time to find a cure. Directed by Chee Keong Cheung (12, Bodyguard: A New Beginning), REDCON-1 stars: Oris Erhuero (Sometimes in April, The Cursed Ones), Carlos Gallardo (El Mariachi, Desperado), Mark Strange (Batman Begins, Stan Lee’s Lucky Man), Joshua Dickinson (Mirror), Akira Koieyama (Street Fighter Assassin’s Fist, Sense8), Katarina Waters (Karate Kill, Impact and former WWE wrestler) and…

Discover suspense, terror and everything in between as Signature Entertainment and the UK’s leading horror fantasy film festival FrightFest, team up to launch FrightFest Presents, an all-new venture geared to delivering the best in undiscovered genre features to the UK audience and world stage. So far 6 titles have been announced and they will all be shown at this years festival (DETAILS HERE). Below are the details of the films that are going to be released in this new venture. PHASE ONE: COMING TO UK SCREENS THIS SUMMER & TO UK HOMES FROM THIS AUTUMN Directors: Justin P. Lange and…

Horror anthology BLOOD CLOTS starring The Silence of the Lambs’ Brooke Smith has hemorrhaged its way to a release on VOD this August! BLOOD CLOTS is a collection of horror stories curated by Freedom Cinema, consisting of shorts by New York distributor Hewes Pictures. Featuring cannibals, zombies and other funny creatures, the anthology stars many recognizable actors such as Brooke Smith (“The Silence of the Lambs”), Harry Sinclair (“Lord of the Rings”), Madalina Bellariu Ion (“Young Pope”) and Kristin Slaysman (“The Last Tycoon”, “Masters of Sex”) among many others. The collection is made up of seven short, gore-filled stories that will surely…