Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

Dustin Mills Productions, the production house that brought you THE PUPPET MONSTER MASSACRE and EASTER CASKET, is proud to present the trailer debut for their upcoming horror extravaganza SLAUGHTERHOUSE SLUMBER PARTY. This is DMP’s most ambitious project yet, with a cast of both new and familiar faces and incredible makeup and effects by Marcus Koch (MOHAWK, WE ARE STILL HERE, the AMERICAN GUINEA PIG series) and Dustin Mills himself. Writer/Director Dustin Wayde Mills will be joined by the following to make SLAUGHTERHOUSE SLUMBER PARTY: Brittany Blanton (DON’T FUCK IN THE WOODS, KILL DOLLY KILL) Joni Durian (HAUNTED HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW,…

The highly anticipated KING COHEN, the true story of writer, producer, director, creator and all-around maverick, Larry Cohen, will receive a full theatrical run across the U.S – including Los Angeles and New York – beginning 27th July courtesy of Dark Star Pictures. Cohen, best known for resourceful low-budget horror and thriller films that combine social commentary with prerequisite scares and welcome humor, is responsible for celluloid classics including BLACK CAESAR, IT’S ALIVE, Q: THE WINGED SERPENT, and THE STUFF (a personal favourite of mine – Peter ‘Witchfinder’ Hopkins). He was also a major player in the Blaxploitation films of the…

THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME – A Graphic Novel H.P. Lovecraft stories are always a fascinating read and The Shadow Out Of Time is a story that sees the reader go across space and time with the main character Nathaniel Peaslee. The original story was written by Lovecraft between November 1934 to February 1935 but would not be published until 1936 in the June issue of Astounding Stories. Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee is a man who becomes possessed by a Yithian, an ancient species that existed on Earth many years ago. Their survival is only possible by inhabiting the bodies of…

GHOST STORIES ***** UK 2017 Dir: Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman. 98 mins A very British horror anthology, cleverly adapted from the West End show for the big screen. It pivots around a familiar sceptic character – Andy Nyman’s paranormal-debunking Professor, first seen exposing a conman psychic – but has fun playfully subverting our expectations of the format while finding fresh directions for the old ghost story trope of the “unreliable narrator”. A staunch believer of the concept that “the eyes see what the brain tells them to see”, Nyman is requested to interview three men who will allegedly alter his…

Severin Films invites you to the bloodiest beach bash of the year. THE HORROR OF PARTY BEACH is ready to rock viewer’s eyeballs in sparkling HD, leaving no grain of sand unstained by the gory aftermath of it’s shock-and-roll shenanigans! In 1964, 20th Century Fox released an independent shocker – shot in two weeks for $50,000 outside Stamford, Connecticut by local producer/director Del Tenney – advertised as ‘The First Horror-Monster Musical’. More than 50 years later, this “absolute classic of exploitation cinema” (Legends Magazine) returns like you’ve never seen or heard it before. Synopsis: When nuclear waste dumped into the…