Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

Founder and Editor in Chief of Horror Screams Video Vault

THE NURSERY ** USA 2018 Dir: Christopher A. Miklos & Jay Sapiro 87 mins In the never ending universe of movies trying to jump on the bandwagon of Hollywood horror blockbusters like INSIDIOUS, THE RING and THE CONJURING we have yet another example of how a poor script, mediocre acting and the directors insistent over egging of the suspense can make a fairly solid idea go horribly wrong. Ranae (Madeline Conway) is a young woman grief stricken by the loss of her mother a year ago. She takes a job babysitting the 3 month old boy of a couple, with…

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Insanity is the best way to describe the Brazilian horror movie PAZUCUS: ISLAND OF VOMIT AND DESPAIR, the latest limited edition release from SRS Cinema. It is unlike any movie you probably have ever seen before. “One of the most radical and controversial films of the festival “. ” loved or detested, admired or misunderstood, this delusional independent production earned its director, Gurcius Gewdner, the award to Best artistic achievement of the 1th rare film festival “. Carlos (played masterfully by actor Marcel Mars) is a poor bastard haunted by his own feces that, because of the daily pressure of an…

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Uncork’d Entertainment will be bringing the acclaimed horror film EUTHANIZER (written/directed by Teemu Nikki) to theaters this July. Cinema Scope says that the film “keeps you on your toes” . and Birth.Movies.Death says that EUTHANIZER provides “a film experience completely different than you’d find in mainstream cinema” . Synopsis: Veijo runs a black-market operation euthanizing people’s ailing pets to make extra money. It is clear he has dark secrets, but only after meeting a young nurse and a seedy mechanic (who’s mixed up with a vicious gang of neo-Nazis) that Veijo’s carefully balanced, albeit deranged, life begins to show cracks. Things turn…

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CALL GIRL OF CTHULHU **** U.S.A. 2014 Dir: Chris LaMartina 92 mins Being no stranger to the works of H.P. Lovecraft and loving splatter-esque type movies I knew I was in for a fun ride with this movie. From Chris LaMartina director of the 2010 slasher movie PRESIDENT’S DAY, comes a story of a virgin artist who falls in love with a call girl. Carter Wilcox (David Phillip Carollo) is awkward around women but when he sees call girl Riley Whatley (Melissa O’Brien), he falls madly in love with her. The only way to get to see her is by…

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Vinegar Syndrome are back with another month of releases. Below you can check out what they have set for release this JULY 2018. Order the July 2018 package and save 40% until the street date of 31st July 2018. VS-234: 5 Film 5 Years: Volume #3 [BD Set] *Limited Edition of 2,500* Over the past five years, Vinegar Syndrome have worked to find, restore, and re-issue some of the most eclectic, unique, and unjustly forgotten genre films from the greatest era for independent cinema, the 1960s through 80s. While their focus is always on preservation (and ALL of their restorations…

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