Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

Founder and Editor in Chief of Horror Screams Video Vault

Small Town Monsters Asks: “What is a Skinwalker?” New Doc Dives Into Firsthand Accounts from the American Southwest The Skinwalkers: American Werewolves 2 Bows 6th April On Cable VOD and Digital HD Available Exclusively on Blu-ray/DVD from Small Town Monsters Documentary production company Small Town Monsters (Minerva Monster, MoMo: The Missouri Monster, On the Trail of Bigfoot, On the Trail of UFOs) have announced their first release of 2024: The Skinwalkers: American Werewolves 2. The Skinwalkers: American Werewolves 2 will be available on all major VOD platforms nationwide 6th April 2024. A Blu-ray (SRP $19.99) and DVD (SRP ($14.99) will…

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MIDSUMMER SCREAM, the World’s Largest Halloween and Horror Convention, Returns to Southern California July 26th-28th 2024 Passes on Sale Beginning March 2nd 2024 for Three Days of Fright-Filled Fun; Limited-Time Special Rate for General Admission Passes Available Credit “Suspiria Vilchez for Midsummer Scream” It’s never too early to begin thinking about Halloween, and thousands of haunt-lovers will get first looks at what this year’s spooky season has to offer during MIDSUMMER SCREAM, which announced its return to the Long Beach Convention Center July 26th to July 28th 2024. Passes for Midsummer Scream will be available beginning Saturday at www.MidsummerScream.com, with a…

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‘A gruelling, gutsy suspense ride… gore cuts deep… Patrick Stewart brings an almost Shakespearean edge to the drama… drew gasps from the audience – myself included’ ★★★★★ Mark Kermode, The Observer ‘Jeremy Saulnier is among the most inventive, versatile filmmakers working in low-budget, indie genre movies… a riotous, rough-hewn and rousing punk reinvention of ’70s-style grindhouse exploitation-with-a-brain-cinema’ ★★★★ Empire ‘The gore is great… how can you resist a film that, metaphorically, throws Simon & Garfunkel, Fugazi and Slayer into the same moshpit? Fast and funny, the whole thing’s a bit of a scrum Dive in and feel the…

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Bjartsýn films are thrilled to announce that the Icelandic thriller Natatorium by first-time feature director Helena Stefánsdóttir will have its North American Premiere at SXSW on 8th March 2024. Natatorium is directed and written by Helena Stefánsdóttir produced by Sunna Gudnadóttir for Bjarstýn films and financed with support from the Icelandic Film Center and the Finnish Film Foundation.    Natatorium follows eighteen-year-old Lilja who visits Áróra and Grímur, her estranged grandparents, in the city as she undergoes auditions for an international art performance group. When her father, Magnús and his younger sister Vala, two of Áróra’s and Grimur’s four children, find out about Lilja’s stay in the family…

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Vertigo Releasing is delighted to share the new trailer and artwork for thriller American Star, which is out now in UK Cinemas & on Digital Platforms (Curzon Home Cinema, Apple TV, Amazon, Sky Store, Virgin, YouTube, Rakuten, Microsoft). Directed by Gonzalo López-Gallego (Apollo 18, The Hollow Point), the film, as its name suggests, boasts an all-star cast of Golden Globe Award-Winning actor Ian McShane (Deadwood, American Gods, John Wick franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean:On Stranger Tides), Fanny Ardent (The Woman Next Door, Elizabeth), Nora Arnezeder (Faubourg 36, Safe House) and Thomas Kretschmann (Resident Evil: Apocalypse, King Kong II). American Star is written by Nacho Faerna (The Mother, Summer in the University) who wrote…

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