Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

Founder and Editor in Chief of Horror Screams Video Vault

Eric Bana stars as the eponymous Chopper, Australia’s most notorious and celebrated criminal figure, in what’s been lauded as the “performance of a lifetime”.  This brutally gripping true-crime feature received critical acclaim on its original release in 2000, and now Andrew Dominik’s directorial debut is available as a Limited Edition Blu-ray from Second Sight Films. It is also available in a Standard Blu-ray format. Dominik’s (Blonde, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) shocking and darkly entertaining film takes us into the violent world of Australia’s most infamous figure – Mark ‘Chopper’ Read – who conquered Victoria’s brutal underworld single-handedly, in a film based on his…

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VIPCO & BayView Entertainment have released the horror film Dismal, which is now available on Digital Platforms worldwide. Dismal will arrive on AVOD Digital Platforms worldwide on 28th May 2024. For fans of The Hills Have Eyes, Hatchet, and Wrong Turn. Synopsis: Dana is failing Biology. To pass she must attend an extra credit assignment with several classmates that will lead them into a remote region of the Great Dismal Swamp, a place teeming with life… and death. While the group keeps one eye out for hungry bear, deadly snakes and lurking gators, they are unaware of the real danger.…

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  HOLLYWOOD HORROR ROYALTY DESCENDS ON THE NORTH WALES COAST     Rhyller Thriller; Rhyls first horror film festival gets its sequel this May with Rhyller Thriller 2: Revenge Of The Thriller. This May 18th Rhyller Thriller returns with its second major event at Rhyl town hall, with a host of horror films and guests it is an event sure to attract all who love the genre. This year’s headline attraction is British writer and director Neil Marshall, creator of possibly the best werewolf movie ever made in Dog Soldiers (which will be shown at the event alongside Marshalls scare-filled masterpiece The Descent). Neil is…

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VIPCO & BayView Entertainment have released the found footage horror Moth, which is now available on Digital Platforms worldwide. Moth will arrive on AVOD Digital Platforms worldwide on 28th May 2024. The Mothman legend originating from West Virginia folklore dates back to 1966, In the nearly 60 years since a local claimed to see a man-sized bird creature, the tale has taken on a life of its own and is just as much a subject for compelling speculation as other cryptozoological creatures such as Bigfoot, El Chupacabra, and The Loch Ness Monster. Synopsis: Thora, a university professor, decides to travel…

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Multi-Award Winning British Team Behind Cult Hit DEAD AIR Team Up with Multi- Award Winning New York Creator for Spooky Comedy Horror Web Series FRIGHTSEERS Multi-award winning team behind cult hit Dead Air Peter Hearn (writer/producer) & Geoff Harmer (director/producer) announce their collaboration with multi-award winning New York actress & creator Candice Palladino (Blink, The Great Charade, It’s Daisy May), for the new spooky comedy horror web series FRIGHTSEERS now almost 70% funded on Indiegogo. Written by award winning filmmaker Peter Hearn (Scrawl starring Star Wars: The Force Awakens Daisy Ridley), FRIGHTSEERS consists of 42 female-led, interconnecting live action webisodes…

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