Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

Founder and Editor in Chief of Horror Screams Video Vault

Horror icons A. Michael Baldwin (PHANTASM) and Tiffany Shepis (STRANGE NATURE) star in director Jeremy Sumrall’s wickedly bloody ode to ’80s horror, PICKAXE. Synopsis: The survivors of a series of brutal killings in a small town are forced to face a killer once again when a ritual resurrects him from the grave. PICKAXE is now available on digital and DVD from Wild Eye Releasing.

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Deranged Minds Entertainment, a self-founded independent production company run by two insanely passionate horror fan and film buffs have got a Indiegogo campaign running in hopes to gather funding for post-production on their latest film INVERTED. Tristan Clay and Destinie Orndoff previously wrote the 2017 slasher film RED EYE which Tristan Clay directed. The film landed distribution across America and was written by the pair at the age of 18. Now aged 22 they are on post-production for their second feature film, INVERTED. INVERTED is set in the 1970s, an off-the-grid satanic cult known as the “Inverts” kidnap four individuals…

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Following an acclaimed run on the independent film festival circuit, 501 Pictures and Public Displays of Affection, in a partnership with Epic Pictures and Dread, has announced the US release of D.C. Hamilton’s Hitchcockian romance THE FARE. The sophomore feature from Hamilton stars Gino Anthony Pesi (Shades of Blue) as a weary cab driver and Brinna Kelly as his enigmatic passenger, who charms him as her ride begins over and over and over again. Screenwriter and star Kelly reteams with Hamilton following their work on his directorial debut THE MIDNIGHT MAN. Pesi, Hamilton and Kelly produced alongside Kristin Starns. An…

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BOO **** USA 2019 Dir: Rakefet Abergel. 15 mins Writer-director-actor Rakefet Abergel fulfils the promise of JAX IN LOVE with what initially appears to be a bold attempt to deal with issues of addiction in the context of a fairly standard psycho thriller. Ultimately, a left-field twist and accompanying major tonal shift take it down altogether more fun avenues. Abergel herself is terrific as a woman celebrating seven years of sobriety on a night out with friends – an evening of fun thwarted by the intervention of a violent male stranger who threatens her life and tempts her with booze.…

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