Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

From the producer of the Italian horror THE PYRAMID (2013) comes another independent nightmare full of blood and horror, STOMACH. STOMACH is a dark atmospheric horror movie, with a lot of violence and sexual content. A desperate journey into a world of madness and perdition. STOMACH is the story of Alex, a guy who lives in a desolate country place. He’s surrounded by rough and violent people and every day they don’t miss an opportunity to torment him. But inside Alex there is something wrong, something that pushes to get out. Something that is bloodthirsty. The movie is directed by…

THE STINGING GAME *** U.K. 2016 Dir: Tessa McGinn 11 mins THE STINGING GAME is a short film written and directed by Tessa McGinn who also stars here as two characters Steph and Bea. Opening with Alex (Mel Mills) and Steph having a wild time in bed and soon having to leave Alex due to his partner Bea coming home. There is an obvious staleness in the relationship between Alex and Bea which may explain his infidelity as is portrayed by his some what lack of interest in what she has to say. Bea arranges for her twin sister Steph…

ZOMBIEWORLD 2 * USA 2018 Dir: Fernando González Gómez, Christopher G. Moore, Stefan Androv Radanovich, Aaron McCann. 83 Mins After the often humorous anthology film ZOMBIEWORLD (2015) starring Bill Oberst Jr. comes the more serious zombie sequel ZOMBIEWORLD 2. Again featuring a mixture of short films but unlike the previous film there is no wraparound story in this one its just a compilation of short films featuring zombies. The zombies vary from the pasty skin and dark eyes makeup look to the more effective looking Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead) style makeup. Production values of the short films also vary but if…

MASTER OF DARK SHADOWS **** USA 2019 Dir: David Gregory. 92 mins Co-produced by Severin and directed by veteran David Gregory, this informative, absorbing feature documentary rounds up an impressive bunch of collaborators, family and famous fans (from William F Nolan and Barbara Steele through to Alan Ball and Whoopi Goldberg) to present an authentic yet affectionate portrait of the life and career of writer-director Dan Curtis. Curtis, who died in 2006, is portrayed as a no-nonsense, talented writer in constant pursuit of the next big idea and with a useful salesman background. After breaking through on CBS with a…

Set in 2019 THE RUNNING MAN is released for the first time on Blu-ray (in 2019!) and on DVD from the HD Master. Directed by Paul Michael Glaser (Starsky from Starsky and Hutch) THE RUNNING MAN stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Ben Richards the “runner” playing in the top rated reality TV show for the prize of his life – his actual life. THE RUNNING MAN is loosely based on the 1982 novel of the same name written by Richard Bachman a.k.a. Stephen King (“loosely” being the operative word as King once wrote that the literary Ben Richards played by Schwarzenegger was, “as far…