Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

THE DEVIL’S WELL *** U.S.A. 2018 Dir: Kurtis Spieler 88 mins Paranormal investigator couple Bryan Marks (Bryan Manley Davis) and Karla Marks (Anne-Marie Mueschke), head to the infamous Devil’s Well in Connecticut to do an investigation that their website viewers recommend they do. Whilst doing the investigation Karla goes missing, which of course makes Bryan suspect number one. After a year of being under suspicion and the police unable to make a case stick against him, Bryan calls on the paranormal investigator team SIGNS to help him document a new investigation and find out the truth about Karla’s disappearance. As…

LILITH ** USA 2018 Dir: Alexander T Hwang. 90 mins “We are all Lilith…We are everywhere…” A sadly inadequate female-driven anthology horror film for the #MeToo era, framed with a cackling Felissa Rose in the title role and some dull cops investigating a series of gruesome deaths. The overarching theme is of the punishment awaiting the “monsters of men” by various incarnations of Lilith – in this case, adulterers and all-purpose misogynists are those marked for death. The first story gets bogged down in a dreary teen soap opera plot of a pretty student shunned by the teacher who knocked…

THE HOLE IN THE GROUND arrives in cinemas this week – the latest horror to explore the terrifying realities of raising children. The stress, the lack of sleep, and the anxiety of bringing up these little monsters to be well-rounded human beings. Which is all the more complicated if they turn out to be actual monsters, of course, as often happens in horror films. And horror can teach us a lot more about parenting then you might think – the dos, don’ts, and how not tos – when it comes to good, wholesome parent-child relationship. Here are nine essential lessons on…

Dark Star Records is pleased to announce that they have just released MASTER OF GIALLO the new full length album by Obszon Geschopf which is available worldwide now. Best described as for fans of golden age 90’s metal like Pantera, Biohazard, Body Count, Clawfinger, Alice In Chains, Wjite Zombie, Prong, Sepultura (chaos ad / roots) etc… This new album features 46 guest stars from bands like ex Ozzy Osbourne, Dio, Black Label Society, Kreator, Sodom, Cradle Of Filth, ex Fear Factory, Accept, Pro Pain, ex Megadeth, Annihilator, Morgoth, Unleashed, White Zombie, Ratt, Dokken and more. Artwork is by Mario Lopez…

SPLIT **** USA 2016 Dir: M Night Shyamalan. 117 mins Following the success of witty found-footage chiller THE VISIT, writer-director Shyamalan stuck with the kind of smart, bold, thoughtful genre pictures that made his name. There are echoes of John Lithgow’s RAISING CAIN showcase here in the form of James McAvoy’s show-stopping tour de force as a zoo worker with 23 personalities, the most hostile of which have become dominant. Under the command of “Dennis”, he kidnaps three teenagers while his sympathetic psychologist (veteran CARRIE actress Betty Buckley making a welcome screen comeback) realises how dangerous he is becoming despite…