Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

Painted Creek Productions’ presents the action packed trailer for their much anticipated sci-fi action thriller ABEYANCE. Multi award-winning filmmaker and actor Harley Wallen (Betrayed, Moving Parts) wrote, produced and directed this film and it stars Scout Taylor Compton (Rob Zombie’s Halloween 1 and 2), Richard Tyson (Kindergarten Cop, There’s Something About Mary), Billy Wirth (The Lost Boys), Mel Novak (Quentino Tarantino favorite Game of Death) and Vida Ghaffari (FOX’s The Mindy Project). Synopsis: After helping to create a revolutionary invention with great implications Bridget (Erika Hoveland), finds a character flaw in the company they’ve partnered with to develop the prototype…

CURSE OF THE SCARECROW * UK 2018 Dir: Louisa Warren 84 mins A young woman returns to her families farm where 20 years earlier she and her brother witnessed their parents murder at the hands of what seemed to be a scarecrow. Legend has it that hundreds of years ago on that land villagers caught a thief and strung him up to be eaten by crows. It is said now that for 2 days every 20 years his spirit returns in the form of a scarecrow to kill whoever owns the farm or wanders into the land as a way…

STALK *** USA 2018 Dir: Michael Coulombe. 5 mins An effectively executed horror short from L.A. based filmmaker Michael Coulombe, following his earlier work for Horror House Media, SOUNDBITE. This is constructed around one of the most prolific of all modern horror movie set ups: a woman (Kara Schaaf) walking home from a party on Haddonfield-like nocturnal suburban streets is stalked by a shambling figure (Tyler Gallant) with a big knife, a white mask and a fondness for prowling around and jumping out from behind bushes. The subjective viewpoints and familiar looking neighbourhoods echo the vintage slasher movie inspiration, and…

Lawrie Brewster’s AUTOMATA, the lavish, gothic chiller will screen at Arrow FrightFest’s 14th annual Scottish event this March, where it will once again provide its share of shocks, scares and chills as part of the Glasgow Film Festival. AUTOMATA, the latest feature from director/writer duo Lawrie Brewster and Sarah Daly of Scotland’s Hex Studios promises to be their boldest offering yet, with a lavish, Giallo-esque visual style, a subversive sensibility, and a narrative that spans three centuries. The film tells the story of an antiques expert who is called upon to authenticate a three-hundred-year-old clockwork doll with a notorious history,…

It is time for another unboxing and here you can watch Witchfinder reveal the contents of the second ever Loot Fright Crate in this latest video. You can see more videos like this and more on The Horror Vault Youtube Channel. Be sure to subscribe HERE.