Author: Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins

LUCIFERINA *** Argentina 2018 Dir: Gustavo Calzada. 111 mins Estranged from her family for two years, novice nun Natalia (Sofia Del Tuffo) returns home when her mother dies in an accident that leaves her dad seriously injured. Her hostile, sexy Goth sis Angela (Malena Sanchez) talks ominously of their mum’s apparent “possession” while a series of disturbing nightmares forecast horrors to come. Del Tuffo’s sympathetic performance grounds this overblown though often interesting Argentinian take on familiar territory. Black haired, hunched female spectres, shower masturbation to a disembodied Latin voice and blasphemous, insulting demon-possessed characters (“You menopausal bitch!”) reflect a range…

‘Up there with Suspiria as one of Argento’s all-time masterpieces…’ Alan Jones RESTORED IN 2K WITH REFERENCE TO ARGENTO’S PERSONAL PRINT Dario Argento (SUSPIRIA) returns to CultFilms with this breath-taking new restoration of his visionary horror masterpiece OPERA. Splattered with stylistic bloodshed and soaring cinematography, OPERA shows Italy’s master of horror at the very height of his game. Synopsis: When young understudy Betty takes the lead role in a new operatic production of Verdi’s Macbeth, she soon attracts the attention of a knife-wielding psycho who forces her to watch – with eyes pinned open – as he brutally despatches her…

SHEBORG *** Australia 2016 Dir: Daniel Armstrong 90 mins When an an alien fugitive (the titular character SHEBORG) crash lands on Earth she does what she knows best and seeks to control the inhabitants of the planet. By slowly turning her victims into cyborgs that feed on flesh her plan is now in motion. Meanwhile anarchist Dylan and her friend Eddie join forces with the lead singer of a band to free some puppies from a puppy farm. The cyborgs are growing in numbers and with the help of a local power source the Sheborg will call on her species…

The highly anticipated THE LIFECHANGER has got its release in North America from Uncork’d Entertainment. Written and directed by Justin McConnell, THE LIFECHANGER tells of a murderous shape-shifter that sets out on a blood-soaked mission to make things right with the woman he loves. Lora Burke, Jack Foley, Elitsa Bako, Sam James White, Steve Kasan, Rachel Vanduzer, Peter Higginson, Adam Buller, Brian Quintero, Mark Rainmaker, Ry Barrett, Michelle D’Allesseandro Hatt, Uche Ama, Daniel Faraldo, and Francesco Filice star. Synopsis: Drew has an identity problem. Every few days, has to shape-shift, or face a painful death. He has to find someone and make…

In the tradition of Don’t Breathe and John Wick comes INTENSIVE CARE which Starburst said is “a fast-paced, no-nonsense homage to uncomplicated, on-the-nose action cinema”. Synopsis: Three low life criminals plan to rob an elderly woman’s home, but her caregiver turns out to be a former special ops agent with an agenda of her own. From director Jared Bentley, and starring Tara Macken (“Sons of Anarchy”, The Hunger Games), Jai Rodriguez (“How I Met Your Mother”), Leslie Easterbrook (Police Academy, The Devil’s Rejects) and Kevin Sizemore (“Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462”). INTENSIVE CARE is out on DVD and is also…