Peter Goddard(VIII)

Born in the rural New Forest, Peter grew up with a love of British and American Horror films. He first got his taste for film making when he attended Brockenhurst College and undertook Film studies and Media. During that time he made the short film 'Exercise 88', which went on to win second place at the Harbour Lights Film festival, with the award being presented by 'Get Carter' director Mike Hodges. After completing a degree at Bournemouth University in 2007 he decided to shoot his debut film 'Season of the Witch'. Inspired by classic British Folk horror films of the 1970's such as 'The Wicker Man', 'Witchfinder General' and 'Blood on Satans Claw' it then took around 7 years for the film to be completed and released via Fenix Pictures in 2014. In order to make this film he set up Devils Avalanche Films LTD (named after a poster he had hanging on his wall for the Radiohead album 'Hail to the Thief') He then went on to make the ghost film 'Any Minute Now', inspired by films such as 'The Devils Backbone', 'The Innocents' and 'Let the Right One In'. He is now half way through completing his third full feature 'Harvest of the Dead' (a homage to the 1970's grindhouse/drive in films such as 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' and 'Just Before Dawn') whilst also working on a new script currently called 'Blood will have Blood'. He lives with his long term girlfriend and costume designer Catherine Brooks in Alderholt.