Fandom has a range of connotations. Fans can be obsessive, passionate, and sometimes even scary in their enthusiasm for the object of their affection. The level...
Last night kicked off the 20th anniversary of the almighty Fantasia Festival in Montreal. I’ve been lucky enough to go for the past three years and...
The almighty Fantasia Film Festival kicks off this July and for their 20th anniversary, this titanic fest is gearing up for its most massive edition yet....
Fresh off its theatrical run in LA, Perry Blackshear’s festival hit They Look Like People is now available on iTunes, Amazon, and a slew of other...
Bloody Knuckles, which are very own Patrick Cooper called “a satisfying, bloody, and funny tale of friendship and revenge” at last year’s Fantasia Festival, is finally...
Revenge never goes out of style. It’s one of cinema’s benchmark themes and as far as reliabilities go, it’s hard not to root for the vigilante....
We’ve already had one uproarious vampire send-up this year, What We Do in the Shadows. Do we really need another one? Oh hell yes. And its...
At last year’s Fantasia Festival, one film crawled under my skin and refused to come out: Aik Karapetian’s The Man in the Orange Jacket (our review). It’s a graceful,...
Bloody Knuckles is the outrageous debut feature film from writer/director Matt O’Mahoney. Consider it Idle Hands for the indie horror crowd, who like their violence bold...
Black Mountain Side is the debut feature from Calgary native Nick Szostakiwskyj. While it’s sure to draw (much deserved) comparisons to The Thing, this Canadian paranoid...
If Elmore Leonard had written a story about cults, it might resemble Riley Stearns’ debut comedy-thriller Faults. Well, the first half at least. What begins as...
Transforming the mundane and the familiar into something terrifying is something only skillful filmmakers can pull off well enough that they leave a mark. David Lynch...
Buckle up, guys. John McNaughton’s long-awaited return to film after a 13-year void is a powerhouse story of human horror. It’s a unique story that would’ve...
There’s a great film somewhere inside Animosity, the directorial debut of Brendan Steere. At the heart of the story is a vile horror that wrenches your...
The man named Nacho makes his English language debut with Open Windows, an impressive thriller that darts along in one take, completely on computer screens. Consider...
If you’ve ever wanted to see a bald guy with a diamond grill sharpened into fangs relentlessly making cat puns and tearing up the screen with...
The 18th Fantasia Festival is descending on Montreal next week on July 17! The migthy festival offers up international selections covering numerous genres. I’ll be there...
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