When our fearless leaders, Jon and Kim, saw Starfish at this year’s Fantastic Fest, they were quite confused, to say...
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Chris Aitkens is a freelance journalist from Montreal, Quebec. He started writing about music at the age of 16 for Verbicide Magazine. While interning for the Fantasia Film Festival, Chris fell in love with indie horror, and met the editors of Nightmare on Film Street. When he's not working graveyard shifts at the local talk-radio station, he is hosting his own weekly radio show on CJLO 1690AM called Sewer Spewer, writing for Bucketlist Music Reviews, and playing with his crappy punk band Gutser. He's a self-proclaimed "punk rock expert," demonstrating his know-how in his column Gut the Punks!
Being a true horror fan means developing a certain taste for trashy cinema. It’s like cheap beer; you know it’s...
The supernatural thriller Muse tells the story of a tortured artists struggling to find inspiration in a world that doesn’t appreciate his craft. Creating art is difficult. So many artists put tireless hours into their craft, only to have their work crapped all over by some stuck-up critic (like me!). For every artist...
Montreal is a city of many cultures. Each neighborhood is unique in its own way and its residents always have...
In the new dark comedy Arizona, Danny McBride plays a villain who’s convinced he’s still a good guy, despite a...
If you are one of the million people who viewed the trailer online, you will have gotten a taste of what Mandy has in store for you, but nothing will prepare you for what’s to come. Mandy is more than just a violent revenge film. It’s a work of art that...
Many of us have spent most of our school years daydreaming and scribbling in our math books. Hell, most of...
Do you ever wonder what your life would be like if you made different decisions? Do you think there’s another...
Fantasia is the rare time of the year when I get to enjoy cinema from across the world. I’m not normally one to watch South Korean horror movies, but based on what I’ve seen so far, I think I will be seeking them out more often. Korean filmmakers seem to...
Deep in the great Canadian North, no one can hear you scream. You can either fight whatever wishes to kill...
Two decades ago, a grown adult man like myself would be shamed for consuming as many animated television shows and...
The title says it all. It’s hard to write a spoiler-free review when the entire plot is in the title, but The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot will still draw audiences curious as to how he killed Hitler and why he killed Bigfoot. Yet viewers will be...
