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One of my favourite films from the 2021 Fantasia Film Festival is finally premiering as a Shudder exclusive. All The...
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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!
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I am fascinated by vampiric or demonic legends from cultures outside of the traditional European lore. Each mythical creature deserves...
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Spanish cult film Arrebato (“Rapture” in English) is re-emerging from the sands of time, thanks to a new 4K restoration from Altered Innocence. The arthouse horror was written and directed by Iván Zulueta in 1979, but is only now getting a theatrical release in the United States. The film explores a love...
The nightmare begins again with Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, a new cinematic adaptation of the popular video game series....
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Triple threat Jim Cummings returns with his third movie The Beta Test, breaking his latest streak of playing cops in...
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You know a movie is gonna be good when a naked hippy is impaled by a unicorn in the cold open. It’s also a warning that what you’re about to see is not for kids. Cryptozoo is an animated fantasy feature from husband and wife team Dash Shaw and Jane Samborski. It’s the...
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It simply blows my mind hearing that Mad God took 30 years to make. Granted, many of those years were...
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Eviction parties are fun. You can invite as many people as you want to come trash the place one last...
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The zombie apocalypse can hit at any time, in any place. We’ve often seen outbreaks occur in large metropolises, where there is little hope of containment. But what would happen if the virus broke out in a more remote location, like a small suburb in Quebec, Canada? This is the...
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Do you ever look back at who you were in high school and cringe at how you dressed, how you...
Recently on the NOFS podcast, our lovely hosts reviewed Starship Troopers, directed by the enigmatic Paul Verhoeven. Whenever one discusses Starship...
If you’ve listened to the recent episodes of the Nightmare On Film Street podcast, you might have noticed the topic of nu metal has come up a couple times when discussing the soundtracks of Bride of Chucky and Valentine. Heavy metal has always had a presence in horror, especially in...
