It’s not everyday that a debut filmmaker crafts a story so well that they are able to pull it off...
A beach getaway sounds like a dream, right? As the world turns and it feels like every part of our...
I’m a huge advocate of watching movies while under the influence. I believe occasionally taking psychedelic drugs before a viewing heightens the experience, depending on the film of course. However, drugs may not be required when viewing Ryan Kruger’s debut feature Fried Barry. The act of watching the South African...
It’s been 24 years since the release of Tromeo and Juliet (and it still blows my mind that James Gunn...
What if the disconnect that exists between you and your online identity became so great, that you lost control of...
I’m all about horror films that explore ancient fables and mythical creatures/beings. In Lifechanger, we follow one of these such beings. Premiering at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal –Â Lifechanger is an isolating ailment, a fascinating legend, a horror story, and a love story all wrapped into one. Hundreds of...
There’s nothing like a good werewolf movie to help you ring in the foggy, full moon season. I’ll take a...
A last-minute addition to the 2018 Fantastic Fest schedule, Richard Shepard’s The Perfection was definitely not a hard decision. Fitting right...
Being queer is pretty cool, but also pretty exhausting. As you search to find yourself in film, television, books, and more, you find yourself creating narratives within those stories. Being queer requires an imagination out of survival, an imagination that believes you fit neatly into typically heterosexual stories. Out of...
Carter Smith’s breakout short film Bugcrush shocked and awed audiences at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Horror fans will no doubt...
I’ve seen too many slow burn creepers that over promise and under deliver to get excited when I read the...
Is there anything more terrifying to a teen girl than coming into adulthood? I think not. Cinema has often used the ‘coming-of-age’ arch to tell stories about individual journeys, love, and loss. Horror is no different, even though it seeks the extreme of the spectrum. What better example of a...