Director and producer, McG (Charlie’s Angels) has a true appreciation for cinema of all kinds, making his long list of...
Whenever I watch a vampire movie, I always wonder what it would be like to live forever. I personally don’t...
While horror has delved into the subconscious waters of our dreams many times before, director Anthony Scott Burns (Our House) manages to pull off a unique take on the subject in his latest film, Come True. The atmospheric sci-fi horror film celebrated its world premiere at this year’s Fantasia Film...
Earlier this year, in February, the horror community lost an icon. Filmmaker José Mojica Marins, known for his macabre character...
Indie film is firing on all cylinders when it’s at its most ambitious, and that’s exactly what you’re in for...
Lloyd Kaufman is a pioneer of independent cinema. For more than 45 years, his B-movie studio Troma Entertainment has been disrupting media with its ever-expanding library of wacky and wonderful films, produced for a fraction of a Hollywood budget. But at every turn, Kaufman has had to constantly carve out...
It’s been 24 years since the release of Tromeo and Juliet (and it still blows my mind that James Gunn...
I remember interning at Fantasia three years ago and attending the Frontieres Market, a place for filmmakers to pitch ideas...
Horror has played with depicting the world of dreams before. The most iconic foray into the horrors of our sleeping minds is, of course, A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), with its wonderfully constructed, just slightly off, dream sequences. Countless films have depicted the dreams of characters to build tension,...
Since the beginning of Fantasia 2020, I’ve been telling everyone I know about Fried Barry, a wild and colorful film...
I love a good haunted house film — the genre is my ghost loving horror fan addiction. But as rich...
Although most are familiar with the “La Llorona” legend, this latest adaptation is a fresh take that tackles the complicated politics of Guatemala. Jayro Bustamante’s La Llorona (2020) uses the popular Latin American myth to bring to light the corruption and injustice that the indigenous peoples of Guatemala have faced....