Do you believe in demons? Do you believe that there are forces beyond your control laying in wait for the opportunity to upend your life? That is a central question at the heart of Arsalan Amiri’s Iranian exorcism movie Zalava. Co-written by Amiri with Ida Panahandeh, Zalava takes place in 1978, in...
The 2021 Sundance Film Festival’s Midnight opener Censor takes viewers beyond the cold, grey world of Margaret Thatcher’s 1980s Britain into the vibrant, violent world of the Video Nasties. As a North American, “Video Nasties” were something I didn’t learn about until well after the British censorship craze has cooled. Heck,...
Powered by RedCircle DESCRIPTION Join your horror hosts Kim & Jon as they close out their Murder on The Marquee double-feature with classic Italian splatterfest Demons (1985). Set almost entirely in one movie theatre, Demons is a gorefest of squished heads, torn flesh, and technicolor pus. It’s the perfect Friday...
Before even seeing The Wind, it had already garnered originality points. A slow and subtle period piece, described as a “Horror Western”. I’d booked my screening with TIFF before the trailer had even dropped, so I essentially pictured The Others with Nicole Kidman trading out a set of skeleton keys...