If Steampunk had been adopted by Perfume companies and the Dollmaker Mattel, (instead of neo-gothic adults with an affinity for...
Now, that practically every ‘80s horror franchise has had a comeback, it was only a matter of time before the...
The German possession film Luz celebrated it’s North American premiere July 20, at the the 2018 Fantasia film festival. Writer/Director were welcomed by a sold-out crowd eager to see their fresh take on the possession sub-genre. Luz is an experimental film that follows a young cabdriver on the run from a demonic...
I feel a certain pride when talking about directors from Quebec; Xavier Dolan and Denis Villeneuve are a few names...
Computers break down, pizza dough rises and spinning roundhouse kicks fly high in the one-of-a-kind psychedelic spy flick Jesus Shows...
In 2018, while visiting the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal for the world premiere of his movie LOUDER! Can’t Hear What You’re Singin’, Wimp!, Japanese filmmaker Satoshi Miki said in an interview that his dream project would be to set a movie in the aftermath of a kaiju attack and...
2018 was a big year for Joe Bob Briggs. His return with last year’s 24-Hour marathon on Shudder broke the...
Canada’s national treasure of indie genre cinema, Bruce McDonald, returns with a dark and dreamy oeuvre titled Dreamland. Those who...
Luz is a unique take on the possession sub-genre that has long been waiting for a refresh. I’m a big fan of possession movies but I get bogged down watching priests and theology experts read from ancient texts, chanting prayers, waiting for God to swoop in and save the day....
I was talking with a fellow member of the press the other day on what qualifies as an opening movie...
In 1974, Brian de Palma’s rock-opera Phantom of The Paradise was an immediate box office success (but only in Winnipeg, Canada)....
The opening night crowd at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal were treated to the world premiere of Nightmare Cinema. Heralded as the sort of return to the celebrated Masters of Horror series, Nightmare Cinema collects 5 stories directed by Mick Garris (Sleepwalkers, The Stand), Joe Dante (The Howling, Gremlins)...