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Unsafe Sex.
My Midnight Madness experience continued with David Robert Mitchell's new film It Follows.After having sex, Jay (Maika Monroe) begins being haunted by a malevolent spirit. Fortunately, she can save...
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Apocalyse, Dead Ahead!
Perhaps my most anticipated film of this year's Midnight line-up was Jaume Balagueró's conclusion to the [REC] series, Apocalypse.Soon after Angela (Manuela Velasco) is rescued from the apartment...
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If You Go Out In The Woods Today...
One of the wild cards in this year's Midnight programme was Belgian director Jonas Govaerts' debut Cub.On a weekend getaway with Cub Scout troop, Sam (Maurice Luijten) encounters a feral boy in the...
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Canadian Giallo.
Midnight Madness got a welcome dose of CanCon last Friday with the world premiere of irreverent collective Astron 6's newest effort, The Editor.An over-the-hill film editor (Adam Brooks) becomes the...
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Beware The Handsome Stranger.
TIFF's Midnight Madness programme closed out last Saturday with the Canadian premiere of Adam Wingard's newest The Guest. A mysterious stranger named David (Dan Stevens) shows up at the Peterson family...
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As in many previous years at TIFF, videographer Robert Mitchell has been on The Ryerson's red carpet to talk with the cast and crews of the Midnight Madness lineup. Here below are highlights from this...
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On The Road.
Well, I'm off to the U S of A to check out the Diabolique International Film Festival.If you live in Indiana, why not come by the U of I campus and check out an awesome block of shorts this Saturday....
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Diabolical!
Well, I'm back from my trip to Bloomington, Indiana to attend the Diabolique International Film Festival. It was an absolute blast in every regard.Even the drives there and back were smooth as could...
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DIFF Short Cuts
As I stated yesterday, the Diabolique International Film Festival was rife with amazing content, the bulk of which were several genre shorts programmes on the Saturday. Here below, is a rundown of my...
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At Last We Meet.
My main reason for last weekend's trip to Bloomington was the Diabolique Film Festival, but not the only one. As I said yesterday, I skipped out on one of the blocks of short films to check out a local...
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DKTM 235
Wow, it's been so crazy lately that this is the first Don't Kill the Messenger post of this month, and it's almost done! I've got some good stuff for you this week, so let's dive right in.Black Debates...
View ArticleTrailer Tuesdays: When A Stranger Calls.
Here's the trailer for the 1979 babysitter-in-peril flick When A Stranger Calls.Wow, they certainly didn't waste any time boiling the film down to its selling point, did they?I felt like posting this...
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Nine More Nightmares.
The Toronto After Dark Film Festival just revealed the remaining nine titles of their 2014 line-up, and boy, are there some doozies! In fact, including the ten already announced - which includes the...
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Big News!
Actually, it's kind of huge. My latest short film, The Monitor will be premiering at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival later this month!I am beside myself with excitement right now. I attended the...
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Hello all. Since it is now October - the busiest month for all things horror - my weekends are pretty much rammed with stuff. Therefore, this post is coming to you from the past! Here's what I've got...
View ArticleTrailer Tuesdays: Pin
Since tomorrow's Black Museum lecture is all about creepy dolls, marionettes and automatons in film, I figured I'd offer up one of Canada's best examples of such, the 1988 thriller Pin, starring David...
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DKTM 237
Hello all. Well, we're knee deep in every horrorphile's favourite month and everything seems to be moving along nicely. I can see from my various social media feeds that several October horror movie...
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Well, Hellooo Dolly!
Last Wednesday, The Black Museum (its fourth semester now winding down) held another of their lectures at The Royal, this one an exploration of dolls, and other creepy life-like machinations in horror...
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The Darkness Is Nigh!
The ninth edition of the Toronto After Dark Film Festival starts its nine-day run of insane programming tonight.Apart from the 31st, this festival is the highlight of my October every year. I'm excited...
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Surreality.
Here's the listing for The Monitor in honest-to-God print.I keep thinking in the back of my mind, I'm going to get an email or text saying,“whoops, there's been a terrible mistake.”Just over...
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