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Beware The Babysitter.
During my trip to NYC, I was able to cross Tribeca off my festival bucket list. Knowing that I'd be driving back to the T dot the next morning, I wasn't keen on attending a midnight show, so I set my...
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Ol' Number Five.
I'm back on the road this weekend, this time cruising down to London, Ontario for the fifth edition of Shock Stock.They've got some cool peeps on hand this year, including Italian exploitation icon...
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Shock Stock 2015
Well, another epic Shock Stock is in the books.A better description does not exist.This was one of the best I'd say. It was the first year I'd gone down on the Friday (mainly because my short was...
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Shock Stock 2015 Part 2
On Saturday, I checked out of my swanky suite in the morning, but not before sharing an elevator with one of the permanent residents. No sooner had the doors closed that, this old lady turned to me and...
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Deliria!
It was at Shock Stock last weekend that Fangoria editor Chris Alexander let me know some wonderful news - the article I turned into him a few months ago had been published in the latest issue of...
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DKTM 262
Hello all! It's been a few weeks since I've been in town to do one of these things, so let's get right to it. I just realized that this week's DKTM is going to be heavy video-game centric and, since...
View ArticleTrailer Tuesdays: Spookies
Last weekend, I went to a friend's place for a horror movie marathon. In addition to viewing some well-worn installments of Friday the 13th and Nightmare On Elm Street - and a round of the enjoyable,...
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Nothing Indeed.
Hot Docs, Toronto's yearly documentary film festival wrapped up last weekend and thanks to a friend, I was fortunate enough to catch a few screenings.I feel compelled to sound off on a short doc by...
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Analog Synchronicity.
There's something I saw at Hot Docs last weekend that has been kicking around my brain ever since. Ross Sutherland's hour-long piece entitled Stand By For Tape Back Up is, well, something really...
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Strange Bedfellows.
The last thing I checked out at Hot Docs was Rodney Ascher's new documentary The Nightmare.Rodney Ascher interviews sufferers of sleep paralysis about their experiences.Though the assertion that this...
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DKTM 263
Now that were finally in May and we've finally managed to string a bunch of double-digits temps together, I can finally relax and put that shitty winter behind us. It was a slow news week, but here are...
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Into The Lion's Den.
Last December, I lamented the fact I'd discovered this wonderfully crazy film from 1981 called Roar, and there was no way to view it. Well, as if by magic, Drafthouse Films heeded the call and released...
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Trailer Tuesdays: Body Double
I checked out a screening of a film I hadn't seen in about twenty-five years last night, Brian DePalma's 1984 sex thriller Body Double.It's tons of fun, but I was obviously a lot more aware of stuff...
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New Wall Dressings.
It's Friday! But not just any Friday though, it's a Friday of a long weekend! And being that it is Friday, check out this fortuitous poster I won last night at The Black Museum.Continuity issues aside,...
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DKTM 264
Hey everyone! To all my Canadian friends, I hope are enjoying your May 24 weekend. To the rest of you, I hope your Sunday is a relaxing one. Here's some horror morsels to get you going.Frontières...
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I'd Expect Nothing Less From Japan.
Last week I checked out the latest lecture from The Black Museum presented by Toronto-based visual artist and filmmaker Jennifer Linton.So, naturally Linton began the lecture by breaking down the...
View ArticleTrailer Tuesdays: Driller Killer
This week's trailer is for Abel Ferrara's (non-pornographic) 1979 debut Driller Killer.You know, it's been decades since I watched this and I never realized that the Ferrara was also the lead. Since...
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Babysitter Bloodbath.
Thanks to my buddy Trevor, I came across a wicked indie game developer named Pig Farmer Games on the weekend. Well, technically it's just one guy named Ben Cocuzza, which makes his output nothing short...
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Digital Campfire Tales.
Last fall, I discovered a Reddit phenomenon called Two Sentence Horror Stories. The thread was just that, people submitting their best scary stories framed within that diminutive construct. I read...
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DKTM 265
Oh my God, what is going on around here? There was a fucking FROST warning on Friday night!!! Can you believe this shit? Other than that though, it's been a pretty interesting weekend of...
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