Trailer Tuesdays: Tales From The Darkside
In keeping with the feline theme, here's the trailer for the Tales From The Darkside movie from 1990, which of course features the story “Cat From Hell” by Stephen King starring Bill Hickey and David...
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Warden Of The North.
Happy Canada Day to all my northern brothers and sisters out there. I know I like to bitch about the weather and most recently this upcoming clusterfuck of The Pan Am Games, but man is Canada a nice...
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Hey everyone. I hope you all are enjoying your holidays, no matter on which side of the 49th parallel you reside. It was a fairly slow week on the news front, but take a gander at these.Don't Go In The...
View ArticleTrailer Tuesday: Mortuary
Here's a fantastic trailer for the 1983 horror flick Mortuary.I love the showmanship of trailers like this that show you nothing from the movie, but still make you want to see it. No one has the balls...
View ArticleFantasia Oh One Five
The Fantasia schedule was announced yesterday. It is always a furious couple of hours that follow the site going live, as me and my cohorts discover which movies we will get to see, and the ones we...
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VHS Fridays!
Before I take off to Montreal, I wanted to get a new feature rolling here at THS. As you would expect, I have amassed a sizable collection of VHS tapes over the past few decades, and a good many of...
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Hey all. Hope you are all having a great weekend. Here's what I've got for you this week.The Ashman Cometh.Comic-Con is winding down today, but we got a sizable amount of trailers to gush over,...
View ArticleTrailer Tuesdays: Screamers (1995)
With my upcoming jaunt it seems appropriate to post something that was shot in Montreal. Since I've burned through most offerings in previous years, I am left with the post apocalyptic sci-fi...
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And I'm Off.
I leave today for Montreal to take in a good chunk of this year's Fantasia Film Festival. This one is especially exciting because the bumper I created for their contest made the finals and will screen...
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Heart & Soul.
(Ed- A solitary train ride to Montreal allowed me some time to write up the following review.)I have spoken of Belgian filmmaker Axelle Carolyn several times here, but I'm ashamed to admit I somehow...
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Kids Be Misbehavin'
After getting myself settled into my downtown Montreal abode, my Fantasia experience began with Jonathan Milott& Cary Murnion's horror comedy Cooties.After an elementary school's student population...
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Love Thy Neighbour.
For those who saw Miguel Ángel Vivas' 2010 feature Secuestrados (aka Kidnapped), I bet you likely never forgot it. It was unapologetically dour and its final frames still rattle around in my brain...
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All Hail The Blind God!
A movie I'd been hearing about since its premiere at SXSW was New Zealand's Jason Lei Howden's horror comedy Deathgasm.A group of teenage metalheads unwittingly resurrect an ancient evil that casts...
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Home Sweet Home.
The haunted house horror We Are Still Here was another SXSW darling that was screening at Fantasia this year. After establishing himself as a writer and producer (most recently on The ABC's of Death...
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Observance.
A lesser known title I took in this Fantasia was the world premiere of Aussie Joseph Sims-Dennett's Observance.A destitute man named Parker (Lindsay Farris) takes a job spying on a woman. After several...
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A Hellmouth Holiday.
After checking out the solid actioner Momentum, I made a last minute decision to get back in line to see The Paz Brothers' horror film, JeruZalem.Two friends Sarah (Danielle Jadelyn) & Rachel (Yael...
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The October Society.
One of my most anticipated films at Fantasia this year was the anthology Tales of Halloween.Bear witness to ten devilish tales that take place in the same sleepy suburban town on All Hallow's Eve.I...
View ArticleTrailer Tuesdays: Road Games
It was a long day of transit for me last Sunday. After I once again bid farewell to Fantasia, I was reminded of Richard Franklin's 1981 flick Road Games. Probably the least known of Jamie Lee Curtis'...
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Amusé!
While I spent the majority of my time in Fantasia watching movies, drinking on patios and eating mass quantities of unhealthy foods, I did get up to some other activities, as well. My companions &...
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Hey all. I hope all my Canadian friends are enjoying their long weekend. I'm a tad hungover from celebrating Ronda Rousey destroy yet another opponent last night, but I need to get things back on track...
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