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The Final Nine.
Here below are the remaining nine titles playing Toronto After Dark later this month.I missed The Hallow and The Interior when they played Fantasia, so I'm pretty chuffed they are being screened here....
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Hello all! It's October, the most glorious and spooktacular of months. Here's what I've got for you on this fine afternoon.Canadian Giallo.Journalist turned filmmaker Chris Alexander announced the...
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Trailer Tuesdays: Black Roses
Even though the Black Museum lecture series' have wrapped up for the foreseeable future, they are still hosting awesome events around town. This past weekend, in conjunction with the recent book launch...
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Bad Cattitude
This week's VHS title is John McPherson's Strays. It was a recent acquisition, but I certainly remember the cover from my Cockbuster days.Paul & Lindsay Jarrett (Timothy Busfield& Kathleen...
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Hey everyone! It's Thanksgiving weekend here, and I'll soon be celebrating by getting myself elbows deep in some slime, but more on that another time. For now, here's what I've got for you this...
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Frizzi 2 Fulci!
Last Thursday, composer Fabio Frizzi brought his show to Toronto and it was pazzo stupefacente bellissimo!!!Despite being criminally under attended - seriously where was everybody from the Goblin show...
View ArticleTrailer Tuesdays: Cat In The Brain
On the subject of Fabio Frizzi, one of things his band played last Thursday was the score from Cat In The Brain.I must admit I've never seen this particular film, but now that I know that's what it is...
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Survive!
Last week, Vertigo released, as part of their eleven new #1's this fall, a new comic called Survivors' Club from writers Lauren Beukes& Dale Halverson.The premise is quite brilliant actually....
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TAD 2015
Tonight begins the latest (the 10th!) edition of Toronto After Dark with opening gala screenings of Axelle Carolyn's anthology Tales of Halloween and Corin Hardy's The Hallow.I shall be revelling in...
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Keep On Keeping On.
Today is the 5th annual International Independent Video Store Day! So be sure to visit your local video store and show them some love. And if you are one of those unfortunate areas that no longer have...
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Horror Overload, Part 1.
Man, guys, that was probably one of the busiest weekends I've ever had, as I was running back and forth between Horror-Rama& Toronto After Dark throughout. More on TAD later because now I want to...
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Horror Overload, Part 2.
As promised, here are some of the highlights from the Horror-Rama Q&A's. I sadly missed a few (Sybil Danning& Tristan Risk among them) due to my other responsibilities at Toronto After Dark,...
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If These Walls Could Talk.
Toronto After Dark has been wreaking havoc at the Scotiabank Theatre the last week, and I’ve been trying to catch as many flicks as possible. Fortunately, I saw a few of the films in the line-up at...
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Local Boys Make Good Part 1
Toronto After Dark has always been very welcome of the indie film scene here in Ontario. There are dozens of significant filmmakers creating great content, and I am blessed to know, and in some cases...
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Local Boys Make Good Part 2
The other local filmmakers I wanted to praise were the new director/producer team of Trevor Juras and Peter Kuplowsky, whose film The Interior screened here on Monday.James (Patrick McFadden), an...
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Shorts After Dark 2015
In its tenth year, Toronto After Dark continued to showcase short films both homegrown and from around the world. Here were some of my favourites this year.We were all saddened to hear about the...
View ArticleTrailer Tuesdays: Trick or Treat
With this past summer's release of Satanic Panic (which included an essay on metal-themed horror), the recent festival darling Deathgasm, and the upcoming Halloween festivities, this week's trailer...
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They Ain't Paying You Enough.
To celebrate this day before Halloweenedition of VHS Fridays, I give you Gary Graver's 1982 flick Trick or Treats.Linda (Jacqueline Giroux) is stuck babysitting Halloween night and not only has to deal...
View ArticleHalloween Oh-One-Five!
Happy Halloween kiddies! Check out this awesome mash-up by PleasePlaySomeMore, which features 250(!) horror film clips set to the music of Power Glove. It is equal parts spellbinding and awesome.
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Hey everyone. I hope you're Halloween hangover isn't too bad.I spent mine doing the important things, like watching a double bill of Halloween I & II, and taking care of some unfinished...
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