Trailer Tuesdays: Children of the Corn
It's funny how stuff sticks in your brain. It's been almost thirty years since I've watched Fritz Kiersch's adaptation of Children of the Corn, but I immediately recognized it during its random...
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Put The Mask On, NOW!
In addition to the already jammed lineup of horror films that were screening downtown the last week of October, the Lightbox also saw a run of the newly restored 1961 film The Mask. In case you're not...
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Howdy everyone! I spent most of my weekend catching up on new releases with free passes scored from winning James Bond trivia at an opening night Spectre screening. Yes, I watch other types of movies...
View ArticleTrailer Tuesdays: Friday the 13th Part VII
With the third and final Friday the 13th of 2015 approaching, I figured I'd post a Friday sequel that is near and dear to my heart.Not only was this the first appearance of Kane Hodder as Jason...
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Hang X.
During a recent scouring of the Archives, I came across an old drawing of mine which seems appropriate to post on the third and final Friday the 13th of 2015.I drew this circa 1994 as a joke, but now...
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Hi everyone. I'm still reeling from the upset last night, but I've pulled myself together to give you some recent horror tidbits.A Saviour Cometh.It was announced this week that an actor has finally...
View ArticleTrailer Tuesdays: Parents
Today's trailer is Bob Balaban's kooky 1989 horror flick, Parents.I saw this when it came out and wasn't a fan. However, I've been thinking about giving it a re-watch because a) I can't recall a damn...
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Drunken Cinema!
I've spokenmanytimesbefore about my friend Serena's movie nights. In recent years, these get-togethers have morphed into drinking game events with rules tailored specifically to whatever flick we may...
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Christmas Comes Early?
Hi everyone. I just wanted to check in and let you know I will be absent this weekend while I help out on a friend's shoot, an Xmas-themed project for an upcoming competition.I'll be behind the camera...
View ArticleTrailer Tuesdays: The Howling
I've been catching up on back issues of Delirium magazine recently and I am currently enjoying their retrospective of The Howling, so...Reading about this film, I realize how foggy I am on the series....
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Blood In The Snow 2015
Hey all! The fourth edition of The Blood In The Snow Canadian Film Festival kicks off this evening with the premiere of April Mullen's Farhope Tower. I'll be looking in on the festivities this weekend,...
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Good morning everyone! Blood In The Snow was buckets of fun last night, but I'll regale you on that during the upcoming week. For now, here's are some terror tidbits to chew on.Happy Turkey Day.For my...
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Seasons Bleedings!
Playing Saturday at midnight to a sold-out crowd was Mike McMurran's seasonal slasher, Secret Santa.A gift-giving party between university classmates in interrupted by a deranged killer.I had caught...
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Who Would You Save?
The film to which I was most looking forward at this year's Blood In The Snow was Ryan M. Andrews' newest, Save Yourself.Five filmmakers travelling to Los Angeles run afoul of a mad scientist (Ry...
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Boys Weekend Gone Bad.
A movie on the BITS schedule of which zero knowledge going in was Andrew Moxham's White Raven.The annual camping trip taken by four old friends goes awry as one of them becomes increasingly...
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Bloody Shorts 2015
As in previous years, BITS continues to champion Canadian short films, showcasing fifteen from filmmakers across the Great White North. I saw most of them, and have to say it was a very strong year....
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Hello all. How's it going out there? Here's what I've got for you on this quiet and unseasonably warm December afternoon.I Follow You.I am a huge fan of David Robert Mitchell's It Follows. It resonated...
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Trailer Tuesdays: Edge of the Axe
Here's another one for which I'm familiar with the coverbox, but never actually seen.Holy geez. So many questions! To be honest, my brain just kept going back to this guy at 0:44.Dude, what the fuck...
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THS Turns 8!!!
So here we are, eight years in. I've gotten crafty and/or reflective the last few years, but this time around I thought I'd just double up with an Archives post - my twenty-sixth!Anyone who was reading...
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