Trailer Tuesdays: Fatal Games
With the Euro Cup now in full swing - sorry, poor choice of words - I feel some gamesmanship is in order.I am sure I have never heard of this one, which is shocking considering it was a Media release...
View ArticleComing Soon to Cannon Video.
Before the feature presentation unspooled on my VHS copy of Schzoid last week, there was a Cannon Video trailer reel that was far too colourful to not share with you all. Enjoy!New Year's Evil should...
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It's been a great weekend, and if you're celebrating today with your Pops, have at it! Here's what's been going on this week.E3 Horrors.So, another E3 has come and gone, leaving a bevy of upcoming...
View ArticleTrailer Tuesdays: Dressed To Kill
Here's a trailer for a film that I, perhaps surprisingly, just saw for the first time last weekend.As you might expect, I enjoyed it immensely. Somehow, I've managed to avoid major spoilers all these...
View ArticleVideo Station Part II
Rooting around in the Archives, I found these little pretties.I have to say I'm having trouble visualizing The Video Library, as I don't think it existed past the mid-eighties, but my family definitely...
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Hey all. Summer is in full swing now, and I am pleased as punch. I was running around a park downtown doing some run-and-gun filming with some friends yesterday, so it's nice to be able to kick back...
View ArticleIn The Deep.
This weekend, I sucked it up and saw The Shallows.While surfing on a secret Mexican beach, med school drop-out Nancy (Blake Lively) finds herself in a life and death struggle against a Great White...
View ArticleTrailer Tuesdays: Jaws
On the heels of yesterday's post, I figured I'd go with the granddaddy of all shark movies, 1975's Jaws.A perfect film, and a template for what would become the summer blockbuster.
View Article20 Bones
To celebrate the rapidly upcoming twentieth (20!) edition of the Fantasia Film Festival, the organizers decided to do another Tentsquare bumper competition. The only criteria was it had to be thirty...
View ArticleCanadian Content!
Happy Canada Day! To celebrate, I decided to watch one of my Canadian VHS, Harvey Hart's 1973 film The Pyx.After call girl Elizabeth (Karen Black) falls from a high-rise apartment roof, Detective...
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Hello all! Canada Day weekend has been just smashing, but it's time to take a break to bring you some happenings from the world of horror. Pull up a chair - or phone browser - won't you?The UK Brings...
View ArticleTrailer Tuesdays: The Baby
Let's take a little trip into the bizarre today, with Ted Post's 1973 oddity The Baby.Okay, two things stick out to me. First, nowadays some dudes would pay good money to be in baby's situation. I'm...
View ArticleMy Best Friend's Exorcism
This Spring saw the release of the book My Best Friend's Exorcism, the newest piece of fiction from author Grady Hendrix. I was a big fan of his last book Horrorstör, so it didn't take me long to track...
View ArticleVingt Ans!
The schedule for the 20th edition of the Fantasia Film Festival went live a few days ago, and I now know what I'll be seeing during my yearly jaunt to La Belle Province. I have over a dozen films on my...
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Hey all! It's been a huge weekend of horror and sports, so this post is coming to you from the past. Check it out.Maron Talks To The Masters.Marc Maron of the WTF Podcast recently interviewed the...
View ArticleTrailer Tuesdays: Phantasm II
Twenty-eight years ago this week, Don Coscarelli unleashed Phantasm II upon the world.This second stanza of the series has always been my favourite, largely because it was the first one I saw, but it's...
View ArticleDark Carnival
Last week, Rue Morgue's inaugural Dark Carnival horror convention descended on Hamilton, Ontario. After severing ties with Fan Expo - and the logistical nightmare that it has become - Rue's Festival of...
View ArticleMixtape Massacre!
My friend Serena recently introduced me to a new board game called Mixtape Massacre.The game takes place in the town of Tall Oaks, an unfortunate little village that harbours more slashers per capita...
View ArticleOn My Way!
That's the view from my train car while on my way to the twentieth (and my ninth consecutive) edition of the Fantasia Film Festival. Check back next week to hear about all the cool flicks I'll be...
View ArticleBeddie Byes!
My first movie at Fantasia this year was Black Fawn's newest – and fifth (I believe) title of their eight-picture deal with Breakthrough Entertainment– Bed of the Dead.While watching the first act, I...
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