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Deadly Eyes Turns 35!
Thirty-five years ago today, Deadly Eyes, Robert Clouse's adaptation of James Herbert's classic novel The Rats, was released in Canada.To celebrate this milestone I wanted to showcase one of the places...
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Shorts After Dark 2017
This year, Toronto After Dark continued its tradition of showcasing short films from Canada and around the world. This was shorts programmer Shannon Hanmer's inaugural year (as former programmer Peter...
View ArticleVHS Artwork Is F*cked Up!
I realize it has been a while since I've done a VHS Friday, but it's been crazy around here lately, even by October's standards. I hope to bring back this feature with a vengeance once things slow down...
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DKTM 355
Hey guys! I've extricated myself from watching the second stanza of Stranger Things long enough to regale you with some recent goings on around the Web. Today, I will be undergoing some legendary...
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The World's Angriest Halloween...
Hello everyone! It's Halloween-time again! I've known what I was going to creep around as this year for quite sometime, ever since seeing the FX show Legion earlier this year. Meet my rendition of The...
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Pain & Pleasure... Indivisible.
Sometime ago, a member of the Laser Blast Film Society put forth the idea of doing a Hellraiser marathon. Similar endurance tests had been undertaken before with the likes of the Resident Evil and Saw...
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DKTM 356
Hello all. This post is coming to you posthumously, as I am currently taking in the festivities at this year's Horror-Rama. You can expect a full report on that in a few days, but here's what I've got...
View ArticleTrailer Tuesdays: Within The Rock
With Hellraiser still on the brain, I discovered this TV movie from 1996 from long-time F/X artist Gary J. Tunnicliffe.Well, this looks like all kinds of... something. I do not regret picking this up...
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Horror-Rama 2017
The fourth edition of Horror-Rama took place last weekend and I, of course, was there to take in the festivities. This year saw the convention move to another venue, an arts & culture space in the...
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Del Toro AGO
I am currently attending the Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival so I'll be out of action for until next week, but I did want to post about the Guillermo del Toro exhibit currently showing at the Art...
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11.11.17
I'm still in Ithaca, but wanted to post my respects to those who gave their lives so that we can do frivolous things like sit in darkened rooms and watch movies. Have a wonderful weekend everyone and...
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John Carpenter in Toronto.
The maestro John Carpenter brought his Anthology tour to Toronto on Sunday night. I had taken a huge gamble not travelling to NYC when he played there last year in hopes he would eventually come here,...
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Ithaca IS Fantastik.
I am back and recovered from my little jaunt last week to New York for the sixth edition of the Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival. I really cannot praise this fest enough. It is a well run, well curated...
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Here There Be Tigers.
As I stated yesterday, the programming at this year's IFFF was terrific, running the gamut of modern genre cinema. I took in some solid films last week, but Mexican director Issa López's newest effort,...
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IFFF Shorts 2017
In addition to its well rounded feature film programming, IFFF also showed a robust list of shorts from around the world. Consisting of two dedicated blocks and some pre-feature entertainments, over...
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DKTM 357
Hello all. I'll use this opportunity between IFFF and BITS to get in a little Don't Kill the Messenger post - well that and watch eight Freddy movies but more on that later. Here's what I've...
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Fred-A-Thon
No sooner had I recovered from Laser Blast's Hellraiser marathon, my friend Serena hosted a similar event for the Nightmare On Elm Street franchise. Eight movies in fifteen hours. That's a lot of...
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Turkey & BITS
Happy Thanksgiving to my friends south of the border. We may have celebrated Turkey Day last month, but we Torontonians at least have the Blood in the Snow Festival all this weekend, starting tonight...
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Red & White
This year's Blood in the Snow Festivalkicked off last week with the world premiere of Jeff Sinasac's Red Spring.In a world overrun by vampires, a group of human survivors forage for supplies by day and...
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