Trailer Tuesdays: Return To Horror High.
Is there a horror trailer more “eighties” than this one?Return to Horror High is not a great movie, but it does have a cool coverbox, a debut appearance by George Clooney and Alex Rocco (better known...
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The Rest of the Fest.
Fantasia released the rest of its lineup, along with the schedule, yesterday and it was just as impressive as the previoustwo announcements. I now know what will be playing during my five-night stay in...
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It's a rainy one today, folks. Here's what I for you this week.Black Museum 4.5.Before a screening of Fright Night this week, Andrea & Paul announced the remaining three lectures of The Black...
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Videogram!
Swedish composer Magnus Sellergren aka Call Me Greenhorn is back with another album of horror-inspired synth soundscapes entitled Videogram.Just looking at that logo should give you an idea of where...
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Trailer Tuesdays: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Now, here is one of the true classics, folks. I bring this before you today, as the newly restored 40th anniversary presentation (overseen by Tobe Hooper) is playing Toronto - or more specifically The...
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Doc Of The Dead
During its limited run in Toronto last week, my buddy Schwartz & I took in the recent zombie documentary Doc of the Dead.Directed by Alex O. Philippe (The People vs. George Lucas), Doc of the Dead...
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Fantasia Bound.
I'm now on my way to Montreal for Fantasia, and that makes me as happy as a...Stay tuned, folks. My reviews should start coming in by the end of the weekend. Talk to you then.
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Levelling Up.
My first Fantasia film of note was Faults directed by Riley Stearns.A down-on-his-luck cult expert named Ansel Roth (Leland Orser) is hired by a couple to deprogram their daughter Claire (Mary...
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Nice Beaver!
My yearly jaunt to Montreal would not be complete without a midnight screening, and this year's was the newest animal hybrid flick Zombeavers.When a toxic waste spill turns the beaver population of a...
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The Wolf At Your Door.
Saturday was a long day of films, the most anticipated for me being Adrián García Bogliano's, Late Phases.After several residents of senior community are viciously mutilated, blind war veteran Ambrose...
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She's A Man-Eater.
Immediately after Late Phases, was the Canadian premiere of the hot new horror comedy, Life After Beth.While still mourning his dead girlfriend Beth (Aubrey Plaza), Zach (Dave DeHaan) discovers she is...
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Frontières!
I wanted to break from the reviews for a moment to give a shout out to my good friends Serena Whitney and Justin McConnell, who are pitching their feature project, Mark of Kane to investors at this...
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A Ghost In The Machine.
Sunday night saw the world premiere of Timur Bekmambetov's newest production venture Cybernatural directed by Leo Gabriadze.An online chat between six high schoolers is interrupted by a seventh...
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Lively Update.
Hey all. I just wanted to update you on the status of Lively, as it has a couple of screenings coming up. Tonight, it plays Toronto at a place called 3030 as part of the short film showcase Come To...
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It's been an active week with Fantasia Film Festival still going strong and this year's San Diego Comic Con festivities in full swing, so here are some highlights.Framing Frontieres.This week, Fangoria...
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Mother Knows Best.
On my last night at Fantasia, I was fortunate enough to catch John McNaughton's newest film The Harvest.Bed-ridden Andy (Charlie Tahan) knows little of the world beyond the confines of his room and the...
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Trailer Tuesdays: Something Wicked...
This week's trailer is for the 1983 film Something Wicked This Way Comes, for which I attended a retro screening at this year's Fantasia.It had been at least twenty years since I'd seen it last, and...
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September Treats!
I barely had time to get over all the Fantasia festivities before Colin Geddes unleashed the line-up for this year's TIFFMidnight Madness yesterday morning.So many titles I've been waiting to see. From...
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Festivalia!
Recently, I was the beneficiary of some awesome treasures of film festivals past. TIFF programmer Colin Geddes was moving offices and needing to unload some of his old programme guides, I was happy to...
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Oh, long weekends are the best. Especially when they are supposed to be rained out, but then said rain never materializes. So, I'm taking time from “the outside” to post on this week's events.Cellular...
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