This double episode contains the remaining interviews from the 2022 Fantasia Film Festival. First up is our interview with writer/directors Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes of the film Sissy, which is now available to stream on Shudder. Next, we have writer/director K.C. Carthew and star Viva Lee from the film Polaris, which is having its…
After spending the 2020 and 2021 editions forced to cover the festival virtually, this year saw me return to Montreal to attend the Fantasia Film Festival for the first time since 2019. Other than I played it safe and wore masks to every screening, it honestly didn’t feel like I ever left. Without further ado,…
An elderly shaman seeks to save his estranged daughter from demonic forces in Legions. Antonio Poyju (Germán De Silva) was once a powerful shaman and mediary between worlds. However, he now finds himself admitted to a mental hospital, where his fellow patients are putting on a play based on Antonio’s life story. However, when a…
Two siblings follow in the footsteps of their serial killer father in Megalomaniac. Martha (Eline Schumacher) and Felix (Benjamin Ramon) are the offspring of “The Butcher,” a serial killer who terrorized Belgium in 1997. While Felix seems to be following in his father’s footsteps by kidnapping and killing women, Martha tries to work a regular…
A controversial livestreamer sets out to spend a night alone in a haunted house in Deadstream. Shawn Ruddy (Joseph Winter) is the controversial host of the “Wrath of Shawn” live stream, who has just returned online after an incident that cost him his sponsors. To bounce back, Shawn decides to spend a night in the…
A disgraced reality TV star is recruited to save a real estate agent’s husband from a death cult in Cult Hero. Kallie Jones (Liv Collins) is a real estate agent in Owen Sound distressed about losing clients to Cynthia Doyle (Jessica Vano) and the poor state of her marriage with Brad (Justin Bott). To help…
The man drives a woman home to her secluded estate in House of Darkness. After meeting in a bar, Hap (Justin Long) drives Mina (Kate Bosworth) to her isolated castle-like home. Hap accompanies Mina inside for a drink and seems confident that he will get lucky. However, it soon turns out that Hap finds himself…
A heartbroken man receives a cosmic offer in a rest-stop washroom in Glorious. Wes (Ryan Kwanten) is driving off after a heartbreaking split with his girlfriend Brenda (Sylvia Grace Crim). Stopping off at a rest stop, Wes goes on an all-night bender, entering the dirty washroom the following day to vomit. While in the toilet,…
A drug-smuggling job goes awry in Swallowed. Benjamin (Cooper Koch) and Dom (Jose Colon) are out dancing before Benjamin travels to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a porn star. However, on the way, Dom stops off and meets Alice (Jena Malone) for a job smuggling drugs over the US/Canada border, with the main…
An ex-police officer infiltrates the voice phishing ring that took everything from him in On the Line. Han Seo-Joon (Byun Yo-han) is working on a construction site when his wife is the victim of a phishing scam that empties everything from their bank account. Han soon learns that everyone on the site was a victim…
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