This review was originally published as part of my coverage of Fantasia Fest 2015 Four tales of Yuletide terror are told in A Christmas Horror Story. In the town of Bailey Downs, Dangerous Dan (William Shatner) speaks on the radio, as the town prepares for Christmas Eve. Teenager Molly (Zoé De Grand Maison) and her friends explore a […]
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A couple try to protect their child from malevolent fairy folk in the woods in The Hallow. British conservationist Adam Hitchens (Joseph Mawle) and his wife Claire (Bojana Novakovic) and baby son Finn have traveled from London to a small Irish town to mark down trees in a local forest for removal. This upsets the townsfolk, particularly
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The time travel themed science fiction film Synchronicity screens this evening at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival. The film is directed by Jacob Gentry, who was previously known for the 2007 horror film The Signal, as well as the My Super Psycho Sweet 16 trilogy. When Synchronicity had its world premiere this past summer at the Fantasia International Film
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This review was originally published as part of my coverage of Fantasia Fest 2015 A physicist has created a machine capable of time travel in the science fiction mind bender Synchronicity. Jim Beale (Chad McKnight) and his team of Chuck (AJ Bowen) and Matty (Scott Poythress) are preparing to perform a wormhole experiment funded by Klaus Meisner (Michael
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This review was originally published as part of my coverage of Fantasia Fest 2015 Eleven filmmakers, including Axelle Carolyn (Soulmate), Darren Lynn Bousman (Repo! The Genetic Opera), Neil Marshall (The Descent), Lucky McKee (All Cheerleaders Die), and Mike Mendez (Big Ass Spider!), team together to tell ten terrifying stories set on one Halloween night. The people of a small sleepy
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In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Toronto After Dark, I will be revisiting one film from each year of the festival. Please be aware that these discussions may include SPOILERS. Well, the tenth edition of Toronto After Dark begins this evening and we have reached the final post of my trip through the festival’s history. Last year
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In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Toronto After Dark, I will be revisiting one film from each year of the festival. Please be aware that these discussions may include SPOILERS. Toronto After Dark made a major transition in 2013, as the festival left its longtime home of the Bloor Cinema and relocated to the Scotiabank Theatre in
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In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Toronto After Dark, I will be revisiting one film from each year of the festival. Please be aware that these discussions may include SPOILERS. After one year away, Toronto After Dark returned to the newly renovated Bloor Hot Docs Cinema for its 2012 edition. Highlights from this edition of the festival
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In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Toronto After Dark, I will be revisiting one film from each year of the festival. Please be aware that these discussions may include SPOILERS. Because of renovations going on at The Bloor Cinema, Toronto After Dark moved to the Toronto Underground Cinema for its 2011 edition, which also saw the festival
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In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Toronto After Dark, I will be revisiting one film from each year of the festival. Please be aware that these discussions may include SPOILERS. The fifth year of Toronto After Dark was one of its biggest, with the line-up including films such as The Human Centipede, I Spit on Your Grave, High
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