A nun with a troubled past learns about the rite of exorcism in Prey for the Devil. Sister Ann (Jacqueline Byers) has taken residency in a school for exorcists run by Father Quinn (Colin Salmon). Working with Dr. Peters (Virginia Madsen) in the school’s psyche ward, Ann has to help ensure that those suspected of […]
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Here are our reviews for the International Shorts After Dark showcase. Tistlebu A Norwegian film about a couple trying to connect with nature on a Tistlebu farm. This is a bit of a gross-out body-horror short that tries to teach us not to take nature for granted.  3.5/5 Role Play A one-night stand turns
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Here are our reviews of the Canadian Shorts After Dark selections. Canadian Shorts Showcase The Flying Sailor The title of this short says it all, a sailor goes flying after blowing up his ship, somehow losing all his clothes in the process. There’s something strangely serene about this short.  4/5 Black Forest Sanitorium A
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A professional wrestler babysitting in place of his girlfriend has to deal with a demonic cult in Here for Blood. Phoebe (Joelle Farrow) has to study for an exam, so she asks her pro-wrestler boyfriend, Tom O’Bannon (Shawn Roberts), to go in her place to babysit Grace (Maya Misaljevic) for yuppie couple Barb (Tara Spencer-Nairn)
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The history of the Child’s Play franchise is revisited by someone who grew up around the killer doll in Living with Chucky. As the daughter of Tony Gardner, the head puppeteer since Seed of Chucky, Kyra Elise Gardner has grown up around the killer doll known as Chucky. Kyra sets out to talk to her
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A teenage girl and her sick little sister stay at the house of their possible witch of a grandmother in Evil Eye. Nala (Paola Miguel) is a 13-year-old girl who lives in scorn at the attention given by her parents Rebecca (Samantha Castillo) and Guillermo (Arap Bethke), towards Nala’s terminally ill younger sister Luna (Ivanna
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A troupe of circus freaks fight back against a Nazi showman in Freaks Out. Matilde (Aurora Giovinazzo), Fulvio (Claudio Santamaria), Cencio (Pietro Castellitto), and Mario (Giancarlo Martini) are four superpowered performers for the Half Penny Circus run by Israel (Giorgio Tirabassi) in 1943 Rome. When a bombing mid-performance destroys the circus, Israel goes off on
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An elite soldier tries to save his family during the start of the zombie apocalypse in Day Zero. Emon (Brandon Vera) is a former special forces soldier who has spent the last eight years in prison and is desperate to reunite with his wife Sheryl (Mary Jean Lastimosa) and deaf daughter Jane (Freya Fury Montierro).
A group of teenagers try to save their neighbourhood from the zombie apocalypse in MexZombies. Tavo (Iñaki Godoy) is a Mexican teenager who sneaks into a gated community to both spy on his crush Ana (Roberta Damián) and hang out with his cinephile best friend Joseph, aka Cronos (Marcelo Barcelo). However, some inept gangsters test
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A Royal Air Force pilot is shot down over Afghanistan and encounters a secret Soviet bunker containing monstrous creatures in The Lair. Lt. Kate Sinclair (Charlotte Kirk) is shot down by insurgents flying over Afghanistan. Sinclair flees from the insurgents into an abandoned bunker but soon finds monstrous beings in status who awaken during the
