Die Alone

Die Alone

An amnesiac man is assisted by a survivalist woman to find his girlfriend in a post-apocalyptic world in Die Alone. Ethan (Douglas Smith) wakes up after a car accident with no memory, other than he was travelling with his girlfriend Emma (Kimberly-Sue Murray) to lay low at their cabin as a viral pandemic turns the…

Never Let Go

Never Let Go

A mother tries to protect her sons from an evil spirit surrounding their home in Never Let Go. In a post-apocalyptic world, a single Mother (Halle Berry) has created strict rules to protect her twin sons Nolan (Percy Daggs IV) and Samuel (Anthony B. Jenkins) from the Evil surrounding their home. The most important of…

The Substance

The Substance

This is an expanded rewrite of the review originally published as part of our coverage of TIFF 2024 A has-been actress uses an experimental drug to become a better version of herself in The Substance. Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is a once-popular actress who has now been reduced to hosting the aerobics program Sparkle Your…

Presence – TIFF 2024

Presence – TIFF 2024

The haunting of a family is shown from the point-of-view of the ghost in Presence. After an unknown presence silently moves through the rooms of an empty house, realtor Cece (Julia Fox) arrives to show the house to Rebekah (Lucy Liu), her husband Chris (Chris Sullivan) and their kids, Tyler (Eddy Maday) and Chloe (Callina Liang)….

Dead Mail – TIFF 2024

Dead Mail – TIFF 2024

A kidnapped man desperately drops a note requesting help into a mailbox in Dead Mail. Josh (Sterling Macer Jr.), a kidnapped synthesizer engineer, crawls his way out of the house he is chained to and drops a call for help into the mailbox before his kidnapper and former business partner Trent (John Fleck) returns home….

The Gesuidouz – TIFF 2024

The Gesuidouz – TIFF 2024

A horror-themed punk band are sent to a farm to record a hit song in The Gesuidouz. Hanako (Natsuko) is the leader of The Gesuidouz, a punk-rock band with lyrics using the titles of horror films. The band’s manager is frustrated that nobody knows that The Gesuidouz’s first album “Toxic Avengers Infinity War” exists and…

The Shrouds TIFF 2024

The Shrouds – TIFF 2024

A grieving man develops a burial shroud that allows him to observe the decaying body of his deceased wife in The Shrouds. Karsh (Vincent Cassell) has been grieving the death of his wife Becca (Diane Kruger), who died four years prior from cancer. Through his company GraveTech, Karsh has developed burial shrouds that can allow…

Ick TIFF 2024

Ick – TIFF 2024

A high school science teacher tries to save his students from a malevolent vine-like growth invading his small town in Ick. For two decades, the small town of Eastbrook has been encroached by a viscious vine-like growth nicknamed “The Ick,” though one of the only people concerned seems to be football star turned science teacher…