Tag Archives: Fantasia International Film Festival

Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SGA-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, Blackout being covered here wouldn’t exist. It’s my favorite time of year! No, not Halloween or Christmas. My other favorite time! It’s Fantasia International Film Festival time! And …

Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SGA-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, The Sacrifice Game being covered here wouldn’t exist. It’s my favorite time of year! No, not Halloween or Christmas. My other favorite time! It’s Fantasia International Film Festival …

Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SGA-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, Hundreds of Beavers being covered here wouldn’t exist. It’s my favorite time of year! No, not Halloween or Christmas. My other favorite time! It’s Fantasia International Film Festival time! …

Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SGA-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, Aporia being covered here wouldn’t exist. It’s my favorite time of year! No, not Halloween or Christmas. My other favorite time! It’s Fantasia International Film Festival time! …

Fantasia Fest 2022 is coming your way this Summer. Among the official selections on this year’s program: Rebekah McKendry’s GLORIOUS, starring J.K. Simmons and Ryan Kwanten. The folks at Shudder send word they’ve acquired the rights to the film ahead of its Fantasia Fest world premiere. When can you expect …

Another great film that premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival was the horror thriller, Agnes. The film was directed by Mickey Reece as well as written by them and John Selvidge. The cast includes Chris Browning, Mary Buss, Sean Gunn, Ben Hall, Zandy Hartig, Jake Horowitz, Hayley McFarland, Molly C. …

The Fantasia International Film Festival delivered a variety of unique stories including the horror-comedy, Kratt. This film was directed and written by Rasmus Merivoo. It’s an Estonian exotic mix of horror and family film that stars Mari Lill, Nora Merivoo, Harri Merivoo, Elise Tekko, Roland Treima, and Ivo Uukkivi.   …

I recently had the privilege of watching Hellbender for the Fantasia International Film Festival, which is the sixth feature from Wonder Wheel Productions, the family-run production company founded by Poser and Adams and their children, Zelda and Lulu. The Adams family first screened at Fantasia with their award-winning The Deeper …

Director Edoardo Vitaletti’s The Last Thing Mary Saw premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival 2021 on August 15 and 17 and is, hands down, one of my favorite films I’ve seen this year. The Last Thing Mary Saw is a period occult drama set in an isolated farmhouse in the …

King Knight is one of the best, if not THE best, movies I have seen in 2021 thus far. I’m not surprised though, because it was written and directed by Richard Bates Jr., the brilliant filmmaker behind one of my all time favorite films, Excision. So when Fantasia Fest 2021 …