Tag Archives: Fantasia

Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SGA-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, Farang 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, 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 Monster Inside My Head 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to celebrate its upcoming 25th edition, set again to take place as a virtual event accessible to audiences across Canada. The festival will run from August 5 – 25, 2021, and will include scheduled screenings and premieres, panels, and workshops, with films once …

Dark Star Pictures and horror leader Bloody Disgusting are set to host a groundbreaking weekend event from Friday, January 22 to Sunday, January 24, 2021, celebrating the distributor’s most recent acclaimed international genre offerings. The lineup will feature selections from Sundance, Fantasia, Nightstream, and Cinepocalypse, including PVT CHAT, Koko-Di Koko-Da, …

Dinner in America is probably my favorite film of 2020 so far. I can’t recommend it enough. I was lucky enough to speak to stars, Kyle Gallner and Emily Skeggs, and we talked about their fondest memories while filming, what they have coming up next, and of course, horror moves. …

Chino Moya’s debut feature UNDERGODS offers a dark, nightmarish view of the future. This dark anthology will weave its futuristic tales together for the first time at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival. Set to an original, synth score featuring ‘80s electronica, the film “journeys through disparate eras and realities …