‘Rhymes for Young Ghouls’ – Jeff Barnaby’s Film Is a Stark Reminder of Canada’s Genocide

Maple Syrup Massacre is a monthly series where Joe Lipsett dissects the themes, conventions and contributions of new and classic Canadian horror films. Spoilers follow… Last year in October 2022, Indigenous filmmaker Jeff Barnaby passed away from cancer. Although he had only written and directed two feature films, Barnaby was a key figure in Canadian genre cinema, notably his […]

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‘Dark Nature’ Review – All-Female Wilderness Thriller Gets Lost in the Woods [Fantasia]

The logline for writer/director Berkley Brady’s directorial feature debut Dark Nature describes it as “the story of a therapy group that is forced to confront the monsters of their past when an isolated weekend retreat tests their emotional resilience and ability to survive.” That’s pretty apt, albeit with one small issue: the Canadian film – […]

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‘Dark Nature’ Imagery Ends in Bloodshed

Berkley Brady has directed the new horror film Dark Nature, which Epic Pictures is bringing to the 2022 Cannes market. In the film, “Joy, a survivor of domestic violence, joins her friend Carmen and her therapy group on an isolated weekend retreat in the Canadian Rockies. Led by the enigmatic Dr. Dunnley – whose methods […]

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