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‘Venus’ TIFF Review – Jaume Balagueró Gives Modern, Bloody Update to Lovecraft Story

September 15, 2022 Meagan Navarro Álex de la Iglesia, Jaume Balaguero, Movies, Reviews, TIFF, TIFF 2022, Venus

Producer Álex de la Iglesia (The Day of the Beast) enlisted horror director Jaume Balagueró (REC, Sleep Tight) to helm the newest entry in his feature film series “The Fear Collection.” Balagueró teamed with Verónica scribe Fernando Navarro to co-write Venus, a blood-drenched and modern update to H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Dreams in the Witch House.” A violent crime thriller gets applied to the Lovecraftian tale, […]

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‘The People’s Joker’ Review – A Queer Coming of Age Batman Tale

September 14, 2022 Joe Lipsett Bri LeRose, Christian Calloway, David Liebe Hart, Griffin Kramer, Kane Distler, Lynn Downey, Movies, Nathan Faustian, Reviews, The People's Joker, TIFF, TIFF 2022, Vera Drew

The People’s Joker opens with a disclaimer: “This film is a parody and is at the present time completely unauthorized by DC Comics, Warner Brothers, or anyone claiming ownership of the trademarks therein…” The fact that the film, which was directed, cut and performed by Vera Drew from a script by Drew and Bri LeRose, […]

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‘Baby Ruby’ Review – Maternal Horror Movie Seeks to Destigmatize Postpartum Psychosis

September 14, 2022 Meagan Navarro Baby Ruby, Reviews, TIFF, TIFF 2022

Motherhood is terrifying. Every aspect of becoming a new mother breeds terror and anxiety, from giving birth to a mother’s identity post-baby, and countless horror movies have explored just about every facet of it over the decades. Yet horror always finds something new to say. Writer/Director Bess Wohl’s debut feature, Baby Ruby, uses psychological horror to put […]

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‘The Blackening’ Review – All-Black Slasher Is Equal Parts Comedy and Commentary

September 13, 2022 Joe Lipsett Antoinette Robertson, Dewayne Perkins, Diedrich Bader, Grace Byers, Jay Pharaoh, Jermaine Fowler, juneteenth, Melvin Gregg, Movies, Reviews, Sinqua Walls, The Blackening, TIFF, TIFF 2022, TIFF 22, Tim Story, Tracy Oliver, X Mayo, Yvonne Orji

Director Tim Story’s slasher The Blackening has a killer premise: if all of the characters are Black, who dies first? In the adaptation of 3peat’s Comedy Central short, co-writers Dewayne Perkins and Tracy Oliver strand a group of friends at a remote cottage in the woods for Juneteenth (yes holiday horror!). Unbeknownst to them, the […]

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‘Sick’ Review – Kevin Williamson’s Return Is a White-Knuckle Slasher That Goes Hard

September 12, 2022January 11, 2023 Joe Lipsett Bethlehem Million, Dylan Sprayberry, Gideon Adlon, John Hyams, Katelyn Crabb, Kevin Williamson, Movies, Reviews, Sick, TIFF, TIFF 2022, TIFF 22

Sick, the new slasher/home invasion film written by Kevin Williamson and Katelyn Crabb, opens with a mini-scroll. In addition to reminding audiences about the early onslaught of COVID, orders to self-isolate and the early death toll, there is a key establishing date: April 3, 2020. The date is paramount in establishing the context for Sick. […]

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‘The Eternal Daughter’ TIFF Review – A Gothic Family Drama That Struggles to be Memorable

September 12, 2022 Joe Lipsett Carly-Sophia Davies, Joanna Hogg, Joseph Mydell, Movies, Reviews, The Eternal Daughter, TIFF, TIFF 2022, Tilda Swinton

Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter begins like so many Gothic stories before it: a car driving along a foggy backwoods road en route to a nearly deserted mansion. The house in question is actually a hotel – one where Julie (Tilda Swinton) and her mother (also Swinton) will be staying for a few days to […]

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‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ TIFF Review – Benoit Blanc Is Back in Bigger and Funnier Whodunnit

September 11, 2022 Meagan Navarro Daniel Craig, Glass Onion, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Netflix, Reviews, Rian Johnson, TIFF, TIFF 2022, TIFF 22

Murder is afoot once more in the latest Knives Out mystery from writer/director Rian Johnson. So is the world’s greatest detective, Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), who’d grown bored during the pandemic and needed a new case to crack. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery sticks to sequel conventions in that it goes bigger than its predecessor. Still, it also switches […]

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‘Wendell & Wild’ TIFF Review – Henry Selick and Jordan Peele’s Stop-Motion Collab Is an Overstuffed Halloween Treat

September 11, 2022 Meagan Navarro Henry Selick, Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Lyric Ross, Movies, Netflix, Reviews, TIFF, TIFF 2022, TIFF 22, Wendell & Wild

It’s been a long time since writer/director Henry Selick has graced audiences with a spooky, stop-motion animated feature. More precisely, it’s been almost thirty years since he helmed the beloved classic The Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s been thirteen years since his last effort, Coraline, a gateway horror movie for many. Selick finally makes his long-awaited return with Wendell & Wild, […]

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‘The Menu’ TIFF Review – This Culinary Horror-Comedy Serves up Sophisticated, Stylish, but Unsatiating Satire

September 11, 2022 Meagan Navarro Anya Taylor Joy, Mark Mylod, Movies, Nicholas Hoult, Ralph Fiennes, Reviews, The Menu, TIFF, TIFF 2022

Director Mark Mylod and writers Seth Reiss and Will Tracy carefully construct a multi-course fine dining tasting menu of satirical delights and frights in The Menu. While the sophisticated and dry horror-comedy tantalizes with a feast for the senses and a compelling ensemble cast, The Menu’s satire lacks bite. Obsessed foodie Tyler (Nicholas Hoult) finally secured a coveted spot at the exclusive Hawthorne Island […]

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‘Sisu’ Review – ‘Rare Exports’ Director’s Gonzo Journey Delivers Gory Fist-Pumping Fun

September 10, 2022April 28, 2023 Meagan Navarro Jalmari Helander, Movies, Reviews, Sisu, TIFF, TIFF 2022

Writer/Director Jalmari Helander delivered a delightfully wicked twist to Santa Claus in 2010’s genre-bender Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. Helander’s latest, Sisu, sees the filmmaker reteaming with some familiar Rare Exports faces for another crowd-pleasing genre-bender, this time an R-rated journey through Lapland near the end of World War II. The period action adventure goes hard on hyper-violence and […]

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Jaume Balagueró’s Lovecraftian ‘Venus’ Poster Is All Heart

August 18, 2022 Brad Miska Jaume Balaguero, Movies, posters, TIFF, TIFF 2022, Venus

Sony Pictures International Productions and Amazon Prime Video recently joined forces with Álex de la Iglesia (The Day of the Beast, The Last Circus, Witching and Bitching) on the feature film series “The Fear Collection”. It kicked off with Álex de la Iglesia‘s Veneciafrenia, released in Spain last November. Next up is Venus, hailing from horror veteran Jaume Balagueró, the co-director of REC and REC 2, […]

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‘V/H/S/99’ to World Premiere in TIFF’s Midnight Madness Program Alongside Ti West’s ‘Pearl’!

August 4, 2022 Brad Miska flying lotus, Johannes Roberts, Joseph Winter, Maggie Levin, Movies, Pearl, TIFF, TIFF 2022, Tyler MacIntyre, V/H/S/99, Vanessa Winter

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is one of the most prestigious in the world and we’re insanely excited to announce today that Shudder and Studio71’s Bloody Disgusting-produced V/H/S/99 will have its World Premiere as part of the Midnight Madness program! Bloody Disgusting’s Southbound also had its World Premiere at TIFF back in 2015. You can […]

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TIFF Begins Announcing Films, Beginning With ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’, ‘The Menu’, and ‘Wendell & Wild’!

July 28, 2022 Brad Miska Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Knives Out 2, Movies, The Menu, TIFF, TIFF 2022, Wendell & Wild

TIFF announced today the selections in the Gala and Special Presentations programmes for the 47th Toronto International Film Festival, taking place September 8–18. “We’re excited to welcome some of the most celebrated figures in movies back to Toronto to present their Gala and Special Presentation films,” said Cameron Bailey, TIFF CEO. “With stories that span […]

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‘Kicking Blood’ Trailer Treats a Vampire Like an Alcoholic

March 4, 2022 Brad Miska Alanna Bale, Kicking Blood, Movies, TIFF, Videos

Bloody Disgusting has the first trailer and a gorgeous poster for Kicking Blood, a dark vampire comedy that had its premiere at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival. In the film… “Alanna Bale stars as a modern-day vampire who falls for a charming recovering alcoholic and resolves to quit drinking blood and become human again.” Luke Bilyk, […]

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[TIFF Review] ‘Silent Night’ Hides Grim Tragedy Within Awkward Christmas Comedy

September 20, 2021 Meagan Navarro Camille Griffin, Keira Knightley, Movies, Reviews, Silent Night, TIFF, TIFF 2021

For the most part, writer/director Camille Griffin’s feature debut, Silent Night, plays like many comedies set around holiday gatherings. It features typical awkwardness that comes from a large makeshift family coming together during one of the most stressful times of the year, attempting to cast aside grudges, secrets, or bad manners for the sake of […]