Fantasia Fest
Hellbender is a Wonderfully Twisted Family Folk Horror [Fantasia 2021 Review]
Hellbender is arguably the most anticipated movie playing Fantasia 2021, picked up by Shudder even before it premiered, and for good reason as it turns out. We’ve been so preconditioned not to ...
Tin Can is a Phantasmagorical Treat for the Senses [Fantasia 2021 Review]
Claustrophobia is something most people struggle with, even if they don’t really think they do – nobody is comfortable being trapped in a small space for hours on end. Suffering through ...
Kratt is a Devilishly Dark Delight [Fantasia 2021 Review]
Earlier this year, the brilliant Psycho Goreman gifted a couple of bratty kids their very own monster to play with and cart around town to do their bidding. Kratt could almost be considered the Estoni...
The 12 Day Tale of the Monster That Died in 8 [Fantasia 2021 Review]
The COVID-19 pandemic is still highly topical, and likely will be for a long time to come, so it’s not surprising we’re seeing more and more films either set during it or directly, and i...
Anything for Jackson is Pure Nightmare Fuel [Fantasia Review]
It’s been a while since an elderly couple were the villains in a horror movie. The Visit was five years ago, if you can believe it (funnily enough, it sucks even more now than it did back then ...
Sheep Without a Shepherd Takes a Hammer to Social Injustice [Fantasia Review]
Sheep without a Shepherd is a movie that proudly wears its many influences on its sleeve, beginning with a thrilling, Great Escape-aping opening sequence set at a prison internment camp that’s ...
Who the Heck is Hail to the Deadites For? [Fantasia Review]
Over the past few years, there’s been an unfortunate influx in fan documentaries. By this, I don’t mean fan made films, but rather films about fans. It’s unfortunate because there...
Special Actors is a Worthy Successor to One Cut of the Dead [Fantasia Review]
One Cut of the Dead is a tough act to follow. Shin’ichirô Ueda’s lively, gory, and super-meta take on zombie movies and the perils of low budget filmmaking was a massive hit not just...
The Mortuary Collection Is A Frightfully Fun And Stylish Anthology [Fantasia Review]
Ryan Spindell’s The Mortuary Collection has had a long, strange journey to Fantasia Fest. His short The Babysitter Murders was well received on the festival circuit back in 2015, but due to spor...