Fantasia Fest 2021

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 get suc...

Junk Head Fantasia Fest 2021 Movie Review

Junk Head Is A Stunning Piece Of Stop Motion Animation, And A Sure Cult Classic [Fantasia 2021 Review]

Over 7 years in the making, Takahide Hori’s stop motion epic Junk Head has had a long journey to this year’s Fantasia Fest. Initially a well received 2013 short, the feature length cut was...

Coming Home In The Dark Fantasia Fest 2021 Movie Review

Coming Home In The Dark Is A Brooding Indictment Of Institutionalized Violence [Fantasia 2021 Review]

Coming Home In The Dark opens on the sort of family vacation I’m not sure exists outside of the movies. The sky is clear, the rural New Zealand scenery whizzing past the windows breathtakingly g...

King Car/Carro Rei Fantasia Fest 2021 Movie Review

King Car Is A Bumpy Apocalyptic Ride [Fantasia 2021 Review]

In synopsis, King Car/Carro Rei is the stuff that midnight movie dreams are made of. Uno (Luciano Pedro Jr), was born in the back of his father’s taxi, which may explain why he’s had the l...

Agnes Fantasia Fest 2021 Movie Review

Agnes Is An Ambitious Arthouse Exorcism [Fantasia 2021 Review]

Agnes, the latest film from prolific cult film writer/director Mickey Reece, opens on some very familiar territory. The titular Agnes (Hayley McFarland) is a young nun in a remote convent. Formerly th...

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