Stars: Katreeva Phillips, John Francis McCullagh, Madison Calhoun, Billy Blair, Timothy Stevens | Written and Directed by Timothy Stevens Alex (Katreeva Phillips; The 13th of Never, The Universe Holographic) has returned home for her father Aurthur’s (John Francis McCullagh; The Dead Hand, Stok Stalk Stock) funeral. The only problem is she’s two days late, which […]
Stars: Danny Schluck, Brandon DeLany, Aimee Fogelman, Jennifer Askew, Victoria Meade | Written by Danny Schluck | Directed by Chad Ostrom The Day After Halloween (no relation to the Australian film Snapshot which was released in the US under that title) actually opens on Halloween as Addison (Danny Schluck; Street to Table) and Hayes (Brandon […]
Stars: Geoff Woodman, Tony Manders, Nicole Katherine Riddell, Kemal Yildirim, Alex Nathan-Woods, Emma Feeney, Martin W. Payne | Written by Richard Rowntree, Matthew Davies | Directed by Richard Rowntree Mask of the Devil, the third feature from director Richard Rowntree and co-writer Matthew Davies after Dogged and Nefarious, opens in 1878 somewhere in West Africa. […]
Stars: Ego Mikitas, Maxi Witrak, Terrance Livingston Jr., Lydia Hunter, Michael Deni, Tania Fox, Natasha Goubskaya | Written by Ryan Ebert, Anna Rasmussen | Directed by Glenn Campbell, Tammy Klein The biggest surprise about Shark Side of the Moon is that, in a genre that’s already seen Sharks of the Corn, Sharkula, Ouija Shark and […]
Stars: Christine Nyland, Stephanie Hains, Terence Krey, Donna Maria Wood, Jonathon Strauss, Christian Nilsson | Written and Directed by Terence Krey, Christine Nyland Debuting at this year’s Popcorn Frights, Distress Signals is the writing and directing team of Terence Krey and Christine Nyland’s follow-up to the unsettling slow-burn horror film An Unquiet Grave. This time […]
Stars: Ryan Kwanten, J.K. Simmons, André Lamar, Sylvia Grace Crim | Written by Joshua Hull, David Ian McKendry, Todd Rigney | Directed by Rebekah McKendry Wes (Ryan Kwanten; Kill Chain, 2067) is having a day that is anything but glorious. He’s fallen asleep at the wheel, nearly driven off the road. He’s gotten drunk at […]
Stars: Elohim Peña, Kulani Kai, Steven Alonte, Fiona Rose, Easton Michaels, Travis Greene, Peter Knox, N. Meridian, Ben Shaul, Jillian Ebling | Written by Danny Villanueva Jr., J. Anthony Ramos | Directed by Danny Villanueva Jr. I Dream of a Psychopomp is not a documentary about the 90s-era industrial band Psychopomps. What it is, is […]
Stars: Rea Rangaka, Sechaba Ramphele, Kiroshan Naidoo, Greg Viljoen, Stevel Marc, Aimee Ntuli | Written by Gareth Crocker | Directed by Fred Wolmarans, Gareth Crocker Office Invasion is the latest in a long line of films to use science fiction as a vehicle to poke fun at society. Writer Gareth Crocker (Dead Places, Shadow) and […]
Stars: Bryan Manley Davis, Laura Dooling, Jennie Osterman, Jasmine Peck, Frank Wihbey, Adrienne King, Michael Schantz | Written and Directed by Kurtis Spieler Let’s clear one thing up before we start, The Dead Girl in Apartment 03 is billed as being “From the director of New York Ninja”. But it’s directed not by John Liu […]
Stars: Lucas Sequeira, Jonathan Stoddard, Daniela Palavecino, Eileen Dietz, Robert LaSardo, Roslyn Gentle, Vernon Wells, Devanny Pinn, Vicki Gunvalson | Written and Directed by Kelton Jones Of the Devil sees actor Kelton Jones (Miranda Veil, Escape from Area 51) return to the directors’ chair five years after helming his disturbing first feature, Dry Blood. This […]
Stars: Jasmine Day, Matison Card, Brittney Carpenter, Jesse Davis, Andrew Hook, Ryan Fredericks | Written and Directed by Calvin T. Shepherd Safe House 1618 is the latest film about criminals on the run taking refuge in a house that turns out not to be nearly as safe as they thought. From Fight for Your Life […]
Stars: Brion James, Richard Crystal, Zalman King, Robert Walden, Mark Goddard, Charles Siebert, Stefan Gierasch, Alice Ghostley, Ray Young, Bill Adler | Written and Directed by Jeff Lieberman Showing as part of this year’s Fantasia Midnights program, Synapse Films premiered their restoration of writer/director Jeff Lieberman’s (Just Before Dawn, Satan’s Little Helper) cult favorite Blue […]
Stars: Jang Hyuk, Lee Chae-young, Lee Seo-young, Bruce Khan, Lee Seung-joon | Written by Nam Ji-woong | Directed by Choi Jae-hun Not to be confused with John Woo’s classic film of the same name, The Killer (Jugeodo Doeneun Ai) is the new film from Choi Jae-hun (The Hypnosis, The Swordsman) and written by Nam Ji-woong […]
Stars: Greg Hovanessian, Michael Ironside, Dempsey Bryk, Greg Bryk, Noah Dalton Danby, Ted Atherton, Natasha Henstridge | Written by Craig Davidson, Andrew Thomas Hunt | Directed by Andrew Thomas Hunt The Fight Machine is the second of two very different movies based on novels by Craig Davidson that Raven Banner debuted at this year’s edition of […]
Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin, from here on simply Orchestrator of Storms, is a long overdue examination of the works of French filmmaker Jean Rollin, a man who has been labelled everything from an auteur to a pornographer and a hack. Writer/directors Dima Ballin and Kat Ellinger have worked together on […]
Stars: Allan Hawco, Emily Alatalo, Adam Kenneth Wilson, Wesley French, Natalie Brown, Mary Antonini, Alex Lifeson | Written by Nick Cutter, Ian Weir | Directed by Rodrigo Gudiño Making its world premiere at Fantasia, The Breach, not to be confused with Breach, is the second feature from Rue Morgue founding editor Rodrigo Gudiño (The Last […]
Stars: Teressa Liane, Saskia Hampele, Tim Ross, Ann Truong, Kate Lister, Saskia Archer | Written and Directed by Andrew Traucki Despite the title and presence of writer/director Andrew Traucki, The Reef: Stalked is not a sequel to The Reef. Rather, like his films Black Water and Black Water: Abyss they’re unrelated films that share only […]
Stars: Han Eun-jin, Kim Hie-gab, Won Namkung, Kim Seon-kyeong | Written by Byeon Ha-yeong | Directed by Gwon Hyeok-jinn Long thought lost the Korean kaiju film Space Monster Wangmagwi made its first North American appearance at this year’s edition of the Fantasia Film Festival. If Shin Ultraman was the festival’s tribute to old-school kaiju, Space […]
Stars: Takumi Saitoh, Masami Nagasawa, Kenjirô Tsuda, Kôji Yamamoto | Written by Hideaki Anno | Directed by Shinji Higuchi Shin Ultraman is, for those unaware of it, a reboot of the original 1966 TV show Ultraman. That show launched a massively popular franchise in its native Japan and, reruns of the dubbed American version helped […]
Stars: So-dam Park, Kim Eui-Sung, Yeon Woo-Jin, Jung Hyun-jun, Song Sae-Byeok, Han Hyun-min | Written and Directed by Park Dae-min Special Delivery (aka Special Cargo), which recently made its North American debut at Fantasia, could best be described as a female-fronted cross between The Transporter and Leon the Professional. Eun-ha (So-dam Park; Parasite, The Silenced) […]
Stars: Sallie Harmsen, Noor van der Velden, Fred Goessens, Anneke Blok, Alexandre Willaume | Written by Nico van den Brink, Daan Bakker | Directed by Nico van den Brink Moloch opens in 1991 as a young girl feeding a mouse is frightened by the sounds of what sounds like an extremely violent attack in the […]
