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‘New Life’ Fantasia Review – A Genre-Blending Thriller That Emotionally Devastates

August 10, 2023 Meagan Navarro Fantasia, Fantasia 2023, New Life, Reviews

Writer/Director John Rosman’s feature debut, New Life, introduces an emotionally charged thriller that bides its time setting up the personal stakes behind the central cat-and-mouse pursuit. Prolonging answers behind the motives of the chase instills overarching mystery as it focuses on parallel journeys for two women desperately searching for a better hand than they’ve been dealt. It’s not […]

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‘Devils’ – Acclaimed Body-Swap Thriller in the Vein of ‘Face/Off’ Heading to SCREAMBOX! [Fantasia]

August 4, 2023 Brad Miska Devils, Fantasia, Fantasia 23, Movies, Screambox, Screambox Original

Huge announcement out of the Fantasia Film Festival where Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting have acquired all North American rights to the body-swap psychological thriller Devils, the film nominated for the New Flesh Competition for Best First Feature! The film will be released this fall as a SCREAMBOX Original. Deadline first reported the news. The gripping […]

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‘#Manhole’ Fantasia Review – An Exciting New Twist on the Confined Single Location Thriller

August 1, 2023 Joe Lipsett #Manhole, Fantasia, Fantasia 23, Kazuyoshi Kumakiri, Kento Nagayama, Michitaka Okada, Movies, Nao, Reviews, Yûto Nakajima

It takes a great deal of careful plotting to make a good confined single location thriller. Films such as Buried (2010), The Pool (2018), and 4×4 (2019) rely on a variety of complications to maintain tension without becoming repetitive or overstaying their welcome. It’s a delicate balance, but when it’s done well, the results can […]

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‘Blackout’ Filmmaker Larry Fessenden Previews Unique Werewolf Movie and Teases Potential Monster Mashup [Interview]

July 31, 2023 Meagan Navarro Blackout, Fantasia, Fantasia 2023, Interviews, Larry Fessenden, Movies

Filmmaker and horror stalwart Larry Fessenden has dedicated an extensive career to independent horror. Fessenden continues to deliver unique interpretations of familiar movie monsters, from the vampiric Habit to a modern Frankenstein retelling with 2019’s Depraved. His latest, Blackout, brings a contemporary horror drama centered around a Wolfman. Blackout, which just debuted at Fantasia International Film Festival (our review), follows small […]

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‘The Sacrifice Game’ Fantasia Review – A Devilishly Fun New Entry In Holiday Horror

July 31, 2023 Meagan Navarro Fantasia, Fantasia 2023, Jenn Wexler, Movies, Reviews, Shudder, The Sacrifice Game

Director/Producer Jenn Wexler’s sophomore feature, The Sacrifice Game, continues her streak for unpredictable narratives centered around teen girls. Unlike the anarchic ’80s punk rock spirit of her feature directorial debut, The Ranger, The Sacrifice Game shifts gears in tone and era to examine friendship amidst a demonically charged home invasion over Christmas break. Its narrative turns, characters that challenge perceptions, and […]

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‘Blackout’ Review – Larry Fessenden’s Werewolf Tale Offers a Slice-of-Life Movie With a Horror Twist

July 21, 2023April 15, 2024 Meagan Navarro Blackout, Fantasia, Fantasia 2023, Larry Fessenden, Movies, Reviews

In 2019, indie horror filmmaker Larry Fessenden reimagined Frankenstein with a contemporary lens in Depraved. His follow-up, Blackout, takes his exploration of classic movie monsters further with a unique take on the Wolf Man. Alcoholism and lycanthropy afflict an artist in Blackout, the title’s dual meaning apparent, but Fessenden takes it a step further by exploring the volatile nature of a community […]

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‘Booger’ Exclusive Images Previews Genre-Bending Metamorphosis Thriller

July 21, 2023 Meagan Navarro Booger, Exclusives, Fantasia, Fantasia 2023, Movies

Writer/Director Mary Dauterman’s feature directorial debut, Booger, promises to take audiences on a grossly sweet journey. Ahead of its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival, Bloody Disgusting can exclusively reveal first look images that teases an unpredictable ride ahead for the genre-bending metamorphosis thriller. In the film: “After Booger, her dead friend’s cat […]

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‘The Becomers’ – An Alien’s Cover Gets Blown in New Trailer for Genre-Bending Comedy

July 18, 2023 Meagan Navarro Fantasia, Fantasia 2023, Movies, The Becomers

Body-snatching aliens attempt to navigate love in the modern world in The Becomers, a genre-bending comedy set to make its premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival. A new trailer and poster reveal below gives a glimpse at the weird, funny, grotesque blend of genres in the latestby writer/director Zach Clark (Little Sister). The Becomers […]

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‘Aporia’ – New Trailer for Judy Greer Starring Sci-fi Thriller Explores Time-Bending Morality

July 12, 2023 Meagan Navarro Aporia, Fantasia, Fantasia 2023, Movies

The chance to undo a tragedy leads to time-bending sci-fi thrills in Aporia, and a new trailer unveiled today gives a glimpse of the emotional stakes and haunting morality choices made. Aporia stars Judy Greer (Halloween Kills, “Archer”) as a widow grappling with impossible choices when presented with a time machine. The dramatic sci-fi thriller […]

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Fantasia Film Festival Second Wave Announces Serial Killer ‘Red Rooms’ As Opening Film, ‘Talk to Me,’ and More

June 8, 2023 Meagan Navarro Fantasia, Fantasia 2023, Movies, Red Rooms, Talk to Me

The 27th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is set to commence from July 20 through August 9, 2023, taking place at the Concordia Hall Cinema, with additional screens at the Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée. The festival’s second wave of programming is here, bringing with it announcements of the opening film, serial […]

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Fantasia Film Festival – First Wave Includes ‘Blackout’, ‘Where the Devil Roams’, and ‘The Sacrifice Game’ [Photos]

May 11, 2023 Brad Miska Fantasia, Fantasia 2023, Movies

The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 27th edition with a whiplashing program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 20 through August 9, 2023, taking place at the Concordia Hall Cinema, with additional screens at the Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée. The festival’s full lineup will be announced in […]

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‘Dark Glasses’ Review – Dario Argento’s Return Is a Bloody and Sentimental Throwback [Fantasia]

July 30, 2022 Joe Lipsett Asia Argento, Dario Argento, Dark Glasses, Fantasia, Fantasia 2022, Gennaro Iaccarino, Ilenia Pastorelli, Maria Rosaria Russo, Mario Pirrello, Movies, Reviews, Sergio Stivaletti, Xinyu Zhang

Dario Argento’s latest film Dark Glasses finds the Master of Horror back on (somewhat) solid ground. While Dark Glasses has several classic Giallo elements, in reality, the Italian director has unexpectedly delivered a throwback to the “disabled woman in peril” subgenre that was popular back in the 80s and 90s. Dark Glasses begins in traditional Argento […]

‘The Breach’ Review – A Lovecraftian and Vague House of Horrors [Fantasia]

July 25, 2022 Meagan Navarro Fantasia, Fantasia 2022, Reviews, Slash, The Breach

Beginning with the stomach-churning body horror novel The Troop, author Craig Davidson quickly established himself as a horror author to watch under the pen name Nick Cutter. Adapting the boundary-pushing, gruesome, and often cosmic horror found on Cutter’s pages makes for a tricky and daunting task. Rue Morgue president Rodrigo Gudiño‘s second feature takes on Cutter’s latest, an Audible original […]

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‘Megalomaniac’ Review – Extreme Horror Makes for an Unsettling Conversation Starter [Fantasia]

July 25, 2022 Meagan Navarro Fantasia, Fantasia 2022, Megalomaniac, Movies, Reviews

The Butcher of Mons was a moniker given to a notorious serial killer in Mons, Belgium, who left bags of dismembered women along visible roadsides. As heinously and abruptly as these discoveries began, they ceased in 1997, and the Mons Butcher’s identity remains unknown today. Megalomaniac supposes the atrocious serial killer had offspring that carried […]

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‘House of Darkness’ Review – A Simple, Hilarious Dark Comedy

July 25, 2022September 13, 2022 Joe Lipsett Fantasia, Justin Long, Kate Bosworth, Movies, Neil LaBute, Reviews

Neil LaBute films tend to have similar characteristics. The gifted playwright has a way with words, so his scripts are smart and snappy. He also has an interest in the way that men and women interact and how caustic the battle of the sexes can be. His films are often filled with unlikeable characters engaging […]

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