DARK VISIONS BITS SHORTS PROGRAM, followed by HUNTER'S MOON with short BREAK IN BREAK OUT ROMI (Dir. Robert Cuffley) (10:00 mins) A woman is terrorized by her virtual assistant after it dredges up an ugly event from her past. MY TAKE: Creepy and clever...totally tweaked my distrust of Alexa-type devices! THE THOUGHT OF YOU...
EMERGING SCREAMS BITS SHORTS SHOWCASE PROGRAM, followed by M.A.J.I.C. with short SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME SPECTRE (Dirs. Gabriela Diacon & Mariana Diacon) (4:08 mins) Things turn sinister at midnight when Anna realizes a presence in her house. MY TAKE: A creepy traditional haunted house tale! SOLITUDE (Dir. Andrew Fleming) (5.24 mins) In this short thriller...
DEAD DICKS with short SKY SO BLUE, followed by THE NIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS with short ONE IN TWO PEOPLE (Dir. Chris Bavota, Lee Paula Springer) TORONTO PREMIERE (83 mins) After Becca receives a distressing call from her suicidal brother Richie, she rushes over to his apartment and finds him alive and well...
THE FUNNY FRIGHTS BITS SHORTS PROGRAM THE VIDEO STORE COMMERCIAL (Dirs. Cody Kennedy and Tim Rutherford) (4.10 mins) A desperate video store owner hires a crew to shoot a commercial in his shop. But when they accidentally destroy a cursed VHS, suddenly, all their lives are in danger - and worse yet,...
HAPPY FACE, with short LIAISON, followed by SHE NEVER DIED with short HOUSEKREEPING (Dir. Alexandre Franchi) TORONTO PREMIERE (97 mins) Desperate to become less shallow, Stan, a handsome 19-year-old, deforms his face with bandages and attends a support group for people with facial differences after he learns his cancer-ridden mother will undergo invasive...
PUPPET KILLER, with shorts COPENHAGEN ROAD and THE FIRST AND LAST TIME (Dir. Lisa Ovies) TORONTO PREMIERE (83 mins) While celebrating Christmas at a cabin in the woods, a group of high school students are stalked by a psychotic killer obsessed with horror movie icons. MY TAKE: I love it when a horror-comedy...
Regan couldn’t resist having a bonus Day of the Dead Blog to wrap up her 13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween…check out her interview with a programmer at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, Christian Burgess! Watch NOW...
Halloween would not be complete without Vincent Price, which is why Regan made it Part 2 of her 13th Horrifically Silly Day of Halloween…reminisce with her now…
The 13th of Regan’s 13 Horrifically Silly Days fell on Halloween and involved two parts…the first of which was an interview with local B-movie filmmaker and review writer Adam Thorn! See it now…
Have you seen Day 12 of Regan’s 13 Horrifically Silly Days, in which she interviews Kelly Michael Stewart, director of the Blood in the Snow Film Festival, as well as some of the filmmakers? No? You must — check it out NOW!
