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Mathieu Fortin’s The Parrot turns one of #hplovecraft’s shortest idea into an eerie slice of Old Quebec #horror, and now I really want to know what this bird knows. Where can I find it after #Fantasiafest? #shortfilm #trilogy

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‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Review

Ask any horror fan, and they’ll tell you that they first fell in love with the genre after…
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AFCC member Kyle Pinion lets us know what Five Movies He Can’t Wait To See at the 30th annual Fantasia International Film Festival including Nicolas Winding Refn's Her Private Hell https://screenrex.com/fantasia-2026/ #AFCC #ForTheLoveOfMovies @FantasiaFest #FantasiaFest

Kim Soo-jin's new horror film Noise enhances its familiar narrative beats with nerve-destroyingly good sound design, a few very nice jump scares and decent performances. Check out my review of the film from Fantasia Fest at 411mania! #NoiseMovie #FantasiaFest https://411mania.com/movies/fantasia-2025-noise-review/

Hold the Fort is a gory slice of comedy that should work wonders for fans of films like Tucker & Dale vs. Evil and The 'Burbs. You can check out my review of the film from FantasiaFest over at 411mania! https://411mania.com/movies/fantasia-2025-hold-the-fort-review/

#HoldTheFort #FantasiaFest

Oddity delivers one of the best scares of 2024, plenty of dread and a knockout dual performance from Carolyn Bracken. Check out my review of Damian McCarthy's latest from Fantasia Fest at 411mania. #Oddity #FantasiaFest https://411mania.com/movies/fantasia-2024-oddity-review/

Koji Shiraishi subverts the classic J-horror haunted house story with a comedic touch in House of Sayuri! Check out my review of the film from FantasiaFest at 411mania. #HouseOfSayuri #FantasiaFest https://411mania.com/movies/fantasia-2024-house-of-sayuri-review/

Baby Assassins Nice Days adds generational divide humor to the action-comedy franchise, featuring more badass action and strong lead performances. Check out my review from Fantasia Fest at 411mania! #BabyAssassins #FantasiaFest https://411mania.com/movies/fantasia-2024-baby-assassins-nice-days-review/

AFCC member Scott Phillips looks at some of his favorite films from the first week of @FantasiaFest https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottphillips/2024/07/29/genre-films-from-around-the-globe-premiere-this-week-at-fantasia-2024/ #AFCC #filmfestivals #FantasiaFest

Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens are fantastic in Tilman Singer's delightfully weird new horror film Cuckoo. Check out my review of the movie from Fantasia Fest at 411mania! #Cuckoo #FantasiaFest https://411mania.com/movies/fantasia-2024-cuckoo-review/

Blu Hunt delivers a fantastic performance in The Dead Thing, Elric Kane's supernatural tale of modern dating. Check out my full review from Fantasia Fest at 411mania! #TheDeadThing #FantasiaFest https://411mania.com/movies/fantasia-2024-the-dead-thing-review/

Kizumonogatari -Koyami Vamp- combines a three-film anime prequel into one streamlined story that isn't for everyone, but those whom it IS for will adore it. Check out my full review of the film from FantasiaFest at 411mania! #Kizumonogatari #FantasiaFest https://411mania.com/movies/fantasia-2024-kizumonogatari-koyomi-vamp-review/

Dale Dickey gives an absolute knockout performance in the new neo-noir thriller The G! Check out my review of the film from Fantasia Fest at 411mania! #FantasiaFest #TheG https://411mania.com/movies/fantasia-2024-the-g-review/

Inside directors Julien Maury & Alexandre Bustillo are back with a creepy folk-horror-tinged serial killer mystery in The Soul Eater. Check out my review of the horror-thriller from Fantasia Fest at 411mania! #TheSoulEater #FantasiaFest https://411mania.com/movies/fantasia-2024-the-soul-eater-review/

Alexander J. Farrell's werewolf film The Beast Within features great performances and suspense, though it struggles a bit with its allegory about cycles of abuse. Check out my full review of the film from #FantasiaFest at 411mania! #TheBeastWithin https://411mania.com/movies/fantasia-2024-the-beast-within-review/?x=1

In the wonderful Adrianne and the Castle, Shannon Walsh explores the love of two dreamers and how one of them grapples with the other's loss. Check out my review of the film from Fantasia Fest 2024 at 411mania! #FantasiaFest https://411mania.com/movies/fantasia-2024-adrianne-and-the-castle-review/

Next up in my Fantasia Fest coverage is Joel Potrykus' buddy drama Vulcanizadora, which will be sticking with me for a while in a good way. See my full review at 411mania. #Vulcanizadora #FantasiaFest https://411mania.com/movies/fantasia-2024-vulcanizadora-review/?x=1

My Fantasia Fest 2024 coverage kicks off with Alice Maio Mackay's badass holiday horror film Carnage For Christmas. Check out my full review of the film at 411mania! #CarnageForChristmas #FantasiaFest https://411mania.com/movies/fantasia-2024-carnage-for-christmas-review/

This year's Fantasia Fest looks to have another crop of amazing films on the menu! Excited to be providing coverage once again for 411mania.com. #FantasiaFest https://411mania.com/movies/fantasia-third-wave-2024-in-our-blood-cuckoo/

So fucking excited for Fantasia 2024 schedule release tomorrow. I just know there's gonna be some kickass #35mm and #16mm screenings.

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"The way you root for characters, I think, it's the little choices" - John Rosman on New Life https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2023-08-19-interview-with-john-rosman-about-new-life-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #Frightfest #FantasiaFest #film #disability #movies

A doctor seeking to cure death forms an unlikely partnership with the mother of her experimental subject in Birth/Rebirth https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/birthrebirth-2023-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #Frankenstein #film #movies

"Infusing this story with all aspects of birthing experiences, and different ways of approaching motherhood and legacy, felt like a natural fusion with the Frankenstein story" - Laura Moss talks Birth/Rebirth https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2023-08-15-interview-with-laura-moss-about-birthrebirth-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #film #movies

Danny and Michael Philippou's Talk To Me has been named Best International Film in the Fantasia Audience Awards https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/news/2023-08-14-fantasia-audience-awards-announced-news-story-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #film #movies

"I think there's something to be said about allowing the audience to question their own sexual identity, and hopefully people will be a little more open to being try-sexual, if you will. Hopefully not through body swapping!" - Joe Lynch on Suitable Flesh https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2023-08-13-interview-with-joe-lynch-about-suitable-flesh-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #Frightfest #film #movies

A Foley artist instructed to spend time with horses begins growing her own equine tail and embarks on a series of erotic encounters in Piaffe https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/piaffe-2022-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #film #cinema

A ragtag group of performers and an ambitious journalist embark on a journey of discovery after civilisation collapses in Apocalypse Clown https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/apocalypse-clown-2023-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #comedy #film #movies

A struggling talk show host's Halloween special goes horribly awry in Late Night With The Devil https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/late-night-with-the-devil-2023-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #film #movies

The Taster ★★★★★ (Short) #FantasiaFest

Sophia Bierend's The Taster is an electric short film set in a dystopian future. As it goes on, you find yourself gripping your chair just that bit more than you expected. From top to bottom, this is exceptional.

https://upcomingonscreen.com/the-taster-%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85-short-born-of-woman-fantasia-2023/

Only Yourself to Blame ★★★★★ (Short) Born of Woman – Fantasia 2023

Noomi Yates has created a gut-punching, devastating 9-minute short with her film Only Yourself to Blame. A film that really just has you sitting in stunned silence.

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https://upcomingonscreen.com/only-yourself-to-blame-short-fantasia-2023/

Steve J Adams and Sean Horlor discuss the book Michelle Remembers, the Satanic Panic of the Eighties, and their investigative documentary Satan Wants You https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2023-08-09-interview-with-steve-j-adams-and-sean-horlor-about-satan-wants-you-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #documentary #film #movies

Se dit d'un cerf qui quitte son bois ★★★★★ (Short) Born of Woman Fantasia 2023

Se dit d'un cerf qui quitte son bois is a perfect dark comedy short. Salomé Crickx has created a wonderful piece of magic here in this instantly rewatchable film
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https://upcomingonscreen.com/se-dit-dun-cerf-qui-quitte-son-bois-short-born-of-woman-fantasia-2023/

A drag artist's plan to get revenge on the man who beat him up becomes unexpectedly complicated in Femme https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/femme-2023-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #film #lgbtq

Two women facing different terrors engage in a cross country chase which could affect the fate of all humanity, in New Life https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/new-life-2023-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #film #movies

A lonely girl befriends a magical creature and discovers a mythical underwater restaurant in dazzling animation Deep Sea https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/deep-sea-2023-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #animation #film

"I actually love dancing, but I’m too embarrassed to dance. And so the solution is that I make a film for the characters and just let them dance for me" - Lin Hei-yau on The Moon, The Sky And You https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2023-08-08-interview-with-lin-hei-yau-about-the-moon-the-sky-and-you-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #film #cinema

A bullied, insecure young Satanist thinks his dreams have come true when his online idol invites him to participate in a real occult ritual, in Onyx The Fortuitous And The Talisman Of Souls https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/onyx-the-fortuitous-and-the-talisman-of-souls-2023-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #film #movies

HP Lovecraft's body-swapping horror tale The Thing On The Doorstep is reimagined in the tradition of Stuart Gordon by director Joe Lynch, in Suitable Flesh https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/suitable-flesh-2023-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #film #movies #Lovecraft

"You have to accept that the world is uncontrollable, and uncertainty is a way of life" - Jared Moshé on Aporia https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2023-08-06-interview-with-jared-moshe-about-aporia-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #SciFi #film

A shy boy falls for a dangerous girl in The Moon, The Sky And You https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-moon-the-sky-and-you-2023-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #film #cinema

A basketball-playing firefighter experiences strange dreams in Irlande Cahier Bleu https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/irlande-cahier-bleu-2023-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #film #cinema

When an insurance broker falls for a man who cannot reciprocate, she rips out her heart and sends it to him, in With Love And A Major Organ https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/with-love-and-a-major-organ-2023-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #romance #film #cinema

The Adams family talks DIY, carnivals, costuming, creating mythology and Where The Devil Roams https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2023-08-04-interview-with-zelda-adams-john-adams-lulu-adams-and-toby-poser-about-where-the-devil-roams-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #Frightfest #horror #film #movies

A bullied ten-year-old on a housing estate prepares for eternal life as a vampire in Transylvanie https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/transylvanie-2023-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #vampire #film

A shiftless young man goes on a quest to save his archaeologist brother from a gang of ferocious feline women in Mad Cats https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/mad-cats-2023-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #film #movies

Paris Zarcilla and Chi Thai discuss identity, colonialism and the challenges involved in bringing Raging Grace to the screen https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2023-08-03-interview-with-paris-zarcilla-and-chi-thai-about-raging-grace-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #EIFF2023 #Frightfest #racism #film

"These two characters hate each other. They fight with each other not to beat each other but in order to kill each other" - Kim Jae-hoon on Devils https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2023-08-02-interview-with-kim-jae-hoon-about-devils-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #film #movies

A well intentioned sex education lesson has unexpected consequences for homeschooled step-siblings in Hippo https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/hippo-2023-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #film #movies

"Pelevin literally put a manuscript on my desk...I almost had no choice" - Victor Ginzburg on making Empire V and how the Russian Government tried to ruin it https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2023-08-01-interview-with-victor-ginzburg-about-viktor-pelevin-and-empire-v-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #vampire #Russia #film #movies

Two children go on a quest through the tundra which may change one of them forever, in stop motion animation Mother Land https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/mother-land-2022-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #FantasiaFestival #animation #film #movies

A delinquent teenager falls for a sports-loving girl and finds his way into basketball in manga adaptation The First Slam Dunk https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-first-slam-dunk-2022-film-review-by-andrew-robertson #JapanCuts #FantasiaFest #EIFF2023 #basketball #manga #film

Georgina Campbell patrols the backcountry of a National Park in the new slow-burn (until it's not!) horror film Lovely, Dark, and Deep. Check out my review of the film from Fantasia Fest at 411mania! #LovelyDarkAndDeep #FantasiaFest https://411mania.com/movies/fantasia-2023-lovely-dark-and-deep-review/

The other day, just before its screening at Fantasia, I had the opportunity to talk with Larry Fessenden about his sweetly melancholy new werewolf film, Blackout. He's one of my favourite directors (and actors) and had a lot to say. https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2023-07-23-interview-with-larry-fessenden-about-blackout-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #film