Horror is such a broad genre that it can still be enjoyed even if you hate being scared. One of my favourite subgenres is what I like to call “fun horror,” which I loosely define as horror films that are fun, silly, batshit, but not too scary (well, okay, some of them are kind of…
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Review: Azrael
Set some time after the rapture, where speech is considered a sin, Azrael (Samara Weaving) is captured by a devout cult who want to sacrifice her to the evil lurking in the wilderness in exchange for their salvation. When Azrael escapes—as she often does—the cult, led by pregnant priestess Miriam (Vic Carmen Sonne), will stop…
13 Films to Watch This Autumn
It’s September 22nd which means it’s finally autumn! It’s time for cosy films, warm blankets, and hot drinks as those vibrant green leaves turn to hues of orange, brown, and yellow! The films below are my favourite to watch this time of year. Most of them won’t come as a surprise, they’re always on these…
Review: Subservience
AI (artificial intelligence) is not new to the horror genre, but it’s certainly felt more prevalent during the past few years with the likes of M3GAN and AfrAId. S.K. Dale is prepared to join the conversation with his new sci-fi thriller, Subservience. The film follows construction worker Nick (Michele Morrone) who is struggling to look…
Review: Hell Hole
Opening in 19th century Serbia during the Napoleonic wars, a platoon of lost and starving soldiers wander around looking for food when they stumble upon a lone woman with a horse. With a cunning smile, she lets them take the horse: A Trojan horse! In present day Serbia, an American fracking crew led by John…
Review: Ganymede
Ganymede opens to a calming lake, but the score is tense as a single tear drops down the face of a man, smoking alone on a pier, before he jumps in, never to return. The man’s identity becomes clear later, but in the present day, we’re introduced to two very different teenagers who become drawn…
Review: ‘Umma’ Has Compelling Ideas but Falls Short Due to a Restrained and Disjointed Script
Korean immigrant Amanda (Sandra Oh) and her homeschooled daughter Chrissy (Atypical’s Fivel Stewart) live a quiet life on a rural farm beekeeping and selling honey. They live without modern technology as Amanda claims to be “allergic” to electricity, and therefore rely on local shop owner and friend Danny (Dermot Mulroney) to sell their honey. Amanda is…
Review: ‘Night’s End’ is Saved by An Entertaining Final Act
Night’s End, the latest from Jennifer Reeder (Knives and Skin), written by American playwright Brett Neveu, follows Ken Barber (Geno Walker), a divorced dad suffering from anxiety and agoraphobia, who finds himself in a haunted apartment. The first act builds a picture of Ken’s life, including his daily routine: he wakes up counting backwards from 10…
Review: ‘The Requin’ Loses Human Story of Survival Message to Laughably Bad CG Sharks
I’m not a fan of Shark films. There’s nothing particularly wrong with them — they’re just not for me. I find them quite boring and predictable, the sort of qualities I much prefer to be in my beloved slasher flicks. I watched The Requin (which means “shark” in French) purely because of Alicia Silverstone, but she delivered what…
LFF Review: A Love Story
In Jennifer Sheridan’s original debut feature, Rose: A Love Story, husband Sam (screenwriter Matt Stokoe) and wife Rose (Sophie Rundle) live a secluded life together in England’s snowy woods. Sam spends his days in the freezing cold gathering wood, setting rabbit traps, and looking after them both, whereas Rose stays inside writing novels, on a typewriter…