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Bottom 5: Worst Of Frightfest 2016
Even the best festival line-ups have their duds, but in the case of Frightfest 2016, there were very few outright stinkers to rage over. It was an incredibly strong schedule overall, replete with soon...
The First Batch Of Toronto After Dark Movies Is Here!
The Toronto After Dark Festival kicks off next month, and the first wave of movies is finally here, for us all to drool over in anticipation. Described by the organisers as “some of the most cr...
The Hillside Stranglers: Cousins Turned Killers
In 1979, cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono were arrested as the main suspects in the kidnapping, rape, torture, and murder of ten female victims whose ages ranged from twelve to twenty-eight ye...
Top 5: Best Of Frightfest 2016
Frightfest 2016 was a year for discovering new favourites, rather than drooling over big-name titles. After The Woods was removed from the line-up, the biggest draw was probably 31, which is odd consi...
Frightfest 2016 Review: Train To Busan
Just when it seems we’ve seen zombies in every possible, horrible situation imaginable (lest we forget, 2013’s brilliant Stalled put them in a toilet) Train To Busan trundles into the stat...
Frightfest 2016 Review: Johnny Frank Garrett’s Last Word
Based on the documentary The Last Word, English director Simon Rumley’s (whose segment in The ABCs Of Death, “P Is For Pressure” left a pretty lasting impact) Johnny Frank Garrett...
Frightfest 2016 Review: The Windmill Massacre
It’s been such a long time since slasher fans have been gifted a truly great addition to the sub-genre that a flick called The Windmill Massacre, in which the featured villain is THE MILLER (ter...
The Rezort [Frightfest 2016 Review]
Hot on the heels of JeruZalem with a Z comes The Rezort with a Z. Z means zombie. Geddit? It’s clever because it’s obvious. Described by film critic and Frightfest co-founder Alan Jones as...
Frightfest 2016 Review: The Master Cleanse
The Big Bang Theory‘s Johnny Galecki hasn’t starred in a horror movie since his memorable turn in classic nineties slasher I Know What You Did Last Summer (he’s due to star in the up...