A superintendent observes the tenants’ actions in a rundown apartment complex in Niagara Falls in The Legacy of Cloudy Falls. Cloudy Falls Residence is an apartment complex in Niagara Falls which seems destined to be torn down. The superintendent, Rita (Susan Berger), tells the story of three of the tenants of Cloudy Falls. These include…
This is an extended rewrite of our original review published as part of our coverage of the 2021 Blood in the Snow Film Festival A foul-mouthed vigilante targets the people who killed his family in Beyond The Chamber of Terror. Nash Caruthers (Timothy Paul McCarthy) is out for revenge against the Ackerman crime family, headed…
A foul-mouthed vigilante targets the people who killed his family in The Chamber of Terror. Nash Caruthers (Timothy Paul McCarthy) is out for revenge against the Ackerman crime family, headed by sadistic patriarch Russell (Robert Nolan), and he quickly dispatches his first target in the form of Russell’s son Tyler (Seth O’Shea). As retribution, Caruthers…
A troubled teen struggles to maintain his equilibrium in the wake of his friend’s death in The Lockpicker. Hashi (Keigian Umi Tang) is a teenage thief, who is haunted by the recent suicide of his friend Tess (Melissa McCann), who he still sees in visions. Sleepwalking through life in school, work, and parties, Hashi acts out…
A small town is tormented by a pair of crazed killers in the twelve days leading up to Christmas in Once Upon a Time at Christmas. In the small town of Woodridge, a pair of killers dressed up as Santa (Simon Phillips) and Mrs Claus (Sayla Vee) have started killing people each night in increasing…
A war veteran tries to survive a deadly game show in Sixty Minutes to Midnight. Jack Darcy (Robert Nolan) just wants to spend New Year’s Eve 1999 alone at his house with a bottle of Jack Daniels. However, Jack finds himself an unwitting contestant on the game show “Race the Clock” with Bud Carson (Terry McDonald), where…
Here is my rundown of the eight shorts that preceded the features at this year’s Blood in the Snow Film Festival. Serpent’s LullabyA woman in a century’s old mansion makes a decision that will change the course of her story. Serpent’s Lullaby is a short that focuses on a certain mythological figure. While it’s a…
Tonight is the beginning of the 2014 edition of the Canadian Film Fest, which will be taking place from tonight through Saturday at the Royal Cinema. I am planning on attending five of the festival’s screenings, including both the opening and closing film, and I will be posting reviews for those as weekend goes on. …
