This year saw the Blood in the Snow Film Festival expand from four to six days, which the introduction of the Deadly Exposure Industry Film Market. This resulted in BITS 2018 being my most busy festival, as see by the fact that it took me a number of days after the completion of the festival …
Blood in the Snow 2018
Here are my thoughts on the pre-screening shorts from the 2018 Blood in the Snow Film Festival. Devil’s Due The Devil has a message for the people of the world. The ultimate message being given in Devil’s Due is that it’s quite difficult to avoid that many evils in the world, to the point that The Devil …
Here are thoughts on the films that screened during the second short film showcase at the 2018 Blood in the Snow Film Festival. That’s Not Me A woman wakes up to her friend Amber at the front door, but then receives a phone call from the same friend. That’s Not Me is a short film with a …
Here are my thoughts on the films that were part of the first Short Film showcase at the 2018 Blood in the Snow Film Festival. Note: As previously explained, I decided to exclude the short film Quiet Room Bears from my coverage. Frostbite A group of kids learn the lesson about covering up to avoid …
A new addition to the Blood in the Snow Film Festival was showcase of episodes from various web series. Here are my thoughts on the ten web series featured in the showcase. Poppyseed Place – Happy, X, and Chair Director Greg Kovacs expands his 2017 short film Fun into a full on web series that spoofs children’s …
A group of teenage girls begin to learn the dark secrets of their boarding school in Level 16. Since a young age the girls of The Vestalis Academy are taught by their headmistress Miss Brixil (Sara Canning) and Dr. Dr. Miro (Peter Outerbridge) to live by the seven virtues of femininity, so they will be adopted by …
A woman is targeted by an evil spirit after she suffers from a miscarriage in Isabelle. Larissa Kane (Amanda Crew) and her husband Matt (Adam Brody) move into a new house, with Amanda expecting the couple’s first child. While greeting her unusual next door neighbour Ann Pelway (Sheila McCarthy), Amanda suffer’s a sudden miscarriage that results in her …
A man suffering from amnesia tries to piece together who he is in Fugue. Malcolm (Jack Foley) wakes up with no memory of who he is. He is greeted by a woman named Helen (Laura Tremblay), who describes herself as Malcolm’s wife. Together with Malcolm’s friend Ian (Mike Donis), Helen tries to jog Malcolm’s memory. However, …
Eighteen filmmakers depict supernatural terror around Montreal in the anthology tale Montreal Dead End. During the usual summer road work in Montreal, a supernatural green grown rises from a pothole, resulting in ghosts, zombies, and other paranormal creatures to arise around the city. As this terror spreads, it is up to the Guardian (Marco Collin) to …
The filming a reality show goes horribly wrong in The Hoard. The team of the reality TV show Extremely Haunted Hoarders descends upon the notorious hording town of Rockford, Ohio to clean up the properties owned by lifelong hoarder Murph Evans (Barry More). The crew is split into three teams consisting of lead experts Sheila Smyth (Lisa Solberg) …
A blinded man and a pregnant police officer try to survive a zombie outbreak in Deadsight. Ben Neilson (Adam Seybold) wakes up in an ambulance with no sight and no idea how he got there. It isn’t long until Ben discovers that the undead are roaming the countryside and he struggles to find shelter. The only other …
This is a very hard post for me to write. Yesterday evening was the first part of the Blood in the Snow 2018 Short Film Showcase. One of the shorts that was part of the showcase was Quiet Room Bears by Lee Howard, based on his line of teddy bears (such as the Toronto After Dark mascot …
One of the special events of the 2018 Blood in the Snow Film Festival was an installation at the Super Wonder Gallery featuring Offerings: A Seance in Three Acts, the new 26 minute experimental short film directed by Torin Langen (3 Dead Trick or Treaters). Probably the best description I have of Offerings is that the film is likely …
A rock band goes on a spiritual journey into the wilderness in Hammer of the Gods. Mitch (Josh Collins), Eric (Rob Raco), and Olivia (Samantha Carly) are the members of the rock band Sled Dog, who haven’t been able to develop a successful follow-up to their initial hit single half a decade earlier. The band decide …
Two people wake up in an abandoned hospital in Alive. A man (Thomas Cocquerel) and a woman (Camille Stopps) wake bloodied and bandaged in an abandoned hospital. They are being taken care for my a mysterious man (Angus Macfadyen), who has a kind demeanor, yet acts aggressive towards his patients when they are not receptive of …
An American engineer investigates a conspiracy surrounding a viral infection in Pakistan in Altered Skin. Craig Evans (Robin Dunne) is an American man, who has been living in Pakistan with his doctor wife Insiya (Juggan Kazim), who is one of many that have been infected with a virus that eventually turns people into crazed zombies. Craig is …
Two estranged brothers are forced to do one last smuggling run across dangerous terrain in SuperGrid. In a post-apocalyptic future, mining conglomerates have turned the land into a vast wasteland known as the SuperGrid. Deke (Marshall Williams) is forced by Lazlo (Jonathan Cherry) to do one last run across the US/Canada border. To accomplish this job, …
We are a day away from the start of the 2018 Blood in the Snow Film Festival. Now in its seventh year, this year’s festival aims to be the biggest yet, with the length of the festival expanding to six day from November 22 to 27, 2018. The line-up over the course of the film …