A vengeful ghost targets bullies in the supernatural thriller Some Kind of Hate. Lincoln (Ronen Rubinstein) is a troubled and bullied teen, who is sent to the Mind’s Eye Academy retreat to learn how to make his life better. He quickly befriends Isaac (Spencer Breslin) and begins a romance with “wayward cheerleader” Kaitlin (Grace Phipps)….
The classic J-horror series returns for a final scare in Ju-On: The Final Curse. After her sister Yui Shono (Nozomi Sasaki) goes missing, Mai (Airi Taira) begins to investigate her disappearance. The investigation leads Mai to Yui’s student Toshio (Kai Kobayashi). As the investigation continues, the curse surrounding Toshio and his mother Kayoko reveals itself, affecting all who come…
A thief goes on the run from a master assassin in Momentum. Alex Faraday (Olga Kurylenko) comes out of retirement to perform one last heist for her former partner. When her face is accidentally revealed during the robbery, Alex is forced to lay low in Cape Town. However, she becomes a target for CIA assassin Mr….
This review was originally published as part of my coverage of Hot Docs 2015 The famed comedy troupe reunites on stage for the final time in Monty Python: The Meaning of Live. For the first time in 34 years, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin reunite on stage for a series…
A group of friends visiting a cabin are tormented by a giant sex-crazed mutant rabbit in Bunny the Killer Thing. Jari (Roope Olenius), Mise (Jari Manninen), Jesse (Olli Saarenpää), Sara (Enni Ojutkangas), and Nina (Veera W. Vilo) travel to the cabin owned the family of Tuomas (Hiski Hämäläinen) and Emma (Katja Jaskari). Along the way, they pick…
It’s Yakuza against a zombie horde in Deadman Inferno. Former Yakuza boss Hiroya Munakata (Shô Aikawa) is a shell of his former self after surviving an assassination attempt ten years prior. Munakata’s friend and blood brother Takashi (Shingo Tsurumi) is released from prison and is ready to be reunited with his daughter Hinata (Maika Yamamoto), though he…
Eleven filmmakers, including Axelle Carolyn (Soulmate), Darren Lynn Bousman (Repo! The Genetic Opera), Neil Marshall (The Descent), Lucky McKee (All Cheerleaders Die), and Mike Mendez (Big Ass Spider!), team together to tell ten terrifying stories set on one Halloween night. The people of a small sleepy town always seem to go crazy on Halloween night, the tales of which are…
This year’s edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival was a major homecoming for the film Turbo Kid. The film is the first completed project to come out of the Frontières International Co-Production Market, which is now in its fourth year. Following Turbo Kid‘s highly successful Canadian premiere, a panel was held to break down Turbo…
A young man becomes a superhero in a post-apocalyptic society in Turbo Kid. It is the year 1997 and civilization has crumbled and is run with an iron fist by Zeus (Michael Ironside) and his henchman Skeletron (Edwin Wright). The Kid (Munro Chambers) lives on his own in the wasteland, scavenging for supplies and reading…
A group of American tourists are trapped in the city of Jerusalem during the start of the apocalypse in JeruZalem. Sarah (Danielle Jadelyn) travels with her friend Rachel (Yael Grobglas) to go for a vacation in Tel Aviv. On the way, they come across young anthropologist Kevin (Yon Tumarkin), who invites the two to join him in…
