Toronto After Dark 2016

Another edition of the Toronto After Dark Film Festival is in the books. This was my seventh year attending the film festival, so I can undoubtedly be considered a veteran …

The international short short selection at Toronto After Dark this year included non-moving threats, gross-out body horror, and itching wolves. In addition to the ten shorts that played as part …

As always, every feature film at Toronto After Dark was preceded by a Canadian Short Film. This year’s Canada After Dark line-up included obsessive fans of pop stars, killer tattoos, and …

Full Disclosure: I was a contributor to The Void’s Indiegogo Campain A small town sheriff encounters hellish inhuman creatures at a rural hospital in The Void. While on patrol, officer Daniel …

A group of kidnappers get more than they bargained for in From a House on Willow Street. Hazel (Sharni Vinson), Ade (Steven John Ward), Mark (Zino Ventura), and James (Gustav Gerderner) …

A heartbroken man goes on a retreat to cleanse out his demons in The Master Cleanse. Paul (Johnny Galecki) is a man whose life is a mess after his fiance …

We return to the vampire-infested American wasteland in The Stakelander. Over the last few years, Martin (Connor Paolo) has created a new life for himself in New Eden, with his …

A hard partying woman mysteriously becomes pregnant in Antibirth. After a night of heavy drinking and drug use, Lou (Natasha Lyonne) wakes up with no knowledge of what happened the …

A retired police detective investigates a serial killer in Creepy. Takakura (Hidetoshi Nishijima) is an ex police detective, who now works as a professor in criminal psychology. Recovering from a career …

A young man is concerned about his sociopathic behaviour as a serial killer torments his small town in I Am Not a Serial Killer. John Wayne Cleaver (Max Records) is the …

This review was originally published as part of my coverage of Fantasia 2016 A group of teenagers have to survive a series of deadly trials in As the Gods Will. Shun Takahata …

An ex-con fights to save his daughter from a drug cartel in Blood Father. John Link (Mel Gibson) is a man who spent nine years in prison and is now …

A group of marines face off against autonomous robots in Kill Command. A group of marines lead by Captain Bukes (Thure Lindhardt) and Sgt Drifter (David Ajala) travel to an …

The horror film Bed of the Dead, directed by Jeff Maher, will be having its Toronto premiere tonight at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival. Born in Montreal, Jeff Maher is one …

This review was originally published as part of my coverage of Fantasia 2016 A group of friends find themselves trapped by a cursed bed in Bed of the Dead. Ren (Dennis Andres), …

Things go wrong at a zombie hunting paradise in The ReZort. Ten years following a zombie outbreak, one of the biggest tourist attractions is The ReZort, where people can pay …

A young woman finds herself tormented by her inner-self in Let Her Out. Helen (Alanna LeVierge) is a young woman, whose mother killed herself 23 years earlier at a grungy …

Two corrupt cops investigate a robbery gone awry in War on Everyone. Terry Monroe (Alexander Skarsgård) and Bob Bolaño (Michael Peña) are two police detectives, who have little concern with following the …

A woman and her daughter encounter a paranormal force during the Iran-Iraq war in Under the Shadow. Shideh (Narges Rashidi) is a woman living in a Tehran apartment complex with her …

This review was originally published as part of my coverage of Fantasia 2016 A dysfunctional couple goes to visit family in Trash Fire. After being together for three years, Owen (Adrian …

This is a capsule version of a previously published review A zombie outbreak occurs aboard a train in Train to Busan. Seok-woo (Gong Yoo) is an overworked man, who barely has time …

This review was previously published as part of my coverage of Fantasia 2016 A drifter seeks vengeance in an isolated mining town in In a Valley of Violence. Paul (Ethan Hawke) …

This review was originally published as part of my coverage of Fantasia 2016 Young mermaids become hits in a Warsaw nightclub in The Lure. Golden (Michalina Olszanska) and Silver (Marta Mazurek) are …

We are only a week away from the start of the 2016 Toronto After Dark Film Festival. This past weekend, the final batch of films were announced, along with the …

The first ten films of the 2016 Toronto After Dark Film Festival have officially been announced today. Having seen a number of these films at Fantasia, I can assure that …