Toronto After Dark 2017

The twelfth annual edition of the Toronto After Dark Film Festival marked both my ninth year attending the festival, as well as my sixth covering the festival. This year’s festival …

Here are my thoughts on the Canadian short films that preceded the features during Toronto After Dark. Homer_A A film for the people who like The Simpsons and snuff films. Astron-6 …

Here are my thoughts on the films to play as part of this year’s Toronto After Dark international shorts showcase. Your Date Is Here A mother and daughter play a …

An Austrian taxi driver is targeted by a serial killer in Cold Hell. Özge Dogruol (Violetta Schurawlow) is a Turkish-born taxi driver in Vienna, who witnesses the murder of a prostitute …

Two brothers return to the cult they escaped as teenagers in The Endless. Justin (Justin Benson) and Aaron (Aaron Moorhead) are two brothers, who gained notoriety and press when they escaped …

A private investigator is imprisoned and tortured by a serial killer in Poor Agnes. Agnes (Lora Burke) is a sociopathic woman living on her own in an isolated house. One …

A man and his sister go on the run a militant police state in Defective. The State Enforcement Agency has resulted in a 47% reduction of crime through the use …

A viral outbreak results in bloody chaos in an office building in Mayhem. The Towers and Smythe consulting firm is placed under 8 hour quarantine following an outbreak of the …

This review was originally published as part of my coverage of Fantasia 2017 A group of friends play a board game that literally blows their minds in Game of Death. While …

Full Disclosure: I was a contributor to Impossible Horror’s IndieGoGo campaign Two women investigate the source of a nightly phenomenon known as “The Scream” in Impossible Horror. Lily (Haley Walker) …

A council of vampires find themselves under siege by the military in Eat Locals. A council of eight vampires, including Henry (Charlie Cox), Peter (Tony Curran), Angel (Freema Agyeman), and …

A group of soldiers in a underground German bunker find a parasite that turns the infected into violent zombies in Trench 11. At the tail end of the First World …

Teenage friends fight back against their zombie-hoarding neighbour in Dead Shack. Jason (Matthew Nelson-Mahood) joins his best friend Colin (Gabriel LaBelle), his sister Summer (Lizzie Boys), their father Roger (Donavon …

A woman travels to an isolated commune to locate her missing twin sister in Rabbit. Maude (Adelaide Clemens) has been tormented by vivid nightmares about her missing twin sister Cleo. …

An LA cop joins other survivors to fight back against an alien invasion in Beyond Skyline. Mark (Frank Grillo) is a Los Angeles police officer, who begrudgingly picks up his trouble-making …

A female assassin in trained to be a sleeper agent in The Villainess. Sook-hee (Ok-bin Kim) is an assassin for a criminal syndicate, who is captured by government agents in Korea. …

The killer doll stalks patients at a mental hospital in Cult of Chucky. Nica Pierce (Fiona Dourif) has been institutionalized for the past four years, taking the blame for killer …

The undead killer in the swamp returns after a decade of inactivity in Victor Crowley. Andrew Yong (Parry Shen) is the sole survivor of the massacre at Honey Island Swap …

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 …

The teenage years of future serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer are chronicled in My Friend Dahmer. In the year 1978, Jeffrey Dahmer (Ross Lynch) was a socially awkward high school senior …

This review was originally published as part of my coverage of Fantasia 2017 The activities of an organ harvesting ring are shown from multiple different perspectives in Lowlife. El Monstruo (Ricardo Adam …

This review was previously published as part of my coverage of Fantasia 2017 Two teenage BFFs take their obsession with serial killers to the next step in Tragedy Girls. Sadie Cunningham (Brianna …

We are just over a week away from the 2017 edition of the Toronto After Dark Film Festival. This year marks the 12th year of the festival and there are …