This is an expanded rewrite of the review originally published as part of our coverage of TIFF 2024 A has-been actress uses an experimental drug to become a better version of herself in The Substance. Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is a once-popular actress who has now been reduced to hosting the aerobics program Sparkle Your…
A new mother begins to believe she is turning into a dog in Nightbitch. Mother (Amy Adams) has grown resentful of the fact that she gave up her art career to raise her 2-year-old son on her own, while her Husband (Scoot McNairy). Mother begins recieving heighted senses akin to that of a dog. After…
A has-been actress uses an experimental drug to become a better version of herself in The Substance. Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is a once-popular actress now reduced to hosting the aerobics program Sparkle Your Life. However, Elisabeth ends up being fired, on her birthday, by her chauvinistic boss Harvey (Dennis Quaid), who begins looking for…
A small-town police officer’s last case has him investigating a gruesome murder in The Breach. John Hawkins (Allan Hawco) is the police chief of the tiny town of Lone Crow, who takes one last case before transferring to the big city when a canoe carrying the grisly remains of local scientist Cole Parsons (Adam Kenneth…
David Cronenberg makes his return to body horror in Crimes of the Future. Sometime in the future, humanity has evolved to the point where they can no longer feel pain, which has resulted in body mutilations becoming a perverse form of performance art. Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen) is one such performance artist, who regularly performs…
A woman finds that she has a psychic bond with a supernatural serial killer in Malignant. Madison Mitchell (Annabelle Wallis) is a woman who is hospitalized after an apparent home invasion results in the brutal death of Madison’s abusive husband and the loss of her unborn child. Comforted by her sister Sydney Lake (Maddie Hasson),…
A woman with an obsession with cars poses as the missing son of a fire captain in Titane. As a child, Alexia (Agathe Rousselle) got into a car accident, resulting in a titanium plate being implanted in her skull. This leads to an unnatural connection to cars, which she uses to great success as a gyrating…
A corporate assassin begins to literally lose her mind in Possessor. Tasya Vos (Andrea Riseborough) is a woman who works for a company that uses mind implant technology to transfer Vos’ consciousness into a host body, which is then used to perform high profile assassinations, all under the watchful eye of her handler Girder (Jennifer…
A couple’s romantic getaway is disrupted the arrival of an older couple in The Beach House. Randal (Noah Le Gros) arrives with his girlfriend Emily (Liana Liberato) at his family’s beachfront property to reconnect with each other. However, it isn’t long until they discover that the house is also being occupied by Mitch (Jake Weber)…
The lycanthrope police officer returns to duty in Another WolfCop. Sometime after the events of the previous film, officer Lou Garou ( Leo Fafard) continues to enact vigilante justice as WolfCop, while Tina (Amy Matysio) is now chief of the Woodhaven sheriff’s department. After eviscerating a group of thugs, Lou is unexpectedly reunited with local conspiracy…
