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 the Shorts After Dark showcase, there was also another international short this year that preceded one of the features. As such, here is a rundown…
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 of course creepy clowns. Here are my thoughts on each of the 19 short films. Kookie A young girl gets into trouble for eating too…
Little Terrors presents the horror anthology Minutes Past Midnight. As midnight falls, all manner of terror invades the Earth: In Never Tear Us Apart, a pair of friends encounters a family of cannibals; In Awake, a boy begins acting strange to the concern of his parents; In Crazy for You, a serial killer has a difficult…
The shorts that preceded the films at the 2015 Blood in the Snow Film Festival included mirror images, voodoo dolls, dark Christmas tales, and urban legends. Here is my rundown of the Blood in the Snow pre-film shorts. Chiral Hank (Nelson Leis) is an art-dealer hosting a gallery opening. He chases after a thief who…
The short showcase for the 2015 Blood in the Snow Film Festival featured everything from monster vigilantes to killer salesmen to mermaids. Here is my rundown of the seven shorts that played as part of this showcase. Birthday A woman becomes a sacrifice to give birth to a powerful being. Without a doubt, Birthday is a…
The international shorts at this year’s Toronto After Dark Film Festival included uninvited guests, things that go bump in the night, and very bizarre animated tales. Here is the rundown of the Shorts After Dark line-up. The Guests While waiting for her husband to come home, Anna (Matlida Ridgway) becomes host to an unexpected housewarming party….
This year’s line-up of Canadian short films included inter-dimensional portals, grim reapers, and father/son relationships. Here is my rundown of the Canada After Dark line-up. Portal to Hell!!! This review was originally written as part of my coverage of TIFF15 A grumpy superintendent finds out that a couple of tenants have performed a ritual in…
Here is my roundup of reviews from Short Cuts Programme 4, which consisted of seven short films from around the world, which ranged from arctic depths to traveling between dimensions. Casualties of Modernity This is a dark comedy taking the form of a hospital soap opera. This involves a cross dressing nurse examining a number…
A kung-fu fighting cop goes against Hitler in the 1980s homage Kung Fury. Kung Fury (David Sandberg) is a cop in 1985 Miami, who gained mystical kung-fu powers, which allows him to fight crime all over the city. When Adolf Hitler (Jorma Taccone), a.k.a. Kung Führer, travels through time to spread terror, Kung Fury decides to travel…
Here are my thoughts on the shorts that preceded the features at the 2015 Canadian Film Fest. Speak Now A man and woman spend a night together in a hotel room. Speak Now keeps the relationship between this couple somewhat ambiguous, even though flashbacks show that they have a history with each other. It is…
