Archie Madekwe, Théodore Pellerin, Havana Rose Liu, and Zack Fox star. Alex Russell directs the psychological thriller.
Genre fans, rejoice! The 11th edition of the Popcorn Frights Film Festival has bestowed Annapurna Sriram’s “pastel-slashed” horror comedy Fucktoys with its Jury Prize for Best Feature Film. Several other awards were also announced. According to the official statement: “The Scariest Feature Film Prize was awarded to Brandon Christensen’s chilling tale Night of the Reaper, a world premiere slasher marking his third Popcorn Frights win–a true three-peat of terror.” And that’s not all. “To further highlight emerging talent, Popcorn Frights’ New Nightmare Prize, honoring filmmakers making their feature film debuts was given to Ben Leonberg’s haunted house pupper nightmare Good Boy.” Before we direct to the official site for more information, allow us to include a little bit more from the awards announcement: “Because horror…
Riz Ahmed, Lily James, and Sam Worthington star. David Mackenzie directs the action thriller.
An animated Chinese fantasy adventure that became a runaway hit — and deservedly so.
With Summer nearing an end and the routine of life resuming, respite may be found in Shudder’s lineup for September. The big one is Sean Byrne’s horror flick, Dangerous Animals, so big that only subscribers in the U.S. will be able to watch it on the platform. Sorry on Shudder’s behalf? That seems like a weird situation, but with such a popular movie this Summer, everyone wanted their nibble at the worldwide rights for it. Speaking of sorry, Canada. The Canadian found footage flick, House on Eden, will be available in all territories where Shudder is available. The filmed-in-Canada horror flick, Night of the Reaper, will also be available in all territories. Regular programming for The Last Drive-in continues and a new…
Honestly, we are a bit surprised it has taken this long for Vivieno Caldinelli’s gross-out horror comedy Scared Shitless to find a home here on home soil. Scared Shitless premiered at last year’s Fantasia Film Festival where our own Kurt wrote in their review, “Surprisingly light on the eponymous excrement, but delightfully heavy on 1980s era practical effects, Vivieno Caldinelli’s Scared Shitless is a fun little Canadian creature feature with a watertight screenplay, and a surprisingly sophisticated (given the subject matter, and the sub-genre) sense of comic timing.” The folks at Blue Fox Entertainment have acquired the Canadian horror comedy and are going big with the launch. This Saturday, they are hosting a one-night-only screening here in Toronto at Scotiabank Theatre, in partnership…
China’s blockbuster animated hit returns in a new English-dubbed version that surpasses all expectations.
It’s impossible for any one film to complete define a particular country at a specific moment in time. Countries and cultures are too vast, too multiple, too varied to be quantified in 90 minutes. But a film can capture a place and time strongly enough that it becomes not only a time capsule of the past, but a window into how a place and culture might be what it is in the contemporary. Cairo Station is arguably such a film. While it was not successful in its home country when released, over the decades it has become recognized as a pillar of Egyptian cinema. Youssef Chahine’s tale of the working poor at the main railway station, their struggles, their love, their obsessions and their violence, is…
Locarno Pro 2025 highlighted a diverse range of international projects, with industry awards recognizing emerging talent, cross-border collaborations, and new developments in independent cinema.