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‘When I Consume You’ Is A Bleak Character Study of Mental Health [Brooklyn Horror Review]

October 19, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

A woman stands behind a man wearing a baseball cap with his head down, illuminated from behind

There’s a push and pull interplay at work in When I Consume You, the latest film written and directed by Perry Blackshear. 

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Filed Under: Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Evan Dumouche, Libby Ewing, MacLeod Andrews, Perry Blackshear

‘Nightshooters’ Delivers Epic Action [Toronto After Dark Review]

October 17, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

A man kicks another man in mid-air as a third man watches

There’s something for everyone in writer/director Marc Price’s 2018 independent action comedy, Nightshooters.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Toronto After Dark Tagged With: Adam McNab, Doug Allen, Jean-Paul Ly, Kaitlyn Riordan, Marc Price, Mica Proctor, Nicholas Aaron, Nightshooters, Richard Sandling, Rosanna Hoult, Toronto After Dark

Impressive Visual Effects Elevate ‘Post Mortem’ [Toronto After Dark Review]

October 16, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

A man is pinned to the ceiling as people reach for him

Post Mortem (2020), Hungary’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Oscar, is a visual spectacle about a small town caught in the throes of ghostly attacks.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Festival Coverage, Horror Film Reviews, Toronto After Dark Tagged With: Andrea Ladányi, Fruzsina Hais, hungarian, Judit Schell, Péter Bergendy, Piros Zánkay, post mortem, Toronto After Dark, Viktor Klem

‘Slumber Party Massacre’ Subverts Slasher Tropes [Review]

October 15, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

A group of girls stare into a cabin window

It’s a common trend in horror remakes to deliver fervent fan-service homages and revisionist takes on classic material.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Alex McGregor, Danishka Esterhazy, driller killer, Eden Classens, Frances Sholto-Douglas, Hannah Gonera, Masali Baduza, Mila Rayne, Reze-Tiana Wessels, Rob van Vuuren, russ thorne, Schelaine Bennett, Suzanne Keilly

‘She Will’ Finds Female Rage In The Woods [Fantastic Fest Review]

October 2, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

An older, well dressed woman sits in bed

The story of She Will is slight, but the film, from director Charlotte Clbert and co-writer Kitty Percy, more than makes up for it with its visuals.

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Filed Under: Fantastic Fest, Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Alice Krige, Charlotte Colbert, Kota Eberhardt, Malcolm McDowell

‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ Is An Out and Proud Sequel [Review]

September 30, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

A disheveled man in a housecoat speaks with a tentacled black alien coming out of his back

There’s a moment in Venom: Let There Be Carnage when Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) comes across a tree with a pair of initials carved into a heart. It’s a clue that Brock and Detective Mulligan (Stephen Graham) will use to track down escaped criminal Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson), but the romantic insignia is reflective of the sequel’s focus on love and duality.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: andy serkis, Marvel, michelle williams, naomie harris, Stephen Graham, tom hardy, Woody Harrelson

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The 411 on me

I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

Words:
> Bloody Disgusting
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> Anatomy of a Scream
> Grim Journal
> That Shelf

Podcasts:
> Horror Queers
> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

Recent Posts

  • ‘Materialists’ Interrogates The Cost of Love [Review]
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