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[BUFF/TADFF 18] TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID Brings Fantasy To A Grim Reality

March 21, 2018 by Joe Lipsett

Juan Ramón López, Tigers Are Not Afraid

It’s not hard to fathom why Tigers Are Not Afraid has been championed by Guillermo del Toro and Stephen King.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Boston Underground Film Festival, Horror Film Festival Coverage, Toronto After Dark Tagged With: Juan Ramón López, Paola Lara, Tenoch Huerta, Tigers Are Not Afraid

The Bitch Awards: Best Horror Films 2017

December 20, 2017 by Joe Lipsett

It’s been a great year for horror. How great? For the first time, you get a Top 10 list exclusively for horror films. Rejoice!

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Bitch Awards, Fantasia Film Festival, Film - 2017, Toronto After Dark, Toronto International Film Festival Tagged With: Alien Covenant, Best Horror Films, Best of the Year, Best of Year, Better Watch Out, Get Out, Happy Death Day, Horror, Hounds of Love, Mayhem, My Friend Dahmer, Pyewacket, Raw, The Belko Experiment, Tragedy Girls

Toronto After Dark reviews: Rabbit, The Endless, Cult of Chucky

October 30, 2017 by Joe Lipsett

I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about a pair of films  – Rabbit and The Endless – both of which screened at the 2017 Toronto After Dark Film Festival (Oct 17-22). Plus: a brief endorsement for the ridiculous hilarity of Cult of Chucky.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Horror Film Festival Coverage, Movies, Toronto After Dark Tagged With: Aaron Moorhead, Adelaide Clemens, Brad Dourif, Cult of Chucky, Fiona Dourif, Justin Benson, Rabbit film, The Endless, Toronto After Dark

Toronto After Dark review: My Friend Dahmer (2017)

October 15, 2017 by Joe Lipsett

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Who was Jeffrey Dahmer before he became a notorious serial killer? My Friend Dahmer offers moody insight into the teenager’s troubled youth.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Horror Film Festival Coverage, Toronto After Dark Tagged With: Alex Wolff, Anne Heche, Dallas Roberts, My Friend Dahmer, Ross Lynch, Vincent Kartheiser

Mayhem is a cartoonishly violent corporate take down (Fantasia Festival/Toronto After Dark 2017)

July 31, 2017 by Joe Lipsett

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Hey man, is my eye bloodshot? Because I feel completely enraged.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Fantasia Film Festival, Horror Film Festival Coverage, Movies, Toronto After Dark Tagged With: Caroline Chikezie, Dallas Roberts, Fantasia Film Festival, Mayhem, Samara Weaving, Steven Brand, Steven Yuen

Dead Shack is a family zom-com to celebrate (Fantasia Festival/Toronto After Dark 2017)

July 30, 2017 by Joe Lipsett

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A Canadian zombie horror comedy? Yes please!

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Fantasia Film Festival, Horror Film Festival Coverage, Movies, Toronto After Dark Tagged With: Dead Shack, Donavon Stinson, Fantasia Film Festival, Gabriel LaBelle, GAT, Lizzie Boys, Matthew Nelson-Mahood, Valerie Tian

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The 411 on me

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

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> Bloody Disgusting
> /Film
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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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