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Satirical ‘Sissy’ Explores the Dark Side of Social Media [SXSW Review]

March 13, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A girl with curly pink hair cries looking at her phone

A successful self-help influencer finds herself unravelling when a childhood trauma comes back to haunt her in the thriller Sissy…

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Filed Under: Horror Film Festival Coverage, SXSW Tagged With: Aisha Dee, Australia, Daniel Monks, Emily De Margheriti, Hannah Barlow, Kane Senes, Lucy Barrett, thriller, Yerin Ha

‘Slayed’ LGBTQ+ Horror Shorts [Brooklyn Horror Review]

October 22, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

A man wearing a bear head stands in shadow

One of the annual short programs I look forward to is the Slayed block out of Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, which is composed of LGBTQ+ Horror Shorts. Here is a selection of my favourites…

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Filed Under: Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Tagged With: Alice Trueman, brooklyn horror film festival, D.W. Hodges, Jono Mitchell, Matthew Lynn, queer shorts, slayed

‘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

‘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

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The 411 on me

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

Words:
> Bloody Disgusting
> /Film
> Consequence
> The Spool
> Anatomy of a Scream
> Grim Journal
> That Shelf

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

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