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‘This Is Not A Test’ Review – Adam McDonald’s Zombie Film Is Stuck in the Past [TADFF]

October 20, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

Writer/director Adam McDonald is back with a new zombie film, This Is Not A Test (2025).

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Horror Film Festival Coverage, Horror Film Reviews, Toronto After Dark Tagged With: Adam McDonald, canadian horror, Carson McCormac, Chloe Avakian, Corteon Moore, Courtney Summers, froy gutierrez, Joelle Farrow, Luke Macfarlane, olivia hoult, zombie, Zombies

‘In A Violent Nature’ Is Brutal, Immersive and Hypnotic [Review]

May 31, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

Johnny (Ry Barrett) stands at the edge of a cliff

Stop me if this sounds familiar: a silent, hulking killer stalks a group of horny College students through the woods and murders them in gory fashion.

Now shift the focalization to the POV of the killer. That’s In A Violent Nature.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: canadian horror, chris nash, Ry Barrett

BITS Review: ‘Dark Visions’ Offers A Variety of Canadian Horrors

November 21, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

A skull sitting in bloody snow next to the words "Blood in the Snow Film Festival"

Blood in the Snow, a film festival dedicated exclusively to Canadian horror, returns for another year of fresh terrors.

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Filed Under: Blood in the Snow, Horror Film Festival Coverage Tagged With: Blood In The Snow Film Festival, canadian horror, horror shorts, jean yoon, Julian Richings

A Great Villain Can’t Save ‘Superhost’ [Review]

January 31, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A blonde woman (L) and and Asian man (R) sit on either side of a professional camera

With the rise of YouTube celebrities and Airbnbs, it’s hardly surprising that the horror genre has begun to explore the intersection of the two. Enter Superhost…

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Barbara Crampton, brandon christensen, canadian horror, Gracie Gillam, Osric Chau, Sara Canning

[Blu Review] Shout Factory’s ‘My Bloody Valentine’ Is A Love Letter To Horror Fans

February 14, 2020 by Joe Lipsett

Thanks to Scream Factory, a Canadian cult classic slasher gets the deluxe Blu treatment that it deserves.

Spoilers follow…
[Read more…]

Filed Under: Horror, Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Canadian film, canadian horror, my bloody valentine, scream factory, shout factory, slasher

[Review] Canadian Zombie Film ‘Deadsight’ Offers Stripped Down Tension

July 2, 2019 by Joe Lipsett

A blind man and a pregnant police officer try to survive a zombie apocalypse. It’s not the start of a joke; it’s Deadsight. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Horror, Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Adam Seybold, Canadian film, canadian horror, Jesse Thomas Cook, Kevin Revie, Liv Collins, raven banner, RLJE films

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