Building On Speculation: Eric Heisserer and The Door That Isn’t There
There are many kinds of doors. Some close, some remain open, some never exist, and some … remain unseen. Until it is too late. It Continue Reading
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The Town That Dreaded Sundown At TADFF 2014
I’ll admit it: when I first came to this film I didn’t really know what to expect. I didn’t know about the 1946 Texarkana Moonlight Continue Reading
From The Darkness Of The 2014 TADFF: Why Horror?
It’s only fitting that the last film I viewed for the 2014 Toronto After Dark dealt with the first question that exists in every horror Continue Reading
Extract That And Fuel Us: A TADFF 2014 Review of Wyrmwood
Even though the Toronto After Dark’s Zombie Appreciation Night had passed well, let’s face, since when does a zombie ever pass away short of a Continue Reading
TAD Review: The Babadook- Don’t Let It In!
When I walked into the theatre to see The Babadook, I couldn’t help but think to myself that I was being completely sadistic. Admittedly, I Continue Reading
On the Rack: Edward Scissorhands
Tim Burton’s style is almost impossible to replicate, so it’s to the credit of Kate Leth and Drew Rausch that they did not try to Continue Reading
Let Us Prey: Hell Rises at Toronto After Dark
Some people just want to watch the world burn and in director Brian O’Malley’s Let Us Prey, it seems like everybody is a villain. This Continue Reading
The Babadook, Baabaaadooook: TADFF Review
The Babadook (2014) dir. Jennifer Kent The Babadook is, hands down and up and down, one of the best, most terrifying horror movies I’ve ever Continue Reading
The Babadook – Toronto After Dark 2014 Review
You can’t get away from the Babadook. More like, “you can’t get away from the most abhorrently annoying child EVER and your ovaries shrivel up Continue Reading
Predestination = Mind, Blown: TADFF Review
Predestination (2014) dir. The Spierig Brothers There are a handful of things that I prefer not to think about too much, lest my brain explode from Continue Reading
Toronto After Dark: Predestination Review
Time travel is a tricky thing for a film maker, but Predestination faces the challenge head on. It is science fiction that holds to my Continue Reading
Predestination: Playing with Paradoxes – TADFF
It starts with a gun fight and an explosion. Extensive burns and facial reconstruction, and when the bandages come off Ethan Hawke stares back, with Continue Reading
Time Lapse – TADFF Review
As part of Toronto After Dark’s “Time Travel Tuesday”, Time Lapse is the first feature of American writer/director Bradley King. The screening was followed by Continue Reading
Kumiko: A Treasure of a Film – TADFF
Once upon a time there was a single 29 year old Tokyo “Office Lady”. Her name was Kumiko (played by Pacific Rim’s Rinko Kikuchi). She Continue Reading
