It’s Halloween! Always a fun time of year, and while I could sit here and give you my favorite scary movies, I thought perhaps I would just list 10 films that I really enjoy, in no particular order, ones that are good for a spooky movie night. These are movies that are fun to watch, or you…
Author: TD Rideout
Candyman (1992)
Urban legends. They must come from somewhere. They say all legends have a grain of truth, some basis of creation. They may be nothing more than exaggerated campfire tales, moral tales to chide and curb behavior. But what if they’re not? Say his name 5 times in the mirror and find out… The 101 Horror Movies…
Toronto After Dark Film Festival – Tim’s Tops
So The Mind Reels’ first year covering The Toronto After Dark Film Festival has come to an end, and it was FANTASTIC! Now that it’s over I thought it would be nice to compile my top 5 films of the festival. I want to be clear, I could have happily included A Fantastic Fear of…
Man Bites Dog (1992)
The 101 Horror Movies brought me this little entertaining piece, but except for one horrific little scene, the film, for me, landed solidly in the dark comedy section of my brain. This Belgian film blurs reality, as the film’s three directors, Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel, Benoit Poelvoorde, are all in the film, using their own names……
Toronto After Dark – Game of Werewolves – Juan Martinez Moreno
Somehow we’ve reached the end of this year’s Toronto After Dark Film Festival, it went QUICK! The film that closed out the event, and who’s trailer did not do it any justice at all was Game of Werewolves, a delightful little horror-comedy, though placing it after a Simon Pegg comedy may not have been the way to…
Toronto After Dark – Wrong – Quentin Dupieux
The Coen brothers and David Lynch walk into a pet store… That might sum up Wrong rather nicely… It’s hard to believe that we’re coming up on the end of the Toronto After Dark Film Festival already, it seems like we just got under way! Tonight’s second feature was the next offering from Quentin Dupieux,…
Toronto After Dark – Dead Sushi – Noboru Iguchi
Wednesday night is Sushi Night at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, the first film was Sushi Girl, a wicked little crime thriller (which currently stands as my fave film of the festival so far), while the follow-up film, Dead Sushi, is the latest in the Japanese gore/horror/comedy trend from the makers of Robo Geisha…
Toronto After Dark – Resolution – Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead
Resolution is a twisted updated take on the mysterious, oft-visited genre of the cabin in the woods, and was the second feature tonight at Toronto After Dark’s film festival. Often funny, very creepy, and with enough questions to make you wonder what’s really going on, Resolution is a ride that bounces through a variety of…
Toronto After Dark – Citadel – Ciaron Foy
Monday night. Not only am I back to work but I’m doing double features all week too! Toronto After Dark tackled a couple of scary titles tonight with Grave Encounters 2 (really liked the first one, the second one did some world building but didn’t engage me and seemed to take too long) and an…
Toronto After Dark – After – Ryan Smith
Take a little of the small town spook of Stephen King, a splash of dark scare of Clive Barker and a dose of the magic and wonder of Amblin era Steven Spielberg and you may have a general idea of what to expect from Toronto After Dark’s presentation of After. Ana (Karolina Wydra) and Freddy (Steven…
