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…
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Toronto After Dark: Grave Encounters 2 – John Poliquin
The first found-footage Grave Encounters film became somewhat of a YouTube sensation when it went viral in 2011, so naturally its success prompted a sequel to be made, but trying to re-create and top what made the first movie so much fun would prove to be the real challenge behind making the second one….
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: Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning – John Hyams
To my recollection, I’d only seen the first instalment of the Universal Soldier franchise when I walked into this latest version last night, but I remember loving it when I was younger – and what’s not to love, really? Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren kicking ass, taking names and, occasionally, blowing stuff up? …
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…
Toronto After Dark – Lloyd the Conqueror – Michael Peterson
Canadian geek comedy finds its way into the Toronto After Dark Film Festival with the Live Action Role Play comedy – Lloyd the Conqueror. Lloyd (Evan Williams) a likeable if a little dim fellow with a very 70s feathered hair style and his friends, Patrick (Jesse Reid) and Oswald (Scott Patey), are having a bit…
Toronto After Dark – Doomsday Book – Kim Jee-woon & Yim Pil-sung
The first screening of Sunday was an engaging and enjoyable Korean anthology film that focuses on three different ways the world will meet its end, at its core are messages of hope, joy, laughter, love and yes, a little bit of fear. It also seems to be a big believer in the concept of big…
Toronto After Dark – [Rec] 3: Genesis – Paco Plaza
So, let’s get this out of the way first: I am one of the sorry souls who hasn’t seen either of the first two Rec movies. I know, I know. I remember missing the first one, somehow, and then decided not to see the second one until I’d seen the first one…and there you go. …
Toronto After Dark – Cockneys vs Zombies – Matthias Hoene
Playing to a sold-out theater last night at The Bloor Cinema, which seats 700 (!), Cockneys vs Zombies took the Toronto After Dark Film Festival by storm. This must have delighted the film’s director, Matthias Hoene, who was on hand for it, to no end. Does the film add anything new to the zombie genre?…
Toronto After Dark – Shorts After Dark
In the midst of a brilliantly busy Saturday in Toronto, including the annual Zombie Walk and the Grand Opening of the iconic comic book store The Silver Snail in its new Yonge Street location, I settled into the balcony of the Bloor Cinema to watch the shorts program of this outstanding festival. Featuring 9 shorts of…
