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: A Fantastic Fear Of Everything – Crispian Mills, Chris Hopewell
This was our first year covering the Toronto After Dark Film Festival as press, and while I personally had very little control over or choice in the screenings I was able to take in versus the ones I would have to miss, I don’t think I could have planned anything better for myself than…
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: In Their Skin – Jeremy Power Regimbal
In most cases, home invasion movies have a way of getting under my skin more than other horror or thriller films, just because they are much more personal to me. Anyone who’s ever come home to find that someone else has been in their house – or is perhaps still there – knows that the…
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 – Sushi Girl – Kern Saxton
I almost feel like I should apologize to everyone involved with Sushi Girl, because I am not sure that my writing is anywhere near good enough to describe how freaking amazing this film is! Tim turned to me the moment the end credits hit the screen and proclaimed it his favourite of the festival,…
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 – My Amityville Horror – Eric Walter
This documentary was one of the films I was most looking forward to seeing at Toronto After Dark this year, and while it was a little different than I’d expected going in, it gave me far more than I’d dared hope before the end credits rolled! Based on the events of the most famous…
