I’ve been revisiting Stephen King books, and then when I’m done a title, I like to take a look at the accompanying film, or mini-series. I recently finished King’s epic book It. I haven’t read that since I was a teen, probably 13 or 14. I used to make sure that my Mom got King’s…
Tag: fear
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…
TIFF 2012: Fin (The End) – Jorge Torregrossa
This is one film I wanted to see just based on the brief description provided when it was first announced, and I’m so excited that I got to see it so close to the start of my festival. Intrigued by its mysterious premise, my mind automatically started trying to come up with theories as…
Outing – Sebastian Meise and Thomas Reider, Austria
We open on a scene from a family home movie – a cute little boy and his young brother mugging for the camera as their mother films and their father looks on. It’s as normal and immediately endearing as any home movie can be. Flash forward in time and that same little boy now…
The Mind Reels 