Anchor Bay Canada was kind enough to send me a copy of this thinking it may interest me. So, I dutifully threw it into my player and had a look. I’m not a huge fan of found footage films, but I do find them easier to watch on the small screen, in a theater…
Tag: horror
American Mary – Jen & Sylvia Soska (2012) – Blu-Ray/DVD Now Available!
Anchor Bay was kind enough to send me a copy of one of my favorite movies from last year, which I saw when it screened at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival… American Mary starring Katharine Isabelle brought to us by the Twisted Twins Jen & Sylvia Soska. It recently screened as part of Sinister…
Toronto After Dark – Call For Entries!!!
We love film festivals here at The Mind Reels, so anytime one of them asks if we can help out we’re happy to oblige. Our friend Adam Lopez over at Toronto After Dark asked if we could share this, so filmmakers, get those submissions in NOW!!! Toronto After Dark announces Call for Horror, Sci-Fi,…
Grave Encounters 2 (2012) – John Poliquin
Also releasing from Anchor Bay this week on blu-ray and DVD, the follow-up to the much talked about horror film, Grave Encounters. Sue and I got a look at this film over the summer at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, and you can find her review her… https://themindreels.com/2012/10/23/toronto-after-dark-grave-encounters-2-john-poliquin/ I came down pretty much in…
Canadian ToyCon 2013
As Sue and I get ready to get our geek on this weekend at the Fan Expo Comic Con, we’re also getting very excited about our trip to Burlington next weekend for the Canadian ToyCon!! What’s not to love? It’s a convention that focuses on 80s toys, action figures as well as horror, sci-fi and comic…
Mimesis (2011) – Douglas Schulze
Hitting blu-ray and DVD shelves this week is this interesting little release from Anchor Bay Films, Mimesis, which loosely translated means imitation or mimicry. Directed by Douglas Schulze the film posits the idea why watch a horror movie when you can live one? And this is what happens to the poor folk who are fool…
Sick (2012) – Ryan M. Andrews
There’s a new film festival in town called Blood In The Snow. Organized by Festival Director Kelly Michael Stewart, of Fangoria magazine, the festival spotlights Canadian talent and Canadian film, specifically, Canadian Indie Horror films. Nice. Sadly, Sue and I didn’t learn about this in time, and missed the media window, but I did get…
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 Film Festival – Tim’s Must See List
The Toronto After Dark Film Festival! As soon as I heard about it when we first started The Mind Reels, I knew it was something Sue and I would want to cover, and this year, WE ARE! This is the festival’s 7th year, and it runs for 9 nights and is packed with 21 films,…
Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2012 – Sue’s Must-See List!!!
Well folks, as the kids say these days, shit just got real! The Toronto After Dark Film Festival has VERY GENEROUSLY offered the Mind Reels passes to cover the fest this year, and we could not be more thrilled! Adam Lopez (TAF’s hard-working, fearless leader – and hopefully future Mind Reels guest) has put together…
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