Several factors were in play to draw me into this screening, not the least of which was a fascination with what kind of director would so desire to remain anonymous that he would wear a mask on set and not even divulge his real name to anyone? That and the fact that kids can…
Tag: horror
TIFF 2012: No One Lives – Ryuhei Kitamura
TIFF’s annual Midnight Madness program has been a favourite of mine for about as long as I’ve been attending the festival. I can generally trust Programmer Colin Geddes to whittle out ten of the most bizarre, terrifying, ridiculous, gory, scream-inducing and fun-filled flicks from the massive array of such fare as he is subjected…
Trailer: Dead Before Dawn 3D
Mere months before we officially became the Mind Reels, Tim and I had the pleasure of spending a night on the set of the newest film from Team Wango, Dead Before Dawn 3D. It’s Canada’s First live action 3D film, and is helmed by the first woman to undertake such a task, our lovely…
Z*CON – The Movie!!!
Z*Con is a new indie film being produced by the same shiny folk who brought us the Big Damn Fan Film Browncoats: Redemption. Based on the ‘Verse created by Joss Whedon in the (wrongly) cancelled Firefly series, and its follow-up film, Serenity, Redemption introduced us to a new crew with new problems faced in the months…
Valerie And Her Week of Wonders (1970)
We’ve come across the first movie that left me thinking “huh.” I can say I didn’t hate it, and visually it’s gorgeous to look at, but it’s just a little… well… huh. This Czechoslovakian film is haunting, and disturbing. The story follows young Valerie who very early in the film, has her very first menstruation….
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