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Neuchâtel 2023: Swiss International Fantastic Film Festival Unveils This Year's Poster

Our friends at Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival are busy preparing for this year's 22nd edition of their Swiss-based genre film festival. As the programming comes together the festival has unveiled this year's poster. It is a slick and shiny work...

Calgary Underground 2023: Festival Lineup Announced

Over the past two decades, the Calgary Underground Film Festival (CUFF) has quietly become western Canada's largest showcase of genre programming. Operating out of the upstairs/downstairs Globe repertory Cinema in the heart of Calgary, the festival fills a sweet spot in...

CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER: Now on Blu-ray From Criterion

The newly released Blu-ray from Criterion stars John Heard and Mary Beth Hurt.

Now Streaming: RHINO: UKRANIAN GODFATHER, A Raw Look at Criminal Underworld in 90s Ukraine

Rhino chronicles the rise of its titular character, from a two-bit criminal to a full-time gangster in the Ukranian underworld in the 1990s. Sentsov starts his story when Rhino was a small boy growing up in rural Ukraine. There are...

TIME BANDITS and Pasolini: Catching Up on Criterion in June 2023

Yes, I know I'm late, I'm late to a very important date, but yet, there is still plenty of time for all physical-media devotees to smash piggybanks, turn over mattresses, and otherwise plan June 2023 orders from The Criterion Collection,...

RENFIELD: Find Out What His Least Favorite Part of The Job is in New Trailer

Evil doesn’t span eternity without a little help.     In this modern monster tale of Dracula’s loyal servant, Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Men franchise) stars as Renfield, the tortured aide to history’s most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Oscar® winner...

LEGEND Making Sunday Nights in April Much Cooler With 60s Vintage Horror

If you're like us Sunday night brings about the end of the weekend and the impending doom of another work week. Why not end your night on a high note?   LEGEND, the preferred channel for all things horror and...

THE WELL: First Look at TERRIFIER 2's Lauren LaVera in Italian Supernatural Horror

Yeesh. You put something on the back burner then March 17th rolls around just before the weekend and suddenly three days are just gone - vanished - and you have realized you have dropped the ball on a bit of...

Shudder in April: Highlights Include KIDS VS ALIENS and FROM BLACK

We have been assured that Spring is definitely coming though you would be hard pressed to convince any Anarchists here in Eastern Canada otherwise. What the hell, March?    The big additions for the month are Jason Eisener's Kids vs...

Now Playing, Only in Theaters: INSIDE, RIMINI

Willem Dafoe plays a trapped art thief, plus the newest from director Ulrich Seidl.

SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL, Starring Nicolas Cage And Joel Kinnaman Acquired by RLJE Films

After being forced to drive a mysterious passenger at gunpoint, a man finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse where it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems.   RLJE Films have just announced that...

CHOP & STEELE Exclusive: First Look at Trailer And Poster For 'Fantastic Fest Presents' Series Doc

Lifelong friends Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher, two comedians famous for pranking local news stations on live television as the fake strongman duo ‘Chop & Steele,’ find themselves in federal court with a vengeful media conglomerate after their latest morning...

BLACKBERRY Trailer: Jay Baruchel And Glenn Howerton Star in Matt Johnson's Latest

‘BlackBerry’ tells the story of Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, the two men that charted the course of the spectacular rise and catastrophic demise of the world’s first smartphone.   Matt Johnson's BlackBerry is coming exclusively to theaters on May...

Overlook 2023: Three More Titles Added! THE DEAD ZONE, IT LIVES INSIDE And It's a Secret!

With just over two weeks to go before this year's edition of the Overlook Film Festival three more titles have been added to the program.    We can tell you what two of them are: a 40th anniversary screening of...

ABERRANCE: Raven Banner Boards Worldwide Sales For Mongolian Horror Flick

Over the weekend Raven Banner announced that they have boarded worldwide sales for the Mongolian horror flick Aberrance. The announcement and studio trailer can be found below.   An estranged couple takes a retreat in the woods. Foreboding neighbors, frivolous...

Panama Horror 2023: THE EYE AND THE WALL Wins Top Award

This past weekend our friends at the Panama Horror Film Fest wrapped up their seventh edition of their grassroots genre film festival.   Feeding genre gems to their loyal and local audience the festival was a tad stripped down this...

Boston Underground Film Festival 2023 Reveals Lineup.

Tickets go on sale today for this year's Boston Underground Film Festival, celebrating its twenty-third year of bringing genre goodness from around the World to the city of Cambridge. As per usual BUFF has an amazing lineup of films this...

Crowdfund This: HIDARI, Because You Need a Chainsaw Wielding Samurai in Your Life

Stop what you're doing and watch this pilot film for a stop motion animated project out of Japan, a samurai sandalpunk project called Hidari.    Hidari popped up on our radars yesterday and we're so smitten with the piece alone that...

SLASHER: RIPPER Trailer: We're in Store For A Gruesome Series

The next season of the Slasher franchise, Slasher: Ripper, premieres in the U.S. on Shudder and AMC+ on April 6th. Here in Canada we will get to watch the weekly series roll out on co-producer Hollywood Suite's platform.    The official...

Ted Geoghegan's BROOKLYN 45 Gets a Beautiful Hand Painted Poster

Like every good cinephile out there we love ourselves a great movie poster and this 1940s inspired poster for Ted Geoghegan's upcoming Brooklyn 45 is no exception. What a thing of beauty.    Geoghegan says that this poster was hand...