Tag: thriller
MotelX 2024: ODDITY And THE SUBSTANCE Among Award Winners
MotelX has wrapped up this year's edition of the festival. As per usual, the festival had a program packed with local and international talent. In that regard everyone is a winner but when it comes to to the awards handed...
Toronto 2024 Review: THE SHADOW STRAYS, Another Knockout Action Extravaganza From Timo Tjahjanto
A teenage assassin, codename 13, is part of a secret organization of assassins known only as The Shadows. When she fumbles during her last mission she is suspended and shipped back to Jakarta to wait until her mentor, Umbra, calls...
Toronto 2024 Review: SHARP CORNER, An Emasculated Ben Foster Goes to Dark Places
There is a railroad trestle over Gregson Street in Durham, North Carolina, that is a bit lower than it should be. In spite of flashing lights and a few signs, several times a month a cube van or tractor...
THE KILLER'S GAME Review: The Ghost of the Action Movies Past
Tuxedo-clad superstar hitman Joe Flood (Dave Bautista) crashes a premiere of contemporary ballet in the Budapest opera house in order to kill his target. As panic ensues, Joe ends up escorting one of the dancers, Maize (Sofia Boutella) out and...
THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT Official Trailer: Timey-Wimey Thriller Coming in October
In order to escape police after a robbery, two estranged siblings lay low in a metaphysical farmhouse that hides them away in a different time. There they reckon with a mysterious force that pushes their familial bonds to unnatural breaking...
APARTMENT 7A Official Trailer: Check Out Natalie Erika James' Adaptation of The Novel Rosemary's Baby
A struggling dancer finds herself drawn into dark forces by a peculiar couple promising her fame.
Friday One Sheet: SKINCARE
In past columns, I have spoken at length on the art of crying on movie posters, as it is a mild obsession of mine. These images are almost always female (the notable exception being Get Out), and almost always in...
IN A VIOLENT NATURE Sequel Announced
Shudder and IFC Films announced that a sequel to Chris Nash's smash hit slasher flick, In A Violent Nature, is in early development. Variety reported on this yesterday after the news was revealed during the “The Bold Voice of Contemporary...
THE KILLER'S GAME: Official Poster Revealed
My interest in action comedy The Killer's Game was piqued for a couple of reasons. Dave Bautista is arguably one of the most entertaining wrestlers who pivoted into acting and it was directed by stunt professional turned director, JJ Perry,...
MotelX 2024: SASQUATCH SUNSET, IN A VIOLENT NATURE And ODDITY Lead First Wave
Our friends at MotelX, the excellent genre film festival in Lisbon, Portugal, have annonced the first wave of titles for this year's festival, coming up this September. Festival standouts Sasquatch Sunset, In A Violent Naure, Oddity, Cuckoo, Humanist Vampire Seeking...
GANYMEDE: LGBTQ Thriller Debuts on VOD in August From VMI Releasing
When a small town wrestling star develops a crush on an openly gay classmate, he begins to be stalked by a grotesque creature that invades his thoughts, all the while struggling to live up to the standard set by his legacy-obsessed dad.
PURGATORY JACK: For Sale, One Canadian Neo-Noir Mystery Thriller Set in The Afterlife
Here is something to keep an eye out for, Purgatory Jack, a Canadian 'neo-noir mystery thriller set in the afterlife' from The Butler Brothers, Brett and Jason. Private detective Jack Marlin is working on a new case. He has...
THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY: Crime Thriller Takes Top Prize at BiFan
Variety has reported that tonight, in the furture, in South Korea, Francis Galluppi's crime thriller The Last Stop in Yuma County took home the top prize at BiFan (Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival) the Best of Buchean, and the Audience...
Shudder in July: ARCADIAN And HUMANE Featured Next Month
Shudder's lineup for the month of July features two new feature films, Arcadian and Humane, more of The Last Drive-in and a healthy dose of rep titles in the Shudder Resurrected programming. Our own Josh caught Benjamine Brewer's monster...
ANIMALIA Exclusive Clips: Moroccan Sci-fi Thriller Available Now on Digital And On Demand
Watch two exclusive clips from Sofia Alaoui's Sundance award winning sci-fi thriller, Animalia, out now on Digital and On Demand.
DELICATE ARCH Trailer: Supernatural Thriller From Exec Producer Rodney Ascher to Have World Premiere at Dances With Films
Heading out into the wilderness and losing your shit is not that uncommon in genre cinema. What makes you pay particular attention to a project is when your film has the backing of one Rodney Ascher, director of such faves...
IN A VIOLENT NATURE Posts Biggest Opening For IFC Films Since LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
Here's one for the little guys, or, it's the little things that matter the most, or ... ... Deadline has reported this weekend that the Canadian slasher flick, In A Violent Nature, gave IFC Films it's latest, biggest opening...
IN A VIOLENT NATURE: Open This Friday in These Cinemas Across Canada
Here is the confirmed list of cinemas across the country that are showing Chris Nash's terrific slasher flick In A Violent Nature this weekend.
LAZARETH Review: Tense, Intense Survival Thriller Hits One Too Many Familiar Beats
Teens and hormones. Together, they’re responsible for the realization of any number of worst-case scenarios. Once activated, however, they’re the perfect catalyst for drama in all its permutations, up to and including writer-director Alec Tibaldi’s (The Daphne Project, Spiral Farm)...
IN A VIOLENT NATURE: Check Out These Throwback Lobby Cards
Time to start ramping up the promotion machine for Chris Nash's gory slasher flick, In A Violent Nature. IFC Films is bringing the pride of Canadian horror fans in theaters exclusively May 31st. These dandy throwback lobby cards have been...
