The Fantasia International Film Festival’s first wave announcement was loaded with mouth-watering cinematic fare, but today’s second wave announcement somehow tops even that! Horror titles such as #BLUE_WHALE, Hellbender, and […]
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Fantasia Announces Virtual Event for Its 25th Edition; Opens with Québécois Zomcom “Brain Freeze”
After its wildly successful online edition last year, The Fantasia International Film Festival will once again go the virtual route as it celebrates its 25th edition from August 5 through […]
Fantasia’s Huge Third Wave Announcement Includes Lifetime Achievement Award for John Carpenter and More Amazing Films
Fantasia Film Festival’s first and second wave announcements about its 24th edition were already nothing short of incredible, and today the Montreal-based fest will cause even more jaws to drop […]
[FILM FEST] FANTASIA Reveals Its First Wave of Programming
FANTASIA’S UPCOMING VIRTUAL EDITION ANNOUNCES FIRST WILD WAVE OF PROGRAMMING WITH NEIL MARSHALL’S THE RECKONING TO OPEN FESTIVAL Nobuhiko Obayashi’s LABYRINTH OF CINEMA, Brea Grant’s 12 HOUR SHIFT, Makoto Tezuka’s […]
[Review] The Burden (Fantasia): Meeting the Boyfriend’s Family Brings Startling Revelations
The Dutch short film The Burden (Het Juk) proves that the classic set-ups of a creepy backstory and a flashlight beam slowly moving around a dark attic are still effective […]
[Review] Low Tide (Fantasia): Father-and-Son Boat Trip Turns Terrifying in Irish Short Shocker
Director Ian Hunt Duffy, working from a screenplay by Darach McGarrigle, examines the mysterious, dark relationship between a father and his young son during a rite-of-passage boat excursion in the […]
[Review] Better Watch Out (Bifan / Popcorn Frights, 2017) – by Joseph Perry
Joseph Perry shares his thoughts on a film he caught at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival called Better Watch Out (2017). The film will also screen at the Popcorn […]
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[Review] Le Manoir (Fantasia, 2017) – by Paul Cardullo
Paul Cardullo talks to Doc Rotten about the French horror-comedy from the Fantasia International Film Festival called The Mansion (Le Manior, 2017). The film is directed by Tony T. Datis […]
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[Review] The Endless (BIFAN, 2017) – by Joseph Perry
Joseph Perry joins Doc Rotten to discuss The Endless from directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. Joseph caught the film at the Bucheaon Internation Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) in Bucheon, […]
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Fantasia Releases the First Round of Films Included in the 2017 International Film Festival
Here at Gruesome Magazine, we love Fantasia and all the genre films from across the globe that it brings to the spotlight. While we may never have had the pleasure […]
“Creature Designers – The Frankenstein Complex” (Fantasia 2016): Creepy Crawly Creature Creators
Full disclosure: practical creature effects are geek porn for me. As far back as I can remember, practical creatures represented true magic. This probably started with Disney and Universal Theme […]
“Antibirth” (Fantasia 2016): And Baby Makes… Something Alright
Body horror is a fickle horror sub genre to pull off. In a post-David Cronenberg horror world where the master is too busy doing boring period dramas and nihilist parables, […]
“Bed of the Dead” (Fantasia 2016): The Best Killer Bed Movie of 2016
The “Killer Bed” horror sub-genre is pretty limited. To be honest, one would be hard pressed to create a Wikipedia page titled “List of Killer Bed Movies” that includes anything […]
“Psychonauts the Forgotten Children” (Fantasia 2016): Adult Animation In Its Truest Form
Adult animation isn’t often that adult. Sure, we’ve had animated subjects that often take on darker themes. But it’s usually for a more satiric comedic subversion of usual expectations. People […]
“White Coffin” (Fantasia 2016): A Mother’s Desperation Turns to Horror in this Argentine Gem
In the States, few horror fans have heard the name Daniel de la Vega (Necrophobia). Thanks to the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, horror fans venturing across the Northern […]