Like it’s sort-of namesake, Carlo Mirabella-Davis’s Swallow, Carter Smith’s Swallowed deals with the kind of body horror that’s ingested orally. Unlike in that film, though, there’s a tender centre to this twisted, filthy tale of bodily functions and violence.
The annual Fantasia International Film Festival takes over The Week in Horror! Check out all the big premieres that’ll grace Montreal this year!
This week’s horror news has huge premieres, and massive updates from some of my favourite, and quite possibly my future favourite, horror movies! Whether it’s TV horror, the new nightmare from David Cronenberg, or some new editions of two classics, we’ve got you covered.
Violent, grotesque, and dialogue-free, Phil Tippett’s ‘Mad God’ is the crowning achievement of a prolific career in visual effects.
While all of Richard E. Bates Jr.’s other projects feature, in some way, a journey of reflection and self-actualization, King Knight may be the first to really achieve it.
This week’s edition of The Week In Horror has the first details about a couple of very cool film fests!
Feels Good Man is an incredibly thorough and engaging look at how benign symbols and icons are co-opted and used in radicalization efforts.
In Amelia Moses’ feature debut, Bleed With Me, big-time scares are traded for much more nuanced prods at her viewers’ comfort levels.
Who Goes There? was shortlisted for a Student BAFTA Award this year, and its precise execution is a good reason why.
In The Columnist, Kaja Herbers portrays a woman who is done with being told to turn off her phone and walk away from the comments and grabs her agency back with both blood-stained hands.
For the first time, the Fantasia Film Festival will be accessible to almost anyone (in Canada) from home!
Sachin Hingoo and Jeffery X Martin run down the movies they’re most excited about from this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival.
