Fantasia International Film Festival
Fantasia Review: 'Baby Money' Is Home Invasion Thriller, Minus the Thrills
Directed by Mikhael Bassilli and Luc Walpoth
PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2021
A character-driven thriller ought to be compelling. Taking a home invasion thriller into a new space that perhaps we haven't seen before, o...
Fantasia Review: 'Hellbender' Heralds the Arrival of a New First Family of Horror
Directed by John Adams, Zelda Adams and Toby Poser
PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2021
The Adams filmmaking family are making a name for themselves in indie horror circles. Following up the success of their breakthrough movie,...
Fantasia Review: 'Glasshouse' Is a New Take on Pandemic Horror
Directed by Kelsey Egan
PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2021
When director Kelsey Egan co-wrote Glasshouse with Emma Lungiswa De Wet, the world was in a very different place. We welcomed people into o...
'The Suicide Squad' Is Premiering at Montreal's Fantasia Film Festival
PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2021
As we edge towards the release of The Suicide Squad, it's now been announced that James Gunn's latest blockbuster will make its world premi...
Fantasia Announces First Wave of 2021 Programming
PUBLISHED May 19, 2021
The 25th edition of Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival will take place virtually this summer, and today we've got the first wa...
Fantasia Review: 'Lucky' Transcends Horror Conventions and Offers a Powerful Feminist Perspective
Directed by Natasha Kermani
PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2021
Lucky takes a familiar horror premise — Final Girl forced to do battle with a faceless home invader — and, instead of being bound by its co...
Fantasia Review: 'Come True' Is a Waking Nightmare That Will Get Under Your Skin
Directed by Anthony Scott Burns
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2020
Come True has a lot going for it: an incredible, haunting score, genuinely terrifying visuals and a sense of slow-burn atmospheric dread. A...
Fantasia Review: 'Slaxx' Is a Lovably Silly Horror About Killer Jeans with a Surprising Social Critique
Directed by Elza Kephart
PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2020
Killer objects are pretty en vogue when it comes to slashers: we've got killer beds, killer lawnmowers, killer tires, killer gym equipment,...