Fantasia International Film Festival

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  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...

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  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...

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  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,...

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  Fantasia Review: Nudist Comedy 'Patrick' Is Ballsy and Full of Assholes — Literally

  Directed by Tim Mielants

  PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2020

  While David Wain's 2012 comedy Wanderlust caught a handful of solid laughs from its nudist colony cast, few films have really delved deep i...

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  Fantasia Review: 'Vertigo' Takes Romantic Drama to New Heights

  Directed by Jeon Gye-soo

  PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2020

  At once atmospheric and melodramatic, Vertigo is a film that makes the most of its dizzying tone. Directed by Jeon Gye-soo, the South Korea...

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  Fantasia Review: 'Class Action Park' Is Funny but Lacking in Empathy

  Directed by Seth Porges and Chris Charles Scott III

  PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2020

  Forget the Maysles Brothers and their played-out cinéma vérité. Thanks to Tiger King and all of those Fyre Fest flicks, the new unstoppable...

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  Fantasia Review: 'Bleed with Me' Puts an Emotional Twist on "Cabin in the Woods" Horror Films

  Directed by Amelia Moses

  PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2020

  Quebec-based director Amelia Moses's debut feature, Bleed with Me, expands on concepts present in her previous short films (such as 2017's...

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  Fantasia Review: '12 Hour Shift' Is a Dark Comedy That Works Best When Placing an Emphasis on Laughs

  Directed by Brea Grant

  PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2020

  The second feature from Brea Grant (writer and star of the excellent Lucky, also playing at the virtual version of the Fantasia Internation...