Toronto After Dark Film Festival
'Lovely, Dark, and Deep' Is Worth Getting Lost In
Directed by Teresa Sutherland
PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2024
In cinema, forests are often used as a metaphor for the mind — a labyrinth of traps impossible to understand, orient ourselves in or escape...
TADFF 2023: 'Daniel's Gotta Die' Is Lifeless
Directed by Jeremy LaLonde
PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2023
Films that subscribe to the Martin McDonagh School of Violence and Cynicism can only go so far. Like all of McDonagh's films, the story wil...
'Something in the Dirt' Captures Magic on Camera
Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2023
Leave it to none other than sci-fi/horror savants Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson to put a bizarre twist on their relationship with the fi...
'The Lair' Retreads Well-Worn Territory
Directed by Neil Marshall
PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2022
With its tongue firmly placed in its cheek, Neil Marshall's The Lair is the established action-horror director returning to familiar territ...
'The Soul Collector' Puts a Uniquely South African Spin on Folk Horror Traditions
Directed by Harold Hölscher
PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2020
The Soul Collector is a welcome respite from cookie-cutter possession films, thanks in large part to its commitment to highlighting uniquel...
Toronto After Dark Review: 'The Wretched' Maximizes Its Low-Budget Creepy Potential
Directed by Brett Pierce and Drew T. Pierce
PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2019
The Wretched's style harkens back to late '90s / early 2000s horror that revels in moments of corny, deranged, gleefully freaky fun, like a...
Toronto After Dark Review: 'Making Monsters' Fails to Exploit Its Influencer Premise
Directed by Justin Harding and Rob Brunner
PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2019
Making Monsters is a case study in an excellent premise stretched too thin, and a concept that doesn't have enough legs to sustain an entir...
Toronto After Dark Review: 'Paradise Hills' Is Visually Stunning and That's Nearly Enough
Directed by Alice Waddington
PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2019
Director Alice Waddington's feature debut, Paradise Hills, is the very definition of style over substance — but that's not necessarily a ba...
