Articles by Laura Di Girolamo

'Vivarium' Is an Unnerving Horror of Suburban Isolation

Directed by Lorcan Finnegan

PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2020

Viviarium, the second feature from Irish director Lorcan Finnegan, is going to hit people a little differently now than when it was first s...

'Come to Daddy' Throws Fun Curveballs, but Can't Maintain Its Zany Pace

Directed by Ant Timpson

PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2020

Canadian-New Zealand coproduction Come to Daddy is the directorial debut of Ant Timpson, producer of horror anthology The ABCs of Death and...

'Locke & Key' Tries to Be the Next 'Stranger Things' and Fails

PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2020

Locke & Key, the ten-episode Netflix adaptation of the horror-fantasy graphic novel series by writer Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez,...

Blood in the Snow Review: 'She Never Died' Is a Fun Feminist Revenge Flick

Directed by Audrey Cummings

PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2019

She Never Died, the third feature from Canadian director Audrey Cummings and the followup/flipside to 2015's horror-comedy He Never Died, i...

'Doctor Sleep' Director Mike Flanagan Reveals the Pressure of Adapting His Hero Stephen King

PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2019

This week, director Mike Flanagan's adaptation of Stephen King's continuation to The Shining, Doctor Sleep, hits theatres. The novel is spr...

'Doctor Sleep' Is a Successful Stephen King Adaptation That Nods to Kubrick Too

Directed by Mike Flanagan

PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2019

Director Mike Flanagan has made a career out of emotionally intense, thrillingly atmospheric ghost stories, from the classic horror throwba...

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...