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How Did a Toilet Movie Win Best Film? FLUSH (2025) Review. In this French horror-comedy fever dream, middle-aged party disaster Luke ducks into a club bathroom for a quick hit—and ends up trapped in one stall as his drug-fueled paranoia explodes into blood, rats, and surreal madness. FLUSH is grimy, claustrophobic, and hilariously unhinged. Fantasia 2025
A Great New Concept For A Horror Film! BURNING (2024) Review. In a suburban village, a house belonging to a young family who recently lost their firstborn is burning. Neighbors say that the house bears the mark of a curse, as no one understands how the fire started, each neighbor has their own ideas but nobody trusts that house. Premiered at Fantasia 2025 Film Festival.
YOU Need To See This Hilarious Indie Gem! $Spositions (2025) Review. One of the wilder most unexpected films of the Fantasia Film Festival So Far! A Midwest worker risks his savings on crypto, spiraling into gambling addiction and straining ties with his girlfriend, disabled brother, and recovering addict cousin in this anxious modern comedy. Equal parts intense & hilarious!
A Buffet Commercial Becomes Sentient - Buffet Infinity (2025) Review. Seriously one of the weirder films at the fest so FAR! It's about An All-You-Can-Eat Buffet commercial harbours an alien intelligence which is trying to take over the world. Premiered At Fantasia Film Festival 2025!
The Undertone's MASTERFUL Sound Design SHOOK ME! The UNDERTONE (2025) Spoiler Free Review. A podcast host covering spooky content moves in to care for her dying mother. When sent recordings of a pregnant couple's paranormal encounters, she discovers their story parallels hers, each tape pushing her toward madness. SOLD OUT & Premiered at Fantasia Film Festival 2025.
An Alien Crashlands Into Our Hearts - STINKER (2025) Review. Three strangers with nothing in common—Sadyk, a homeless old man with a death wish, Nadya, a cold-faced shopkeeper, and an alien hiding in the outhouse and desperate to return to its planet—cross paths in a godforsaken corner of Kazakhstan. Premiered at Fantasia 2025!
Fantasia 2025 just dropped a psychological bomb with A Grand Mockery (2024), a grimy, surreal descent into madness that feels like a found Super 8 tape filmed during a nervous breakdown. Co-directed by Adam C. Briggs and Sam Dixon—who also stars—this Aussie acid-trip follows a man unraveling under the weight of addiction, paranoia, and some truly haunting inner voices.
What is that Terrifying Sound..? NOISE? Premiering at Fantasia Film Festival 2025, NOISE is a chilling Korean horror film where sound is the scariest thing of all. Joo-young (Lee Sun-bin), who has a hearing impairment, starts to notice disturbing noises in her new apartment—right before her younger sister vanishes. As the sounds grow more intense, so does the presence of something dark stalking her home. Tense, eerie, and packed with dread, NOISE turns every creak into a nightmare.
Did This Girl Just Meet a Time Traveler? - REWRITE (2025) Review - Fantasia 2025. Yasuhiko (Kei Adachi), a mysterious transfer student from the year 2311, suddenly appears in Miyuki’s (Elaiza Ikeda) life. Drawn together by his secret, they grow close. He tells her he was inspired by a novel from her time—a book she’ll one day write. On the day he leaves, she promises to write it and preserve their summer. A decade later, as the book nears publication, something’s off. The reunion never comes. Did something go wrong in the past—or is there more she doesn’t know?
A small-time wrestling company accepts a well-paying gig in a backwoods town only to learn, too late, that the community is run by a mysterious cult leader with devious plans for their match. Premiered at Fantasia Fest July 21st. Coming SOON!
After years of savings and sacrifice, the Kamikis, a tight-knit family of seven, are elated when their dream of owning a home in the countryside finally comes true. Sure, the house is a bit old and creaky, but nothing could possibly ruin this fresh start for them... Except for the vengeful ghost of a murdered girl.. Premiered at Fantasia Film Festival! COMING SOON!
Could Children Survive the Apocalypse? How important is family? Three young brothers living in a cabin in the middle of the woods hide a dark, disturbing secret in their basement. Premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival on the July 28th! Coming SOON!
Derek takes a job at a tech firm, developing an AI sex doll named Susan. As he explores the boundaries of desire, pleasure, and pain with Susan, he confronts profound questions about humanity in an uncertain future. Premiered at Fantasia Film Festival
A 17-year-old girl is forced to move with her family to a resort where things are not what they seem. Premiered at Fantasia Film Festival. Coming To Theaters Aug 9th 2024 to theaters.
A 17-year-old girl is forced to move with her family to a resort where things are not what they seem. Premiered at Fantasia Film Festival. Coming To Theaters Aug 9th 2024 to theaters.
Legendary Director Chuck Russell. Director and Writer (Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors, The Blob (1988), The Mask) sits down to chat! We talk about his NEW HORROR movie WITCHBOARD (2024) that premiered at Fantasia We talk about his new movie, history of Witchboards, The original movie, Practical FX, belief in Spiritual and more! Movie coming soon!
I sat down to talk with the director of Psycho Goreman & The Void's NEWEST movie FREAKIE FRANKO. We discuss it's origins, nostalgia nods, Easter Eggs and juggling multiple movies. Plus, a little about Deathstalker Movie.
From the Director of Psycho Goreman comes his new movie FRANKIE FREAKO! Premiered at Fantasia Film Fest. Workaholic yuppie Conor is in an existential rut until one night he catches a bizarre ad for a party hotline hosted by a strange dancing goblin: Frankie Freako. Coming Soon
The victim of a hit and run learns how to be psychic so he can find the car that hit him and take revenge on the driver. Premiered at FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST. Coming sometime in Sept.
A woman searches for a missing monster hunter, realizing she has an inextricable bond with the creature being pursued. Airs At Fantasia July 22 & 24th then OCT for theaters
