Mike Flanagan is being crowned an official king of horror as Flanagan has been selected as a featured guest at Quebec’s Fantasia International Film Festival. The director has a history with the iconic festival; his first feature, Absentia, was at the festival in 2011. For those unfamiliar with Mike Flanagan, he’s been the go-to horror […]
Fantasia International Film Festival 2022 Review – Megalomaniac
Megalomaniac, 2022. Written and Directed by Karim Ouelhaj Starring Raphaëlle Lubansu, Benjamin Ramon, Eline Schumacher, and Wim Willaert. SYNOPSIS: The adult daughter of a notorious serial killer descends into degradation and violence. Twentysomething Martha (Eline Schumacher) lives a life of quiet desperation in Brussels with her older brother Felix (Benjamin Ramon). They share a large, […]
Fantasia Film Festival 2018 Review – The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion, 2018. Directed by Park Hoon-jung. Starring Kim Da-mi, Cho Min-soo, Park Hee-soon, Choi Woo-shik. SYNOPSIS: A high school student with amnesia tries to uncover what has happened to her. All leading her into deeper troubles ultimately revealing a darkness she could not have imagined. Don’t let the blatant sequel […]
Five films we are excited to see at Fantasia Fest 2018!
Rafael Motamayor with five films are are excited to see at Fantasia Fest 2018… We are mere days away from the 22nd Fantasia International Film Festival, and we can’t contain ourselves! The Montreal festival is one of the world’s foremost festivals for genre lovers, shining a light on new and established filmmakers from all around […]
Fantasia International Film Festival Review – Creepy (2016)
Creepy, 2016. Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yuko Takeuchi and Haruna Kawaguchi. SYNOPSIS: Takakura, a recently retired police detective with a specialty in serial killers, has moved to a new neighborhood with his wife Yasuko. The pair quickly learn that their neighbors are of an odd sort, particularly the off-putting Nishino. […]
Fantasia International Film Festival Review – The Phantom Detective (2016)
The Phantom Detective. 2016 Directed by Jo Sung-Lee. Starring Lee Je-Hoon, Go Ara, Park Geun-Hyung, Roh Jeong-Eui and Kim Ha-Na. SYNOPSIS: Private detective HONG Gil-dong is seeking revenge for his mother who was murdered in front of him when he was a child. An investigation determines that the assailant is a man named Kim, but when […]
Fantasia International Film Festival Review – Three (2016)
Three, 2016. Directed by Johnnie To. Starring Louis Koo, Wei Zhao, Wallace Chung and Lam Suet. SYNOPSIS: Realizing that he will be defeated in no time during a police showdown, a thug shoots himself to force the cops to cease fire and take him to the hospital. In the hospital, he claims human rights to […]
