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[Fantasia International Film Festival Review]: Dui Shaw
Waqt Having had its Canadian premiere at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, the Bengali language anthology film Dui Shaw...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Aug 62 min read
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![[Fantasia International Film Festival Review]: Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_98c37204b7894b1294d9aed5e6b32fad~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_98c37204b7894b1294d9aed5e6b32fad~mv2.webp)
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[Fantasia International Film Festival Review]: Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo
Having had its international premiere at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo is the...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 301 min read
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![[Fantasia International Film Festival Review]: Noise](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_63b0f613b57d4b8fa56aaae596c36ddd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_63b0f613b57d4b8fa56aaae596c36ddd~mv2.webp)
![[Fantasia International Film Festival Review]: Noise](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_63b0f613b57d4b8fa56aaae596c36ddd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_63b0f613b57d4b8fa56aaae596c36ddd~mv2.webp)
[Fantasia International Film Festival Review]: Noise
Having had its North American premiere at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, the feature directorial debut of Kim Soo-jin...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 232 min read
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![[Fantasia International Film Festival 2025]: Hold The Fort](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_e17f62952cbf44f7ac546f8f44d97849~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_e17f62952cbf44f7ac546f8f44d97849~mv2.webp)
![[Fantasia International Film Festival 2025]: Hold The Fort](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_e17f62952cbf44f7ac546f8f44d97849~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_e17f62952cbf44f7ac546f8f44d97849~mv2.webp)
[Fantasia International Film Festival 2025]: Hold The Fort
Ever wondered what would happen if Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead (1981) left the isolated crumbling cabin in the woods and entered a new...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 222 min read
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![[Raindance Review]: Our Happy Place](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_710d08e3697d4c9691d32b0bba513c8f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_710d08e3697d4c9691d32b0bba513c8f~mv2.webp)
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[Raindance Review]: Our Happy Place
Raya Miles as Raya Having had its international premiere at June’s Raindance Film Festival 2025 held in London, Our Happy Place is a...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 92 min read
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5 Films on our Must-See List at Fantasia International Film Fest 2025
Now in its 29th year, the prestigious genre-bending film festival Fantasia International Film Fest will take place a t Concordia Hall and...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jul 83 min read
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![[Review]: Cannibal Mukbang](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_45bd138fa2bc43b5b311f08dc83b58e3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_45bd138fa2bc43b5b311f08dc83b58e3~mv2.webp)
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[Review]: Cannibal Mukbang
Putting the meat into meet-cute is Aimee Kuge’s debut feature Cannibal Mukbang , in which the shy Mark falls quickly for the enigmatic...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jun 252 min read
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5 Films We're Dying to See at Sohome Horror Pride 2025
Happening this weekend starting on Friday 13th June is the 2025 edition of Sohome Horror Pride brought to audiences by the incredible...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Jun 92 min read
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![[Review]: Pabrik Gula](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_fec4ffd00ff648cfbfee1f54ed001312~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_409,h_235,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_fec4ffd00ff648cfbfee1f54ed001312~mv2.webp)
![[Review]: Pabrik Gula](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_fec4ffd00ff648cfbfee1f54ed001312~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_168,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_fec4ffd00ff648cfbfee1f54ed001312~mv2.webp)
[Review]: Pabrik Gula
Indonesian supernatural chiller Pabrik Gula directed by Awi Suryadi, portrays the haunting outcome of when traditional values are at odds...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
May 121 min read
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![[Review]: Séance](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_0882641f82144d15b53edc26dc95e571~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_0882641f82144d15b53edc26dc95e571~mv2.webp)
![[Review]: Séance](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_0882641f82144d15b53edc26dc95e571~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_0882641f82144d15b53edc26dc95e571~mv2.webp)
[Review]: Séance
Scottie Thompson as Emma in Séance Set in California in the tail-end of the 1800s, Séance is a period chiller that examines grief,...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
May 72 min read
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![[Interview]: Aled Owen, Director and Star of The Mill Killers](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_a4b40e5116af4bfb89481198f899ebed~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_a4b40e5116af4bfb89481198f899ebed~mv2.webp)
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[Interview]: Aled Owen, Director and Star of The Mill Killers
Aled Owen in The Mill Killers Welsh indie horror The Mill Killers , which was made and set in Wales, is now available to buy and rent...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Apr 255 min read
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![[Review]: Fréwaka](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_56f9d40671984be7ae19905a7640f4e3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_56f9d40671984be7ae19905a7640f4e3~mv2.webp)
![[Review]: Fréwaka](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_56f9d40671984be7ae19905a7640f4e3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_56f9d40671984be7ae19905a7640f4e3~mv2.webp)
[Review]: Fréwaka
Clare Monnelly as Shoo Following up 2018’s found footage chiller The Devil’s Doorway , filmmaker Aislinn Clarke has once again returned...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Apr 243 min read
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[Book Review]: The Vatican Versus Horror Movies by Matt Rogerson
For as long as there have been stories committed to the artistic medium of film, there has been a strong attempt by the religious powers...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Apr 193 min read
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![[Review]: The Ugly Stepsister](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_b1da96135cd346f296ee712ce56dbca5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_b1da96135cd346f296ee712ce56dbca5~mv2.webp)
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[Review]: The Ugly Stepsister
With the recent influx of reimagined fairy tale horror films flooding the market, it would be easy to pass off Emilie Blichfeldt’s...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Apr 143 min read
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![[Review]: I Will Never Leave You Alone](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_14e7b20b82dd43f89a1889c6eec3127a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_14e7b20b82dd43f89a1889c6eec3127a~mv2.webp)
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[Review]: I Will Never Leave You Alone
Kenneth Trujillo as Richard Exclusive to Arrow Player is DW Medoff’s psychological haunted house chiller  I Will Never Leave You Alone ....

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 312 min read
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![[FrightFest Glasgow 2025]: By The Throat](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_02b22bd604a6496abdbe9b8abc68aac1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_02b22bd604a6496abdbe9b8abc68aac1~mv2.webp)
![[FrightFest Glasgow 2025]: By The Throat](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_02b22bd604a6496abdbe9b8abc68aac1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_02b22bd604a6496abdbe9b8abc68aac1~mv2.webp)
[FrightFest Glasgow 2025]: By The Throat
Jeany Sparks as Amy Cummings Directed by David Luke Rees, By The Throat follows a care worker, Lizzy, as she takes charge of a grieving...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 252 min read
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![[FrightFest Glasgow 2025]: The Last Sacrifice](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_b9ccf7e4f5db45ca93230c3d4c7e8b93~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_b9ccf7e4f5db45ca93230c3d4c7e8b93~mv2.webp)
![[FrightFest Glasgow 2025]: The Last Sacrifice](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_b9ccf7e4f5db45ca93230c3d4c7e8b93~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_b9ccf7e4f5db45ca93230c3d4c7e8b93~mv2.webp)
[FrightFest Glasgow 2025]: The Last Sacrifice
A shadowy insular village in rural England hides a terrifying secret surrounding the mysterious murder of a local farmer, and when a...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 112 min read
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![[FrightFest Glasgow]: House of Ashes](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_d648b89ba80844c28798295b51e91a17~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_d648b89ba80844c28798295b51e91a17~mv2.webp)
![[FrightFest Glasgow]: House of Ashes](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_d648b89ba80844c28798295b51e91a17~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_d648b89ba80844c28798295b51e91a17~mv2.webp)
[FrightFest Glasgow]: House of Ashes
Fayna Sanchez as Mia from House of Ashes With its international premiere at this year’s FrightFest Glasgow, House of Ashes  is a...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 82 min read
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![[FrightFest Glasgow 2025]: Psyche](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_acdec3e5e5b24ac2a0cc7982b944f686~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_acdec3e5e5b24ac2a0cc7982b944f686~mv2.webp)
![[FrightFest Glasgow 2025]: Psyche](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_acdec3e5e5b24ac2a0cc7982b944f686~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_acdec3e5e5b24ac2a0cc7982b944f686~mv2.webp)
[FrightFest Glasgow 2025]: Psyche
Opening the FrightFest strand of this year’s Glasgow Film Festival is science fiction set piece Psyche  directed by Stephon Stewart. Set...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Mar 82 min read
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![[Review]: Bokshi](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_dd9539d1be794a289b203cc3f68e7618~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_dd9539d1be794a289b203cc3f68e7618~mv2.webp)
![[Review]: Bokshi](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/faea52_dd9539d1be794a289b203cc3f68e7618~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/faea52_dd9539d1be794a289b203cc3f68e7618~mv2.webp)
[Review]: Bokshi
Premiering at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam, Bokshi ,  directed by Indian genre filmmaker Bhargav Saikia in his...

Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana
Feb 72 min read
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