BEST FRIENDS FOREVER (BFF) **** Canada 2018 Dir: Emily Gagne, Josh Korngut. 13 mins An atmospheric, stylish distillation of the American modern horror film’s vengeful / bullied teen trope, this has three teenage girls sharing the story of Nancy (Jen Pogue), a cruelly pranked, unpopular late-90’s student who disappeared after…
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THE EBBING *** USA 2019 Dir: Kevin Patrick Murphy. 13 Mins A beguiling short from actor-turned-director Kevin Patrick Murphy and actress-turned-writer Jennifer Trudrung (who has a part in the upcoming HALLOWEEN KILLS), this follows a traumatised mother who has recurring nightmares about her missing daughter. She envisions her as pallid…
MARY REILLY *** USA / UK 1996 Dir: Stephen Frears. 108 mins Adapted by Christopher Hampton from Valerie Martin’s novel, this tail-end entry in Hollywood’s early 90’s Gothic horror cycle (spun off from Coppola’s BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA) was a costly failure at the time and misleadingly sold as a full-blown…
There’s few horror movies as entertaining as those featuring the battle between survivors among the backdrop of the living dead, and Dead Life: Wormwood’s End delivers all the action and gory goodness you’ve come to expect in that sub-genre in this latest special edition from SRS! Synopsis: Four months…
LADY IN THE SHOWER **** Canada 2018 Dir: Chris Borgo. 6 mins Writer-director Chris Borgo (THE HAG: BLOODLINE, THE NANABIJOU TAPES) – who also produced, shot and edited – cannily plays on our (over) familiarity with modern horror tropes in this dialogue-free, confident mini-shocker. Laura Woodbeck is part of a…