BARBARA-ANNE **** Canada 2018 Dir: Kat Webber. 6 mins The directorial debut for music video filmmaker Kat Webber, this has a disarming performance by screenwriter / producer Katelyn McCulloch as a modern-day Toronto woman who lives as a conventional 1950’s American housewife. The opening shot captures a lovingly prepared, colour-coordinated…
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WE THREE QUEENS **** Canada 2018 Dir: Chris Agoston. 9 mins Written by Marni Van Dyk, this is a witty, often funny slice of dark humoured festive fun. The acapella group of the title perform their rendition of “Jingle Bells” while a bout of Yuletide cooking cuts to the three…
THE WRETCHED ***** USA 2019 Dirs: Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce. 95 mins Ben (John-Paul Howard), a teenaged kid dealing with his parents’ separation, becomes suspicious of his next door neighbours’ odd behavior. Him and his friend Mallory (Piper Curda) get thrown into life-or-death struggle with a centuries-old witch (Madelynn…
WEREWOLF *** 2018 Poland Dir: Adrian Panek. 88 mins Liberated from a concentraton camp, a group of children are brought by Russian soldiers to an abandoned mansion in the woods to live. Surrounded by woods and being stalked by a pack of vicious dogs, the group must figure out a…
THE MORTUARY COLLECTION ***** 2019 USA Dir: Ryan Spindell. 108 mins A lonely mortician, Montgomery Dark (the delightfully devilish Clancy Brown), entertains Sam (Caitlin Fisher), a young woman applying for a job at his funeral home. Her curiosity is piqued by the books that fill his office, so he shares…