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Canada’s Blood in the Snow Film Festival Announces Its 2020 Digital Lineup

Blood in the Snow Film Festival (BITS), Canada’s premiere fear-fare fest, is going digital and nationwide this year with a tantalizing 11-night lineup. From the excellent Anything for Jackson and its devil-worshipping grandparents to the appealing documentary Hail to the Deadites and its celebration of The Evil Dead fandom, to Bloodthirsty and its lycanthropy tale, and beyond, BITS promises to deliver shocks and shivers galore across Canada. Following is the fest’s official press announcement. The BLOOD IN THE SNOW FILM FESTIVAL (BITS) unleashed its newest batch of Canadian terror, which takes over Halloween this October 28 to November 7 on Super Channel for 11 incredible nights. For the first time, horror and sci-fi fans across the country can experience all the thrills and chills BITS has to offer with a must-see creepy collection of 10 features and 4 shorts programs airing on Super Channel Fuse. The festival kicks off with ANYTHING FOR JACKSON, (dir. Justin G. Dyck) which sees elderly

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Joseph Perry
Oct 7, 2020
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Brazil’s Fantaspoa Fantastic Film Festival Announces Its Virtual Version for 2020 and Its Incredible First Wave of Genre Titles

Brazil’s Fantaspoa Fantastic Film Festival has announced that, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, its sixteenth edition will be held online and completely free of charge, with more than 110 genre features and shorts geo-blocked to Brazilian viewers but with digital versions of the festival’s popular lectures and masterclasses available free to cinema lovers around the world. The event is slated to run July 24th through August 2nd, 2020. Fantaspoa joins other genre-film festivals around the world in moving to a virtual version this year in these uncertain times. The fest’s move comes courtesy of an unprecedented partnership with Darkflix, a Brazilian video streaming service aimed at fantastic genre productions. The opening film of Fantaspoa’s sixteenth edition will be Keola Racela’s Porno, which has already won over audiences at SXSW, Fantasia, Sitges, and FrightFest. You can read Horror Fuel’s review here. The closing films of the festival’s sixteenth edition will be dual co-productions of Fantaspoa Productions: Skull: the Mask and

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Joseph Perry
Jun 21, 2020
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‘The Painted Bird’ Acquired By IFC Films

IFC Films announced today that it is acquiring U.S. rights to The Painted Bird directed, written, and produced by Václav Marhoul (Tobruk, Smart Philip). Based on the acclaimed novel by Jerzy Kosinski, the movie was a singular achievement by Marhoul, almost 11 years in the making from the decision to acquire the rights, to the writing of the screenplay, to the casting and production lock. It is also notably, the first-ever film made in the invented Interslavic language. The Film stars Petr Kotlár, Udo Kier (Blade) Lech Dyblik, Jitka Čvančarová, Stellan Skarsgard (Dancer in the Dark) Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs) ), Julian Sands (A Room with A View), Aleksey Kravchenko (Come and See), and Barry Pepper (Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile). The Painted Bird had its world premiere at the 2019 Venice International Film Festival then went on to screen at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival in the Special Presentations section to much acclaim and will be the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 25, 2019
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Shudder Acquires Award-Winning Film ‘Tigers Are Not Afraid’

It’s been called “one of 2018’s best undistributed films” (SlashFilm) and now you can also call it a Shudder Exclusive. Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, announced today that it has picked up all rights to writer-director Issa Lopez’s acclaimed feature Tigers Are Not Afraid where you can see it later this year. I’m incredibly happy to announce that Shudder will distribute Tigers Are Not Afraid for English-language audiences,” said Lopez. “Shudder is an outstanding curator of the best and the weirdest of international fantastic cinema, including many of my favorite new movies from trailblazing filmmakers. The opportunity to have Tigers Are Not Afraid among them is an absolute honor.” Lopez’s film combines horror and fantasy to deliver a moving portrait of the dire circumstances of the children left behind by Mexico’s brutal drug wars. Estrella ( Paolo Lara) is ten-years-old and alone. Given three magical wishes, she asks first that her missing mother come

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 19, 2019
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Toronto True Crime Film Festival Announces Events And Films

The Toronto True Crime Film Festival is gearing up for its first annual event this June 8th – 9th, 2018 at The Royal Cinema and Monarch Tavern in Toronto. The inaugural lineup includes five film screenings and three symposium events, with 15% of all pass and ticket sales being donated to charity. The Films Include: ABDUCTED IN PLAIN SIGHT Dir. Skye Borgman / USA / 2017 / 91 min / International Premiere ABDUCTED IN PLAIN SIGHT is a stranger-than-fiction documentary about the Brobergs; a naïve, church-going Idaho family that fell under the spell of a sociopathic neighbor who would stop at nothing to be with their twelve-year-old daughter. You will not believe how bizarre this true tale of obsession gets! Screens with short film MAYBE IF IT WERE A NICE ROOM (Dir. Alicia K. Harris, Canada, 2016). MY NAME IS MYEISHADir. Gus Krieger / USA / 2018 / 82 min / Canadian Premiere The award-winning Slamdance hit MY NAME IS

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 9, 2018
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Fantasia Film Festival Announces Complete Lineup

The final lineup has been announced for this year’s 21st annual Fantasia Film Festival, running from July 13th through August 2nd. Yet again, they have an amazing lineup, featuring some of 2017’s most highly anticipated films in multiple genres. From the Press Release: Horror highlights in our final announcement include the North American Premiere of the ultra-dark Cannes sensation GOOD TIME, with directors in attendance; a Lifetime Achievement Award for Mexican luchador film legend Mil Máscaras; a Special Screening of ATOMIC BLONDE; Canadian Premieres of the ultra-brutal BUSHWICK, Dick Maas’ killer lion movie PREY, and the splatter comedy sequel ANOTHER WOLFCOP; the Quebec Premieres of the acclaimed Pyscho doc 78/52 and the Christmas horror classic in the making BETTER WATCH OUT; the North American Premiere of TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY 3D; the World Premieres of the female-driven exploitation films BLOOD HEIST and BLOOD RIDE (both produced by James Franco!); and the World Premiere of Synapse Films’ long-awaited 4K restoration of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 6, 2017
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International Trailer Arrives For The Highly Anticipated Western-Thriller Brimstone

The international trailer has arrived for Martin Koolhoven’s star-studded, highly anticipated, western-thriller ‘Brimstone’. ‘Brimstone’ stars not one, but two of the ‘Game of Thrones’ cast. Kit Harington portrays an outlaw. Carice van Houten, known as Melisandre on the hit series, plays the role of Anna in the film. Dakota Fanning (Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2) is featured in the lead role of Liz, a young woman running from her past and hunted by an evil preacher, played by Guy Pearce (Iron Man 3). Paul Anderson (The Revenant), Carla Juri (Wetlands) and Jack Roth (Us & Them) also co-star. From the Press Release: Momentum Pictures has acquired North American rights to the western/thriller BRIMSTONE. The film, which first premiered in September at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival to positive reviews, is written and directed by Martin Koolhoven. It stars Dakota Fanning (Man on Fire), Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential), Kit Harrington (Game of Thrones), and Emilia Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean: On

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 28, 2016
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Four Cops Experience Hell In The Turkish Horror Film ‘Baskin’

Can Evenol hopes to introduce audiences to a new vision of Hell with his new film ‘Baskin’, which will premier at Toronto’s International Film Festival beginning September 10th during Midnight Madness. The film will be released November 13th. In ‘Baskin’ a squad of cops stumble across a Black Mass in an abandoned building and unknowingly pass through a door to Hell. The film stars Muharrem Bayrak, Mehmet Akif Budak, Fedik Bulbul, Elif Dag, Mehmet Faith Dokgoz, and Aslihan Erguvan.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 1, 2015
A Drug Fueled Night Turns into Terror: ‘Kick On,’ is Going to TIFF

A Drug Fueled Night Turns into Terror: ‘Kick On,’ is Going to TIFF

The Toronto International Film Festival’s coveted Midnight Madness track is officially locking in its world premiere lineup. And director Nick Kozakis is ready to set the late-night crowd ablaze with his pulse-pounding new thriller, Kick On. Known for his sharp directorial work on The Hitchhiker, The Hunter, and The BBQ, Kozakis brings a kinetic, unhinged […]

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 3, 2026
Trailer: Zack Snyder’s Revenge Thriller ‘The Last Photograph’ Premiering at TIFF

Trailer: Zack Snyder’s Revenge Thriller ‘The Last Photograph’ Premiering at TIFF

Director Zack Snyder’s The Last Photograph is set to make its world premiere at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival. When? Sunday, September 13, at the John Bassett Theatre, Variety reports. The showcase highlights the festival’s prestigious lineup as TIFF returns to Downtown Toronto from September 10 through September 20. A Gripping Tale of Vengeance and […]

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 31, 2026
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