Fantasia Fest 2019 Preview!

This year's Fantasia Fest is shaping up to be another fantastic display of genre cinema from around the world.

Counterpart – Season 1, Episode 1: “The Crossing”

Howard Silk works for the United Nations. In a single day, everything he knows about where he works, and the world, is turned upside down.

GOD TOLD ME TO: The Literal Sci-Fi Madness of Christianity

One of the strangest films of the '70s, and of Larry Cohen's, GOD TOLD ME TO strikes at belief, faith, & Christianity.

Legion— Chapter 2

At the Summerland facility, David Haller receives help from Ptonomy Wallace & Melanie Bird, trying to unlock his memories & in turn his amazing powers.

The Mind’s Eye is Bloody Old-Fashioned Fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oCYWSx-xsc The Mind's Eye. 2016. Directed & Written by Joe Begos. Starring Graham Skipper, Lauren Ashley Carter, John Speredakos, Larry Fessenden, Noah Segan, Matt Mercer, Michael A. LoCicero, Jeremy Gardner, Patrick M. Walsh, Brian Morvant, Josh Ethier, Susan T. Travers, & Chuck Doherty. Channel 83 Films/Site B. Not Rated. 87 minutes. Action/Horror/Sci-Fi ★★★★ Not sure …

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Ridley Scott’s Alien: Gorgeously Horrific Isolation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ5lPt9edzQ Alien. 1979. Directed by Ridley Scott. Screenplay by Dan O'Bannon; story by O'Bannon & Ronald Shusett. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, Bolaji Badejo, & Helen Horton. Brandywine Productions/Twentieth Century-Fox Productions. Rated R. 117 minutes. Horror/Sci-Fi ★★★★★ I'm not even a huge science fiction …

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The Kettering Incident – Episode 3: “The Search”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EVESFc5iwQ Foxtel's The Kettering Incident Episode 3: "The Search" Directed by Steve Krawitz Written by Cate Shortland * For a review of Episode 2, "The Lights" - click here * For a review of Episode 4, "The Mill" - click here Out among the forest surrounding Kettering, moths float about, and at home Dr. Anna …

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Isolated Paranoia: John Carpenter’s The Thing

John Carpenter's The Thing. 1982. Directed by John Carpenter. Screenplay by Bill Lancaster, from a story by John W. Campbell Jr. Starring Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Masur, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, and Donald Moffat. Universal Pictures/Turman-Foster Company. Rated R. 109 minutes. Horror/Science Fiction ★★★★★ It's hard …

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