Bodily Autonomy, Grief, & Love Collide in BIRTH/REBIRTH

Laura Moss brings Shelley's Frankenstein into contemporary life, as two women struggle with life, death, and more.

[Fantasia 2023] “We’re merely ants”: Tales of Fate & Free Will in MAD FATE

MAD FATE depicts the ways relying on fate can harm us, and how understanding free will can set us free.

The Dom-Sub Dynamics of Capitalism in THE PASSENGER

Carter Smith's latest film, THE PASSENGER, is a story about the dominance and submission of life under capitalism.

[Fantastic Fest 2021] THERE’S SOMEONE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE: Confronting the Self/Society

Patrick Brice's slasher is a clever, nasty ride about confronting our own ethics, as well as the ethics of our society.

[Fantasia 2021] DON’T SAY ITS NAME & the Lingering Violence(s) of Colonialism

A group of Indigenous people come together to stop a supernatural threat terrorising their land in Rueben Martell's DON'T SAY ITS NAME.

“We are one body working together”: Terrors of the Nation State in WRONG TURN (2021)

Everyone works. Everyone contributes. If not? Well, you'll pay the price one way or another in the Wrong Turn reboot.

THE TRANSFIGURATION’s Blood Sucking Construction of Masculinity & Mental Illness

A young man stuck in a bad neighbourhood gets lost in a fantasy of vampirism, leading to unexpected consequences.

Area 51: Oren Peli’s Extraterrestrial Blunder

Area 51. 2015. Directed by Oren Peli. Screenplay by Christopher Denham & Oren Peli. Starring Reid Warner, Darrin Bragg, Ben Rovner, Jelena Nik, Roy Abramsohn, Frank Novak, and Glenn Campbell. Aramid Entertainment Fund/Blumhouse Productions/IM Global/Incentive Filmed Entertainment/Room 101. Rated R. 91 minutes. Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller ★★ Right back to the supposed McPherson Tape, later given a bigger budget …

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