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Go West, Young Zombie

Dave Alexander on September 24, 2008 | 1 Comment
Category: News and Events

Here’s a link (which may be broken, so you can also search for it on the Herald site under “In praise of Asian film exploitation”) to a story that ran in the Calgary Herald yesterday, in which I was quoted about Asian horror films. The story was a tie-in to the Calgary International Film Festival, [...]

Sinister Seven: Jon Hewitt

Dave Alexander on September 18, 2008 | 1 Comment
Category: Sinister Seven

Â Â Well, TIFF has wrapped and with it Midnight Madness. As always, programmer Colin Geddes dropped a variety of genre films on the late night masses, including Acolytes, from Australian director Jon Hewitt. Jon answers seven questions about his kids ‘nâ€™ serial killers movie, including the real-life events that inspired the film. Â Â [...]

Chucky Fans Get Lucky

Dave Alexander on September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Category: News and Events

Got the following email today from the crew atÂ Icons of Fright, announcing that they’ve rectified the lack of a director’s commentary on the new 20th anniversary Child’s Play DVD release. And they’ve done it for free. Nice work, guys! Â Download it here. Â Â Fellow fiends – Last week, MGM put out the CHILD’S [...]

“Vicious Intent!” NYC Art Show

Gary Pullin on September 15, 2008 | 1 Comment
Category: News and Events

Royal Flush Magazine, Comahead2 and Sal from Electric Frankenstein presentÂ the biggest and best Rock & Roll Poster exhibit ever to hit NYC! Posters and artwork will be on display from the sordid likes of: Tara McPherson Drew Friedman Jesse Philips Matt Siren Josh Bernstein Steve Chanks Erik Rodriguez Angryblue Yours trulyÂ and many more!! Music will [...]

For Hopeless Romantics With Shotguns

Dave Alexander on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Category: News and Events

And fans of The Walking Dead. So excellent…

TIFF is Here!

Dave Alexander on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Category: News and Events

While we’re bustin’ rocks on the Halloween issue, The Toronto International Film Festival has started. As per usual, we’re too busy to see much until Tuesday, but we did check out Deadgirl last night, and I managed to take in a screening of Fabrice Du Welz’s new film, Vinyan, which is gorgeous, if slow and [...]

TADFF Cometh

Dave Alexander on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Category: News and Events

Rue Morgue proudly sponsors the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, and they’ve got a new trailer of coming attractions. Check it, fools!

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