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Fantasia 2025
Fantasia ’25 Movie Reviews: Pop-star obsession goes pathological in “LURKER” and “SWEETNESS”
While SWEETNESS is the more strictly “genre” of the two, LURKER is the one that gets deeper under the skin.
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Michael Gingold
Fantasia ’25 Movie Review: Sashay, You Slay “QUEENS OF THE DEAD”
When there's no more room in hell, the dead will descend upon a drag club in Tina Romero's topical zombie…
by
Deirdre Crimmins
Fantasia ’25 Movie Review: “IT ENDS” marks the beginning of a major talent
Existential horror at its most relatable and engrossing, taking us on a trip that has us as anxious about its…
by
Michael Gingold
Fantasia ’25 Movie Review: “SUGAR ROT” is sweet, sweet decay
It’s what would have happened if Herschell Gordon Lewis was obsessed with sweets instead of gore, and it accomplishes exactly…
by
Deirdre Crimmins
Fantasia ’25 Exclusive Interview: George Mihalka and Susan Curran on their documentary about legendary genre producer Cinépix
The Canadian producer/distributor that launched David Cronenberg and many others is now being celebrated.
by
Michael Gingold
Fantasia International Film Festival announces Audience Awards and 2026 dates
With the festival having come to a close this past weekend, the announcement has been made of the audiences’ favorites.
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Michael Gingold
Fantasia ’25 Movie Review: Body horror and relationship drama come “TOGETHER” perfectly
Even with all the physical warping and fusing…it’s the emotional dysfunction, as perfectly performed by Franco and Brie, that truly…
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Michael Gingold
Fantasia ’25 Movie Review: Giallo gets scrappy in “ANYTHING THAT MOVES”
Phillips builds on his visual style and storytelling skills and delivers a film more accessible, more polished and more naked…
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Deirdre Crimmins
Fantasia ’25 Movie Review: “BURNING” fights fire with fire
The way the filmmakers manipulate perspective and empathy from one segment to the next is remarkably skillful.
by
Deirdre Crimmins
Fantasia ’25 Movie Review: “THE UNDERTONE” sounds like something new and terrifying
Many sequences require listeners to strain their ears to make out clues, and in doing so open themselves up to…
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Rue Morgue Manor
Fantasia ’25 Movie Review: “HOLD THE FORT” has fun with monsters
It feels like a valentine to the genre as a whole, and has a bit of fun with all of…
by
Deirdre Crimmins
Fantasia ’25 Movie Review: “NEW GROUP” brings madness and a message to high-school J-horror
The filmmakers keep the twists and surprises coming, taking the audience into unexpected places that are both unsettlingly strange and…
by
Michael Gingold
Fantasia ’25 Movie Review: Building strong buzz for The Adams Family’s “MOTHER OF FLIES”
On every level, it evinces a high level of care and thought, meshing personal pain with supernatural terror to conjure…
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Michael Gingold
“MOTHER OF FLIES” triumphs at Fantasia festival jury awards: complete list with statements
The Adams Family’s latest was one of several fright films to be honored.
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Michael Gingold
Exclusive photos: Barbara Crampton et al. in “EVERY HEAVY THING,” world-premiering at Fantasia
It’s a combination of paranoid thrills and dark comedy.
by
Michael Gingold
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