Toni StangerFantasia 2024 Review: ‘House of Sayuri’ Injects Wacky Comedy into Bleak J-HorrorIt can only mean one thing when a family moves into a new house in a Japanese horror film: they’re about to be tormented by the vengeful…Aug 10Aug 10
Toni StangerFantasia 2024 Review: ‘Electrophilia’ is a Fascinating Yet Lacklustre Exploration of a Lightning…Electrophilia, which had its North American premiere at Fantasia Festival, tells the story of Ada (Mariana Di Girolamo), a young…Aug 8Aug 8
Toni StangerFantasia 2024 Review: ‘Oddity’ is a Genuinely Scary Modern Horror with Almost Unbearable SuspenseDuring an eerily quiet evening in Ireland, Dani (Carolyn Bracken) is renovating the remote country home she shares with her psychiatrist…Aug 51Aug 51
Toni StangerFantasia 2024 Review: ‘Kryptic’ is a Surreal Character Study with No Satisfying Pay-offKay Hall (Chloe Pirrie) doesn’t know who she is, but neither do we. The aptly named Kryptic, which screened at Fantasia Festival last week…Aug 2Aug 2
Toni StangerFantasia 2024 Short Film Reviews: AstroNots, Bangs, Berta, Dirty Bad Wrong, Faces, Hell is a…The creators behind these six short films watched for Fantasia Festival are all talented filmmakers worthy of keeping an eye on.Aug 1Aug 1
Toni StangerFantasia 2024 Review: ‘Cuckoo’ Gets Lost in Its Unique StorytellingMild spoilers. I encourage you to go in blind and read my review afterwards. Some things are better not knowing — the things the trailer…Jul 31Jul 31
Toni StangerFantasia 2024 Review: Dale Dickey is Utterly Compelling in ‘The G’Dale Dickey proves she’s more than just a character actor in Karl R. Hearne’s revenge thriller, The G, which screened at Fantasia Festival…Jul 29Jul 29
Toni StangerFantasia 2024 Review: ‘The Dead Thing’ Delivers a Strong Premise with Poor ExecutionIn The Dead Thing, which had its world premiere at Fantasia Festival today, Alex (Blu Hunt, The New Mutants) is going through the motions…Jul 28Jul 28
Toni StangerFantasia 2024 Review: ‘Carnage For Christmas’ is a Serviceable Trans Murder MysteryCarnage For Christmas, which screened at Fantasia Festival on July 19th, follows true crime podcaster Lola (Jeremy Moineau), who co-hosts…Jul 23Jul 23
Toni StangerFantasia 2024: Top 10 PicksMy most anticipated films from Fantasia’s current line-up.Jul 9Jul 9