What Scares Me
Originally appeared in the Ottawa Citizen, October 28, 2013 as a Halloween themed op-ed series xxx Every day I sit around and think about how to scare you. I think about how to exact that pound of...
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typicalfilm: The Corpse of Anna Fritz
The Corpse of Anna Fritz (2015) I’ve been looking forward to this for a year or more and damn, was it worth the wait. Highly recommended, and I refuse to play into trigger warnings and not safe for...
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typicalfilm – Land Mine Goes Click
Land Mine Goes Click (2015) I had been intrigued by this title, the art, and even more by the festival reaction. While it did have its moments – almost all in the last twenty minutes – there was a...
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typicalfilm – Jeepers Creepers
Jeepers Creepers (2001) Before I fawn over the second installment I had to rewatch the first. Just in case I’d missed something that makes so many people like this one better. I must have blinked and...
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For the past couple of years I’ve been the new releases moderator on horror.org. At first there was a little well oiled team of elves – take that vision where you will – but now it’s just little old...
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typicalfilm – Holidays
Holidays (2016) I can’t say I disliked Holidays. It was a fun watch with gems hidden in a few of the shorts. There were some disappointments here and there but by the end, I had a distinct take-away...
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typicalfilm – Awaiting
Awaiting (2015) The poster caught my eye with promises of cannibalism and a minimalist aesthetic. There were rumblings from the past Fantasia film festival that sparked hunger pangs and I’d been...
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