TIFF 2024: Blood, Bombs, and Bisexual Lighting in Timo Tjahjanto’s ‘The Shadow Strays’
Timo Tjahento’s ‘The Shadow Strays’ continues the director’s flawless record of producing maximalist action-horror that pulls no punches (or kicks)
“31 Days of Horror: Johannes Grenzfurthner’s Solvent tumbles you down the rabbit hole”
At BiffBamPop.com, the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo watches Johannes Grenzfurthner’s Solvent (Austria, 2024). “One of the reasons I love horror is its unique ability to distill complex political ideas and emotions into what is, on the surface, a simple scary story. In much the same way that comedies […]
Fantastic Fest 2024: “Danny Villanueva Jr.’s Frightening and Tragic <i>What Happened To Dorothy Bell?</i>”
At Biff Bam Pop, The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo has some thoughts about What Happened To Dorothy Bell? “I’m not sure what it is about public libraries that make them a rich vein for horror. Whether it’s Ghostbusters or Stephen King’s IT, or if you’re somehow spooked by […]
TIFF 2024: Three Takes on The End of the World
Sachin Hingoo attends the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival and brings back three visions of environmental collapse!
TIFF 2024: “In Praise of the Maximalist in Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance!”
The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo reviews Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance (France, 2024) at Biff Bam Pop! “I once joked to a friend that no one in Hollywood has the guts or gumption to do a 360 degree whip-pan around the room when a character answers a telephone like […]
Midnight Madness 2024 Line-up!
This year’s Toronto International Film Festival starts this week on September 5. Check out the line-up for this year’s Midnight Madness program and make your genre film plans accordingly! See it here. Make sure to click through here for Midnight Madness Programmer Peter Kuplowsky’s video about this year’s […]
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