During one rough night, a woman wakes up in a trailer with a disembodied voice talking to her from outside her space. Soon, she finds another woman and she starts to panic even more.
Buffet Infinity [Fantasia 2025]
The downfall of a Canadian town is detailed with Lovecraftian comic-absurdity through faux TV programs and commercials in writer-director Simon Glassman’s Buffet Infinity, presented as part of the Fantasia International Film Festival.
Oldboy (2003) [Comic Book Month 2025]
A man imprisoned in a room for 15 years is suddenly released and tasked with finding the person responsible for his kidnapping, exacting bloody revenge on everyone he can find.
Convention City (1933)
No, folks, don’t get your hopes up. This is not a review of a rediscovered lost film. Instead, it is an essay about a lost film and how it got lost.
Immortal (aka Immortel Ad Vitam) (2004) [Comic Book Month 2025]
Many centuries from now, Earth is not as we remember it and ancient gods, genetically modified humans, and a regular folks all mingle. A god wanting to make sure his legacy continues picks a woman and regular man to achieve this through.
Trigger warning: Rape
Monster Island (2025)
A Japanese soldier and a British POW have to survive a stranding on a South Pacific island in 1942, one populated by a vicious monster in the sadly slight Monster Island, written and directed by Mike Wiluan, now streaming on Shudder.
Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo [Fantasia 2025]
A couple is haunted by a missing friend on a strange mountain and in their lives in the chilling Taiwanese Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo, directed by Tsai Chai Ying, and presented through the Fantasia International Film Festival.
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