Tight Lettuce and Attack on Paradise Reviews: Our Fantasia 2026 Double Feature Explicit

Two Fantasia 2026 world premieres, zero spoilers, zero horror. Harrison Houde's Tight Lettuce is a Quebec family drama about fentanyl addiction. Attack on Paradise is a Belgian siege thriller in an Antwerp high-rise. Both are worth your time.
Tight Lettuce and Attack on Paradise reviews: our Fantasia 2026 double feature on a Quebec addiction drama and a brutal Belgian siege thriller.

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Her Private Hell Review: Nicolas Winding Refn’s Beautiful, Baffling Fantasia Opener Explicit

Nicolas Winding Refn is back after a decade, and Her Private Hell left us genuinely stumped. We break down his neon fever dream from Fantasia: gorgeous visuals, a killer called the Leather Man, two movies crammed into one, and an ending nobody can explain. Spoilers in the back half.
Her Private Hell review: Refn beautiful, baffling Fantasia opener. Stunning to watch, hard to decode.

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Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Review: Jane Schoenbrun’s Slasher Homage Is a Bloody Good Time Explicit

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma review: Jane Schoenbrun's queer slasher is gory, hilarious, and secretly one of the best homages the subgenre has gotten. Straight off its Fantasia premiere. Spoilers kept light, 8/10 from both of us. In theaters Aug 7.
Jane Schoenbrun's Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is a joyful, meta slasher homage that is funny, gory, and clever.

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Evil Dead Burn Review: Sébastien Vaniček Torches the Franchise Explicit

Evil Dead Burn review: Sébastien Vaniček's Deadite nightmare is the most brutal entry in the franchise, and it does not let you breathe. Meaghan and Arthur break down the practical effects, the Kandarian dagger lore, and the scene that nearly landed an NC-17. Spoilers ahead. The dog dies.
Evil Dead Burn review: relentless gore, killer practical effects, and deep franchise lore.

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Best Canadian Horror Movies Worth Hunting Down Explicit

Ten Canadian horror movies we actually love, counted down for Canada Day. Killer jeans, a word-virus zombie flick, a dark web thriller, Ginger Snaps, Cube, and more underrated Shudder gems worth hunting down.
The best Canadian horror movies, from killer jeans to cursed audio to a werewolf coming-of-age classic.

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Evil Dead: Childhood Trauma, Cursed Productions, and a Franchise That Won’t Die Explicit

Evil Dead changed Eleazar (Nightmare Echoes Podcast) at age 12. Meaghan and Arthur dig into the franchise's horror-to-comedy arc, the Necronomicon lore, the chaos of filming, and why Evil Dead Burn can't come fast enough.
We dig into Evil Dead's chaotic production history, the rights mess behind the sequel, and why the franchise still scares us.

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Leviticus (2026): Queer Horror, Religious Trauma, and the Monster You Can’t Outrun Explicit

We saw Leviticus opening night and left the theater completely silent. Australian queer horror from director Adrian Chiarella — starring Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen — and it might be the most unsettling, well-crafted film we've seen this year.
Leviticus is a raw Australian queer horror film about two boys facing religious trauma and a supernatural entity. A stunning feature debut.

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Summerween 2026: Our Movie, Book, and TV Recommendations Explicit

It's Summerween 2026 on Grave Tone: our full lineup of summer horror movie recommendations (Pitfall, Dangerous Animals, The Vast of Night), vampire favorites, slasher book picks, and the horror TV shows we can't stop watching, including Widow's Bay and Midnight Mass.
Grave Tone's Summerween 2026 picks: ten horror movies, six books, and four TV shows perfect for hot weather and serious dread.

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Backrooms Review: The Internet Built the Backrooms. A 20-Year-Old Filmed It Explicit

We saw Backrooms opening day and we have thoughts. Kane Parsons' A24 debut is slow burn psychological horror done right, eerie, atmospheric, and way more unsettling than you're probably expecting. We break it all down, lore and all.
Backrooms delivers. Kane Parsons' A24 debut is a slow-burn psychological horror that earns every second of its eerie atmosphere. We saw it opening day. Here's our take.

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