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Fantasia International Film Festival 2026

  • July 16 – August 2, 2026
  • Montréal, Canada

The Fantasia International Film Festival returns to Montreal from July 16 to August 2, 2026, celebrating its milestone 30th edition. As North America’s largest genre film festival, Fantasia is a hub for horror, sci-fi, anime, kung fu, fantasy, and experimental cinema, screening over 100 films at the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas.

The 30th anniversary opens with the Canadian premiere of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell, and celebrates J-horror legend Takashi Shimizu with two new films. Other standouts include Jenn Wexler’s The Last Temptation of Becky, Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Yeon Sang-ho’s Colony, and Freaks Part II, alongside a stacked slate of world and North American premieres.

Grave Tone Pod will be covering the festival, bringing you reviews, reactions, and coverage of the standout genre titles throughout the run.

Movie Reviews

Penny Lane Is Dead Review: A Blood-Soaked 1986 Ozploitation Throwback Hits Shudder Explicit

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Penny Lane Is Dead review: a gory 1986 Ozploitation throwback hits Shudder Aug 28, with a killer villain duo and real payoff.

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I am an obsessive horror movie goer. New release? I am in the theatre! Anything horror-related, I am game; movies, books, and video games. One genre I have trouble with is the paranormal genre, but I'll still watch it. My favourite movies are: Event Horizon, 28 Days Later (I am a sucker for zombies), and The Descent.I co-created Grave Tone with Meaghan in 2025. I covered Fantasia International Film Festival in 2026 with press access, and I've interviewed filmmakers and authors including Mike P. Nelson, Ry Barrett, Jonathan Janz, and Mark Acheson.

Nightborn Review: Hanna Bergholm’s Finnish Folk Horror Turns Motherhood Into a Waking Nightmare Explicit

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Nightborn review: Hanna Bergholm's Finnish folk horror hits Shudder July 31. Gory motherhood dread and a monster baby.

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I am an obsessive horror movie goer. New release? I am in the theatre! Anything horror-related, I am game; movies, books, and video games. One genre I have trouble with is the paranormal genre, but I'll still watch it. My favourite movies are: Event Horizon, 28 Days Later (I am a sucker for zombies), and The Descent.I co-created Grave Tone with Meaghan in 2025. I covered Fantasia International Film Festival in 2026 with press access, and I've interviewed filmmakers and authors including Mike P. Nelson, Ry Barrett, Jonathan Janz, and Mark Acheson.

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

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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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I am an obsessive horror movie goer. New release? I am in the theatre! Anything horror-related, I am game; movies, books, and video games. One genre I have trouble with is the paranormal genre, but I'll still watch it. My favourite movies are: Event Horizon, 28 Days Later (I am a sucker for zombies), and The Descent.I co-created Grave Tone with Meaghan in 2025. I covered Fantasia International Film Festival in 2026 with press access, and I've interviewed filmmakers and authors including Mike P. Nelson, Ry Barrett, Jonathan Janz, and Mark Acheson.

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

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Her Private Hell review: Refn beautiful, baffling Fantasia opener. Stunning to watch, hard to decode.

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I am an obsessive horror movie goer. New release? I am in the theatre! Anything horror-related, I am game; movies, books, and video games. One genre I have trouble with is the paranormal genre, but I'll still watch it. My favourite movies are: Event Horizon, 28 Days Later (I am a sucker for zombies), and The Descent.I co-created Grave Tone with Meaghan in 2025. I covered Fantasia International Film Festival in 2026 with press access, and I've interviewed filmmakers and authors including Mike P. Nelson, Ry Barrett, Jonathan Janz, and Mark Acheson.

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

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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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I am an obsessive horror movie goer. New release? I am in the theatre! Anything horror-related, I am game; movies, books, and video games. One genre I have trouble with is the paranormal genre, but I'll still watch it. My favourite movies are: Event Horizon, 28 Days Later (I am a sucker for zombies), and The Descent.I co-created Grave Tone with Meaghan in 2025. I covered Fantasia International Film Festival in 2026 with press access, and I've interviewed filmmakers and authors including Mike P. Nelson, Ry Barrett, Jonathan Janz, and Mark Acheson.

News & Features

Casper Kelly Had More Money on Buddy and Says It Did Not Help

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Buddy director Casper Kelly says the bigger budget didn't help, explaining the one-take death scene and the collapsed set at his Fantasia Q&A.

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I am an obsessive horror movie goer. New release? I am in the theatre! Anything horror-related, I am game; movies, books, and video games. One genre I have trouble with is the paranormal genre, but I'll still watch it. My favourite movies are: Event Horizon, 28 Days Later (I am a sucker for zombies), and The Descent.I co-created Grave Tone with Meaghan in 2025. I covered Fantasia International Film Festival in 2026 with press access, and I've interviewed filmmakers and authors including Mike P. Nelson, Ry Barrett, Jonathan Janz, and Mark Acheson.

The Day After They Wrapped Final Destination Bloodlines, Freaks Part 2 Came To Life

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At Fantasia, Freaks Part II directors reveal the sequel and Final Destination Bloodlines were greenlit two hours apart, forcing a near-impossible choice.

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I am an obsessive horror movie goer. New release? I am in the theatre! Anything horror-related, I am game; movies, books, and video games. One genre I have trouble with is the paranormal genre, but I'll still watch it. My favourite movies are: Event Horizon, 28 Days Later (I am a sucker for zombies), and The Descent.I co-created Grave Tone with Meaghan in 2025. I covered Fantasia International Film Festival in 2026 with press access, and I've interviewed filmmakers and authors including Mike P. Nelson, Ry Barrett, Jonathan Janz, and Mark Acheson.

Casper Kelly Explains the 4:3 Frame in Buddy, and the Moment It Opens Up

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Casper Kelly explains why Buddy uses a 4:3 aspect ratio, and reveals the fence scene where the frame opens to widescreen, at his Fantasia Q&A.

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I am an obsessive horror movie goer. New release? I am in the theatre! Anything horror-related, I am game; movies, books, and video games. One genre I have trouble with is the paranormal genre, but I'll still watch it. My favourite movies are: Event Horizon, 28 Days Later (I am a sucker for zombies), and The Descent.I co-created Grave Tone with Meaghan in 2025. I covered Fantasia International Film Festival in 2026 with press access, and I've interviewed filmmakers and authors including Mike P. Nelson, Ry Barrett, Jonathan Janz, and Mark Acheson.

Casper Kelly Explains the Two Personal Details That Built Buddy

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Buddy director Casper Kelly explains the two personal details behind the film at Fantasia, from bad dancing to a feeling that someone is missing.

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I am an obsessive horror movie goer. New release? I am in the theatre! Anything horror-related, I am game; movies, books, and video games. One genre I have trouble with is the paranormal genre, but I'll still watch it. My favourite movies are: Event Horizon, 28 Days Later (I am a sucker for zombies), and The Descent.I co-created Grave Tone with Meaghan in 2025. I covered Fantasia International Film Festival in 2026 with press access, and I've interviewed filmmakers and authors including Mike P. Nelson, Ry Barrett, Jonathan Janz, and Mark Acheson.

Korean Horror’s Second Wave: Yeon Sang-ho’s Colony at Fantasia

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Yeon Sang-ho returns to Fantasia a decade after Train to Busan with Colony. Discover what his comeback reveals about Korean horror's evolving second wave.

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I am an obsessive horror movie goer. New release? I am in the theatre! Anything horror-related, I am game; movies, books, and video games. One genre I have trouble with is the paranormal genre, but I'll still watch it. My favourite movies are: Event Horizon, 28 Days Later (I am a sucker for zombies), and The Descent.I co-created Grave Tone with Meaghan in 2025. I covered Fantasia International Film Festival in 2026 with press access, and I've interviewed filmmakers and authors including Mike P. Nelson, Ry Barrett, Jonathan Janz, and Mark Acheson.

Myanmar’s First Found-Footage Horror Film Democratizes Global Genre

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Myanmar's first foun-footage horror film at Fantasia reveals how the subgennre is giving invisible national cinemas a global stage.

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I am an obsessive horror movie goer. New release? I am in the theatre! Anything horror-related, I am game; movies, books, and video games. One genre I have trouble with is the paranormal genre, but I'll still watch it. My favourite movies are: Event Horizon, 28 Days Later (I am a sucker for zombies), and The Descent.I co-created Grave Tone with Meaghan in 2025. I covered Fantasia International Film Festival in 2026 with press access, and I've interviewed filmmakers and authors including Mike P. Nelson, Ry Barrett, Jonathan Janz, and Mark Acheson.

Fantasia 2026: The Most Important Horror Festival in North America

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Fantasia Film Festival is one of the most important North American horror and genre film festival right now and it shows.

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I am an obsessive horror movie goer. New release? I am in the theatre! Anything horror-related, I am game; movies, books, and video games. One genre I have trouble with is the paranormal genre, but I'll still watch it. My favourite movies are: Event Horizon, 28 Days Later (I am a sucker for zombies), and The Descent.I co-created Grave Tone with Meaghan in 2025. I covered Fantasia International Film Festival in 2026 with press access, and I've interviewed filmmakers and authors including Mike P. Nelson, Ry Barrett, Jonathan Janz, and Mark Acheson.

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