Buddy director Casper Kelly explains the two personal details behind the film at Fantasia, from bad dancing to a feeling that someone is missing.
Michael Gallagher's The Leader tracks Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles from a chance hospital meeting to the 1997 Heaven's Gate mass suicide, led by Tim Blake Nelson and Vera Farmiga.
The Leader review: Tim Blake Nelson and Vera Farmiga anchor Michael Gallagher's Heaven's Gate cult drama, a real life horror we caught at Fantasia.
A fictionalized Spanish Dracula night shoot with a phenomenal cast, gorgeous 1930s sets, and a supernatural turn we did not see coming. It runs long and repeats itself, but the atmosphere carries it.
Los Vampires review: our take on Craig Mitchell's Fantasia 2026 horror premiere about the 1931 Spanish Dracula night shoot and its cast.
No Rest for the Wicked is a queer vampire love story set in the 1862 Faroe Islands, and it might be the best thing at Fantasia 2026. We break down Kasper Kalle's Gothic folk horror and a vampire myth we had never seen before.
No Rest for the Wicked review: our Fantasia 2026 take on Kasper Kalle's Faroese queer vampire romance that won Best Director.
Meaghan and Arthur dig into Someone's Daughter, the quiet, slow-burn thriller that premiered at Fantasia 2026. A lawyer stranded in the wilderness with a man she once cleared of assault. No major spoilers.
Someone's Daughter review: a quiet, slow-burn Fantasia 2026 thriller with stunning Eastern Townships scenery and two strong leads.
Myanmar’s first foun-footage horror film at Fantasia reveals how the subgennre is giving invisible national cinemas a global stage.
Penny Lane Is Dead is the Ozploitation slasher that made a Fantasia audience member pass out. Meaghan was in that room.
Penny Lane Is Dead review: a gory 1986 Ozploitation throwback hits Shudder Aug 28, with a killer villain duo and real payoff.
Fantasia Film Festival is one of the most important North American horror and genre film festival right now and it shows.
Nightborn review: Hanna Bergholm's Finnish folk horror lands on Shudder July 31, and we caught it at Fantasia first. A monster baby, a cursed forest, and postpartum dread that does not hold back.
Nightborn review: Hanna Bergholm's Finnish folk horror hits Shudder July 31. Gory motherhood dread and a monster baby.
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.


