The Undertone Review: A Nerve-Shredding, Silence-Driven Nightmare
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The Undertone Review: A Nerve-Shredding, Silence-Driven Nightmare

Our coverage of the Fantasia Film Festival is rolling on, even if the Festival has officially wrapped! One movie I absolutely need to talk about is The Undertone, because it’s undoubtedly one of my favourite movies that I saw at the festival.  The setup is simple: “A podcast host covering spooky content moves in to…

‘Queens of the Dead’ Review – A Horror Comedy That’s Cool, Kind, and Queer as Hell
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‘Queens of the Dead’ Review – A Horror Comedy That’s Cool, Kind, and Queer as Hell

Tina Romero, daughter of legendary horror filmmaker George A. Romero, makes her directorial debut with her own take on the zombie genre in Queens of the Dead. This horror comedy follows a group of drag queens, DJs, drug dealers, and club kids who have to fend for themselves as zombies flood the streets of Brooklyn…

‘Together’ Review – Alison Brie and Dave Franco Stick Together in this Darkly Funny Romantic Horror
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‘Together’ Review – Alison Brie and Dave Franco Stick Together in this Darkly Funny Romantic Horror

Have you ever felt like you were losing yourself in a relationship? Writer and director Michael Shanks takes that fear and turns it into the central horror of his debut feature Together. Tim and Millie (played by real-life spouses Dave Franco and Alison Brie) have been together for a decade when they uproot their life…

‘Redux Redux’ Review: A Standout Thriller at Fantasia 2025
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‘Redux Redux’ Review: A Standout Thriller at Fantasia 2025

The 29th Fantasia Film Festival is well underway and we’ve been on the ground every day to cover everything you need to put on your radar! Make sure you’re checking out the Screen Love Affair Podcast and follow us on Instagram to keep up with all of our coverage. With that aside, one movie I…

‘Sweetness’ Review – Misery Meets MCR in Emma Higgins’ Bold Debut About Teen Angst and Obsessive Fandom
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‘Sweetness’ Review – Misery Meets MCR in Emma Higgins’ Bold Debut About Teen Angst and Obsessive Fandom

Writer/director Emma Higgins introduced her debut film, Sweetness, at the Fantasia International Film Festival by saying it was for “girls who shop at Hot Topic, wear too much eyeliner, coloured hair, people on SSRIs, the emos, for Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance—it’s for anyone who has ever loved a musician or had a broken…

‘Materialists’ Review – The Most Cynical Rom-Dramedy of the Year is a Baffling Mess

‘Materialists’ Review – The Most Cynical Rom-Dramedy of the Year is a Baffling Mess

Following up Past Lives was always going to be difficult in my estimation. That movie is one that remains near and dear to my heart. It’s a movie that has affected me emotionally in ways I’m almost embarrassed to admit. So it’s conflicting to come away from Celine Song’s second feature Materialists feeling so ….

’28 Years Later’ Review – Somehow Still Alive… and Better Than Ever

’28 Years Later’ Review – Somehow Still Alive… and Better Than Ever

28 Days Later hit theatres in 2002 and has loomed large in the lexicon of horror fans everywhere. Even before I saw the full film, I knew the haunting image of Jim (played by now-Oscar winner Cillian Murphy) wandering the empty streets of London. To this day it remains one of the most striking and…

‘The Life of Chuck’ Review – A Quiet, Beautiful Reminder of Why I Love Movies

‘The Life of Chuck’ Review – A Quiet, Beautiful Reminder of Why I Love Movies

My first experience with Mike Flanagan came in 2016 when I watched Hush, a horror slasher with a deaf protagonist. This was a very simple movie, but felt incredibly fresh and inventive. Afterwards, Flanagan went on to make Ouija: Origin of Evil (aka the good Oujia movie), and a few series for Netflix, like Haunting…

‘Bring Her Back’ Review – It’ll Make You Squirm, But Will It Stick With You?

‘Bring Her Back’ Review – It’ll Make You Squirm, But Will It Stick With You?

Bring Her Back is the sophomore effort from Danny and Michael Philippou, after the critically and commercially successful release of their first film Talk To Me. Danny and Michael are twin brothers from Australia who you may know from their successful YouTube Channel RackaRacka. Bring Her Back stars Billy Barratt, Sora Wong and Sally Hawkins. …