Witness The Twin Horrors Of DEAD SUSHI's Villainous Tuna Man And Asami's Robot Dance!
With the world premiere of Noboru Iguchi's Dead Sushi just around the corner at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal, Twitch has a pair of tasty new morsels for your consumption. First, we've added a quartet of stills to the gallery... More »
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Fantasia 2012 Exclusive: 2nd Teaser for TOAD ROAD
One title starting to build a bit of buzz ahead of its July 26th premiere at Fantasia is Jason Banker's is-it-horror, is-it-drama feature TOAD ROAD. Previously known primarily for his documentary work (DP on Teenage Paparazzo and Walk Away Renee... More »
  

Full Fantasia Schedule Is Now Online (And It is Loaded!)
As anyone who has attended Montreal's Fantasia Film Festival can attest, the festival is MASSIVE; and it has been growing at an alarming rate year over year.   With its new production marketplace and a plethora of new spotlights, tributes and... More »
  

Trailer for Teller & Robbins' PLAY DEAD
With its world premiere at this years edition of The Fantasia Film Festival Play Dead is the filmed version of the off-Broadway magic and stage show dedicated to the tradition of Grand Guignol, that is to say, putting a lot... More »
  

Noboru Iguchi's DEAD SUSHI to Debut at Fantasia
This announcement somehow managed to slip through the cracks here at Twitch Towers, but news that a new Noboru Iguchi film will be having its world premiere at one of our very favourite film festivals simply cannot pass without comment... More »
  

Poster, Synopsis And Stills For Buddy Giovinazzo's A NIGHT OF NIGHTMARES
Cult fave director Buddy Giovinazzo (Combat Shock, Maniac 2, Life Is Hot In Cracktown, The Theatre Bizarre) will be premiering his new feature A Night Of Nightmares at the upcoming Fantasia Festival and Twitch is pleased to present the first... More »
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Fantasia Announces First Wave Of 2012 Programming
Montreal's monstrous Fantasia Festival - a three week orgy of genre films from around the globe - is just around the corner and with the festival's imminent arrival comes the announcement of the first titles from the 150+ film lineup.... More »
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Fantasia Co-Production Market EXTENDS itself with "Off-Frontières"
One of the big new additions to the growing prominence of Montreal's Fantasia Film Festival was the addition this year of a marketplace for co-productions in the early stages of development.  In their excitement, the festival has just added a... More »
  

Fantasia's Co-Production Marketplace Titles Are Exciting!
The 2012 edition of Fantasia will feature the inaugural addition of a Co-Production marketplace, called Frontières (not to be confused with the crazy genre-mash-up from Xavier Gens, but perhaps evoking the spirit of that film.)  The very first thing that gets me excited... More »
  

Wolves in Sheep Clothing (Genre as Sartorial Satire): Robin Hardy talks the Legacy of The Wicker Man the Timing of The Wicker Tree, and 40 years of History
It has indeed been nearly 40 years since the release of the British cult film about cults: The Wicker Man.  Director Robin Hardy has a fairly sparse resume in the ensuing years, only a single film, and a single... More »
  

LIFF 2011: MARIANNE review
Filip Tegstedt's Marianne stretches the definition of a horror movie by quite some way; there's only one recurring supernatural element and it's left very much open to interpretation as to whether the main character is imagining the whole thing, to... More »
  

The Northlander: talking to MARIANNE director Filip Tegstedt
Filp Tegstedt's Marianne stood out among some pretty impressive genre productions at the Leeds Film Festival 2011 given the Swedish director's debut almost doesn't feel like a conventional horror film at all. The story of a man eaten alive by... More »
  

LIFF 2011: BELLFLOWER review
It's great when a director identifies with a film they've poured heart and soul into making, even more so when it's clearly pushed them to excel. Still, what are you supposed to think when it's a story about weak, contemptible... More »
  

Grimm Up North 2011: THE WICKER TREE review
If you're going to mash up horror and comedy ideally your writer or director needs to have it straight what it is the audience are supposed to be laughing at. The idea of a quiet English village hiding a pathologically... More »
  

Grimm Up North 2011: THE THEATRE BIZARRE review
Horror's pretty dumb, right, when you get down to it? Subjecting ourselves to seedy vicarious thrills when if we took pleasure in the same things in real life we'd be clinically insane. Lots of people level this argument against genre... More »
  

Grimm Up North 2011: THE WOMAN review
What you get out of Lucky McKee's The Woman, a piece of ultraviolent drama that's brilliant and infuriating by turns, is probably dependent on how serious you think the director and his writing partner, novelist Jack Ketchum are being. The... More »
  

Grimm Up North 2011: SOME GUY WHO KILLS PEOPLE review
It's not the best title, is it? Trying to sell the excellent Some Guy Who Kills People is a lot harder than it ought to be when the name makes it sound like a slacker's Film Studies final year project... More »
  

Grimm Up North 2011: RETREAT review
Carl Tibbetts' Retreat ought to be better than it is, which is not to say it doesn't have its good points. It's a solid, well-made piece of work, an impressive debut feature and boasts a name cast contributing some memorable... More »
  

ETRANGE 2011: DEAD BALL review
So is Yudai Yamaguchi's micro-budget horror-comedy Dead Ball a good film? The temptation is to say technically no... but you have to remember most people don't make the effort to watch a film where physical FX maestro Yoshihiro Nishimura is... More »
  

Raven Banner Entertainment to rep underground fighting flick BRAWLER
If you want a shot at rights to Chris Sivertson's underground fighting flick Brawler you'll have to step into the ring with the guys from Raven Banner Entertainment. Raven Banner gets in the ring with BRAWLER! Toronto, Canada - Raven Banner Entertainment... More »
  
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