Horror Films are unsettling films designed to frighten and panic. However, often some cause dread and, alarm while invoking our hidden worst fears. Often there is a terrifying or shocking finale which is both captivating and entertaining at the same time ending in a cathartic experience. Horror is not just jump scares and gore.
Portuguese horror-comedy about a possessed toilet, severe constipation, and a family in crisis. Won Fantasia’s jury prize. Graphic and unforgettable.
Michael Gabriele’s Unholy Night is a wildly entertaining Italian-Canadian Christmas zombie horror-comedy with standout practical effects, a genuine emotional core, and a twist worth protecting. Full Fantasia 2026 world premiere review at Mother of Movies.
No Rest for the Wicked is a Faroese gothic romance that uses the vampire myth to interrogate how communities police desire. Starring Egor Venned and Pilou Asbæk.
Unpacking the intergenerational trauma in our Ancestral Beasts review. Métis director Tim Riedel delivers a deeply personal, practical-effects-driven horror film to Fantasia Fest 2026.
Miley Tunnecliffe’s Proclivitas (2026) is a psychological thriller. A woman returns to her hometown, her first love, and the accident neither of them ever survived. Rose Riley delivers one of the year’s most interior performances.
Kirill Sokolov follows up Why Don’t You Just Die! with a stacked-cast, high-energy horror comedy set in a Manhattan building full of immortal cultists. They Will Kill You is inventive, gory, and a genuine blast.
