Articles by Laura Di Girolamo
'Consecration' Commits the Sin of Being a Bit Dull
Directed by Christopher Smith
PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2023
Like Christopher Smith's previous film, The Banishing, Consecration is atmospheric and plays with themes of guilt, faith, trauma and the su...
Screen Time Screams: 2022's Best New Horror Films for Spooky Season
PUBLISHED Oct 13, 2022
This year has been an embarrassment of riches for horror fans, with an impressive crop of releases from the first half of 2022 and even mor...
Even Toronto Construction Chaos Couldn't Stop 'The Bob's Burgers Movie'
PUBLISHED May 25, 2022
After four long years of production (and an even longer history of fan requests), The Bob's Burgers Movie is finally here. The Belchers emb...
Fantasia Review: 'Lucky' Transcends Horror Conventions and Offers a Powerful Feminist Perspective
Directed by Natasha Kermani
PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2021
Lucky takes a familiar horror premise — Final Girl forced to do battle with a faceless home invader — and, instead of being bound by its co...
'The Haunting of Bly Manor' Thrives on Drama Rather Than Scares
Created by Mike Flanagan
PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2020
The Haunting of Bly Manor continues the legacy of "smart, yet spooky haunted house shows" first launched in last year's The Haunting of H...
'The Strings' Is a Distinctly Atlantic Canadian Take on a Haunted House Movie
Directed by Ryan Glover
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2020
Anchored by a naturalistic lead performance, an isolated landscape captured in beautiful wide shots, and an anxiety-driven score, The Strin...
Fantasia Review: 'Come True' Is a Waking Nightmare That Will Get Under Your Skin
Directed by Anthony Scott Burns
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2020
Come True has a lot going for it: an incredible, haunting score, genuinely terrifying visuals and a sense of slow-burn atmospheric dread. A...
Fantasia Review: 'Slaxx' Is a Lovably Silly Horror About Killer Jeans with a Surprising Social Critique
Directed by Elza Kephart
PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2020
Killer objects are pretty en vogue when it comes to slashers: we've got killer beds, killer lawnmowers, killer tires, killer gym equipment,...
