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  • The Exorcist III
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  • Miracle Mile
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  • Riddle of Fire

    ★★★★★

  • Sleep

    ★★★★½

  • When Evil Lurks

    ★★★★½

  • Meet Doug

    ★★★★

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  • Riddle of Fire

    Riddle of Fire

    ★★★★★

    This won me over almost immediately. Just a genuine delight, kids having fun. Drawing from everything from slightly scary 70's Disney films like Escape To Witch Mountain, to Legend of Zelda and Little Rascals. The bad guys felt like they could have been ripped from a family friendly version of Mandy. And honest to god, very funny. The naturalistic dialogue from the kid actors, flubs and all, worked wonders here. The 16mm film is gorgeous, the soundtrack is awesome (dungeon…

  • Sleep

    Sleep

    ★★★★½

    Tied with Naga for my favourite movie of TIFF. Able to flip on a dime from immensely tense suspense and horror to legitimately very funny comedy, sometimes in the same scene and from line to line. It’s all grounded by the incredibly charming and likeable leads. 

    More horror movies should have high-stakes power point presentations.

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  • Speak No Evil

    Speak No Evil

    ★★★★

    Learning how to say “No” is so important.

  • Deadstream

    Deadstream

    ★★★★½

    Just a goddamn hoot. This whole thing hinges on whether you find the beleaguered youtube streamer host too annoying to watch or not, but he worked for me. Impressive amount of cool gross monsters + nasty physical comedy. Silly fun! I love that we're getting more goofy horror movies lately, i missed them.

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