GregMO ROberts

Less than 90 days to go now until the Toronto After Dark Film Festival. It’s hard to believe that almost a full year has past since we screened The Woman, The Innkeepers, Monster Brawl and more with a packed house at the Toronto Underground Theatre. It’s also hard to believe that this is the 7th year of the Annual TAD Film Festival. We have screened so many movies at the event over the years that it feels as if the family has been together for decades.

This year’s event comes ...

Poor Simone. After awakening to what looks to be an incredible hangover, Simone (Jennifer Ward) can’t seem to remember the evening that brought her to her half naked ragged self. Worse still, blood on her fingers and the vomiting of blood and hair only further confuse the woman as she tries desperately to piece together her evening. A cell phone message left the previous evening helps jog some flashbacks, but Simone remains confused and disoriented in her house surroundings.

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In the 15-minute short ‘Date Night’, writer/director Jason Fragale introduces us to an unnamed woman (played by Erin Cline) who seems determined to spend her evening at home alone. Even at the encouragement of a friend, the woman seems embedded on her couch unwavering in her intention to spend the night eating microwave popcorn and flipping through pages of a magazine.

Her evening suddenly changes however when to her surprise, a man suddenly appears in her living room. The man ...

If you are a horror fan, you must be disappointed with the 2012 release schedule for the first half of the year. There have been only seven wide released horror movies in over the first 180 days. Pathetic. Those seven have been The Woman in Black, The Devil Inside, Cabin in the Woods, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Chernobyl Diaries, Piranha 3DD and Silent House. Of those, one was great (Cabin in the Woods), one was good (The Woman in Black) one was forgettable entertainment (Abraham Lincoln: ...

A horror comedy set amongst the backdrop of a storage facility. That is the idea behind Kenneth Davis’ short, Unit 256.

Mickey (Jeremy Navarro) and Rory (Angelo Gines Jr.) are two simple employees of the self storage environment (think A&E’s Storage Wars setting). They are your average looking Joe’s doing average working Joe’s type work. Rory is particularly excited about his upcoming evening. His dream girl, Donna, has agreed to a date and the only thing keeping Rory from eternal ...