View From the Dark🎴

Genre film from a WOC perspective. Dvlmnt Coordinator & Programmer @ Blood In The Snow Film Festival & Dir. of 🍁Prog @ Fantasia. @rottentomatoes & @theaafca

[View From the Dark🎴 @vfdpixie]

Wow!! Very excited to have an essay in this release! Thanks to @Phill_Escott and @SecondSightFilm for inviting me to write about this modern horror classic!

[Second Sight @SecondSightFilm]

FRONTIER(S): Limited Edition Blu-ray released July 24
New interviews with cast & crew including Xavier Gens, Karina Testa & Maud Forget; Making of; deleted scenes; short film & more, plus 70 page book and art cards. Standard Edition also available https://t.co/MzDnhZ5WNe

[View From the Dark🎴 @vfdpixie]

R.I.P.

[Bloody Disgusting @BDisgusting]

Filmmaker Chuck Russell has passed away at 74.

Chuck Russell directed The Blob & Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Warriors in the 1980s, and later directed The Mask, Eraser, Bless the Child, The Scorpion King, and Witchboard (2025).

A horror legacy that will never be forgotten.

[Film Focus Online 🍿 @FilmFocusOnline]

"An inventive sci-fi horror that makes the most of its intriguing premise, committed performances and carefully crafted world." - @rxbeccajohnson

HOME BODIES premiered at @FantasiaFest 2026 - Check out our review 👇🏽
https://t.co/KYbiIRN8Do

[View From the Dark🎴 @vfdpixie]

The saga continues on closing night!

[Fantasia International Film Festival @FantasiaFest]

FREAKS PART II (d. Zach Lipovsky/Adam Stein) - World Premiere

A superpowered mutant (Amanda Crew) embarks on a quest to seek vengeance on the police force who killed her first child. A dazzling, imaginative and violent anti-superhero thriller.

https://t.co/0HNGpCF2pB

[View From the Dark🎴 @vfdpixie]

Come see a Canadian horror classic, tomorrow at 4:15!

[Fantasia International Film Festival @FantasiaFest]

PONTYPOOL (d. Bruce McDonald) - Fantasia Retro

A brazen radio host and his team are besieged in their church-basement studio when their town falls victim to a language virus in this 2008 Canadian horror classic.

https://t.co/7WCJWRtjCw

[View From the Dark🎴 @vfdpixie]

A must-see in the Underground section!

[Fantasia International Film Festival @FantasiaFest]

INSECTASY (d. Angus Silver) - World Premiere

Sex and insects come together in this dreamy pastel-toned coming-of-age film about a young woman’s erotic fascination with insects.

https://t.co/rQLmL2UaBo

[View From the Dark🎴 @vfdpixie]

If you like charming, surrealist underdog movies, come see this!

[Fantasia International Film Festival @FantasiaFest]

PERMANENT DAMAGE (d. Seth A Smith) - World Premiere

An escaped convict and a shady developer’s niece fall for each other amid an unusual cast of characters threatened by gentrification.

https://t.co/ZhP6F01nec

[View From the Dark🎴 @vfdpixie]

LOVE!

[director druskee @directordruskee]

PURGE screens alongside ANCESTRAL BEASTS next week at @FantasiaFest, so we made a double bill poster!

https://t.co/M4juEZdwk5

[Fantasia International Film Festival @FantasiaFest]

UNHOLY NIGHT (d. Michael Gabriele) - World Premiere

It’s Christmas Eve, and instead of yuletide cheer, curses, killer nonnas, and courage take over the family festivities!

https://t.co/YJ9TVh0xAO

[Fantasia International Film Festival @FantasiaFest]

ANCESTRAL BEASTS (d. Tim Riedel) - World Premiere

Sisters, mothers, and spectral beings leave a lingering impression in a modern take on the haunted house.

https://t.co/LrEg0AHF41

[View From the Dark🎴 @vfdpixie]

Congratulations, Olivia!!

[olivia @psychicjeans]

beyond excited that softer, softest is playing @FantasiaFest in the underground section on august 2! thank u forever @redroomrantings & @WinnipegFilm

[View From the Dark🎴 @vfdpixie]

So excited for this year! We've got a zombie nonna, twins who meet a mysterious visitor, and a new take on the haunted house through an Indigenous lens--all in the Septentrion Shadows section for Fantasia's 30th!!

[Fantasia International Film Festival @FantasiaFest]

ANNOUNCING #FANTASIA2026’s EXPLOSIVE FIRST WAVE OF PROGRAMMING!

DÉVOILEMENT DE LA PREMIÈRE VAGUE DE PROGRAMMATION DE #FANTASIA2026!

https://t.co/Lu1N8dpGxl

[Fantasia International Film Festival @FantasiaFest]

🎬 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! APPEL À SOUMISSIONS!

📽️ Submissions for #Fantasia2026 are officially open for both shorts and features! Be a part of our extra special 30th edition! Apply before December 1st to take advantage of our earlybird rate! Details here: https://t.co/ikeLNRVuPd

[View From the Dark🎴 @vfdpixie]

This was such a great World Premiere! That whole team was amazing! #SeptentrionShadows #Canadianfilm #Canadianhorrorcomedy

[Fantasia International Film Festival @FantasiaFest]

🪠 Check out a new trailer for SCARED SHITLESS, a movie that made a splash at its World Premiere at Fantasia 2024!
By Vivieno Caldinelli and starring Steven Ogg, & with effects by Steven Kostanski, this 🇨🇦 horror-comedy is unleashed on October 3rd!
https://t.co/RSfgn8fOXs

[Frontières Market @frontieresmrkt]

Frontières is going to Berlin! We’re thrilled to announce EFM Frontières Focus, a brand-new collaboration between Berlin’s @efm_berlinale and @FantasiaFest's Frontières Market launching at the 2026 Berlinale!

Read all about it below:

https://t.co/TmCu6dY6zx

[View From the Dark🎴 @vfdpixie]

Tickets are on sale!!!

[Fantasia International Film Festival @FantasiaFest]

🎟️ TICKETS ON SALE NOW! 🎟️ BILLETS EN VENTE MAINTENANT! 🎟️

The 29th edition of the Fantasia is packed to the brim with amazing titles and tickets are finally on sale! Secure your seats for the wildest screenings of the summer at https://t.co/Myid2a3PbV!

See you July 16th!

[Vinegar Syndrome @VinegarSyndrome]

Montreal: We are thrilled to be back for @FantasiaFest July 24–27! We'll have a table packed with Vinegar Syndrome and partner label releases Thursday, July 24 through Sunday, July 27 in the Concordia lobby—come through! ✨

More info: https://t.co/GU4WaQh92F

[View From the Dark🎴 @vfdpixie]

First Wave Announcement is heeeere!! THE WELL, THE BEARDED GIRL, and INFLUENCERS headline Septenrion Shadows this summer!

[Variety @Variety]

Steve Pink's 'Terrestrial' and Julie Pacino's 'I Live Here Now' Among Fantasia 2025 First Wave Line-Up (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/BMJcqSpVBM

[Fantasia International Film Festival @FantasiaFest]

Reminder! Rappel!

⏳ There’s only one week left before the February 1st late deadline for film submissions to #Fantasia2025! Don’t miss your chance to showcase your genre short or feature with us!

Submit now and find all the details here: https://t.co/ny0fPFEEUS

[View From the Dark🎴 @vfdpixie]

@DeclouxJ Congratulations!

[View From the Dark🎴 @vfdpixie]

@Elrickane @Shudder Congratulations!! I'm so happy more people will get to see this gorgeous and chilling film!!