Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 Preview

Pontypool

Matt discusses Bruce McDonald’s PONTYPOOL this week, a very different type of zombie/infected film... Find Spook City on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/spookcitypodcast] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@spookcitypod], and email the show to spookcitypodcast@gmail.com [spookcitypodcast@gmail.com]! * TALE OF THE TAPE * Directed by Bruce McDonald * Written by Tony Burgess * Distributed by Maple Pictures * Released on September 6 2008 at TIFF, wider release on March 6 2009 * Runtime of 96 minutes * RT Critic 83% // RT Audience 68% // Metascore 54 // IMDb 6.5/10 // Letterboxd 3.3/5 * CAST * Stephen McHattie as Grant Mazzy * Lisa Houle as Sydney Briar  * Georgina Reilly as Laurel-Ann Drummond * Hrant Alianak as Dr. Jon Mendez * Rick Roberts as Ken Loney Timestamps (00:00) Introduction (00:45) Horror Catch Up (07:02) Pontypool Tale of the Tape (11:54) Pontypool Quick Synopsis (12:49) Pontypool Thoughts and Discussion (1:10:05) Pontypool Letterboxd Comments (1:13:12) Outro ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Fantasia International Film Festival 2026 Preview

I'm covering the Fantasia International Film Festival again this year as accredited media, and I'm looking ahead to some of the horror films I am most excited for ahead of the festival beginning on July 16th 2026 Find Spook City on Instagram [https://open.acast.com/networks/666f4871ce005e0013390a6e/shows/666f491422cd570012611f81/episodes/instagram.com/spookcitypodcast] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@spookcitypod], and email the show to spookcitypodcast@gmail.com! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Fall

Matt discusses 2018's Fall - including the premise, the melodrama, the dodgy dialogue, and clammy palms of it all...! Find Spook City on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/spookcitypodcast] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@spookcitypod], and email the show to spookcitypodcast@gmail.com [spookcitypodcast@gmail.com]! * TALE OF THE TAPE * Directed by Scott Mann * Written by Scott Mann and Jonathan Frank * Distributed by Lionsgate / Signature Entertainment * Released on 12th August 2022 * Runtime of 107 minutes * RT Critic 79% // RT Audience 79% // Metascore 62 // IMDb 6.4/10 // Letterboxd 2.6/5 * CAST * Grace Caroline Currey as Becky Connor * Virginia Gardner as Shiloh Hunter * Mason Gooding as Dan Connor, Becky's deceased husband * Jeffrey Dean Morgan as James Conner, Becky's father Timestamps (00:00) Introduction (02:25) Fall Tale of the Tape (03:37) Fall Trailer (06:10) Fall Cast and Quick Synopsis (10:33) Fall Thoughts and Discussion (45:50) Fall Letterboxd Comments (50:24) Outro ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Annihilation

Matt dives into 2018's Annihilation and goes deep into Alex Garland's horrifying, mesmerising, challenging and beautiful sci-fi horror... Find Spook City on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/spookcitypodcast] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@spookcitypod], and email the show to spookcitypodcast@gmail.com [spookcitypodcast@gmail.com]! * TALE OF THE TAPE * Directed by Alex Garland * Written by Alex Garland * Distributed by Paramount Pictures / Netflix * Released on February 13th 2018 * Runtime of 115 minutes * RT Critic 88% // RT Audience 67% // Metascore 79 // IMDb 6.8/10 // Letterboxd 3.6/5 * CAST * Natalie Portman as Lena * Jennifer Jason Leigh as Dr Ventress * Gina Rodriguez as Anya * Tessa Thompson as Josie * Tuva Novotny as Cassie Shepherd * Oscar Isaac as Kane * Benedict Wong as Lomax * Sonoya Mizuno as Matie (Med Student) / Motion Capture for Humanoid Timestamps (00:00) Introduction (01:44) Annihilation Tale of the Tape (04:13) Annihilation Trailer (7:00) Annihilation Cast and Quick Synopsis (10:17) Annihilation Thoughts and Discussion (50:59) Annihilation Biblical and Religious Theory via Dresden Doll (1:16:39) Annihilation Letterboxd Comments (1:19:23) Outro ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Exorcist: Believer

Matt discusses the maligned The Exorcist: Believer, but is it as viciously bad as the world says? The body and the blood, indeed... Find Spook City on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/spookcitypodcast] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@spookcitypod], and email the show to spookcitypodcast@gmail.com [spookcitypodcast@gmail.com]! * TALE OF THE TAPE * Directed by David Gordon Green * Written by David Gordon Green and Peter Sattler * Distributed by Universal Pictures * Released on October 6 2023 * Runtime of 121 minutes * RT Critic 22% // RT Audience 57% // Metascore 39 // IMDb 4.8/10 // Letterboxd 2/5 * CAST * Leslie Odom Jr. as Victor Fielding * Lidya Jewett as Angela Fielding * Olivia O'Neill as Katherine West * Jennifer Nettles as Miranda West * Norbert Leo Butz as Tony West * Raphael Sbarge as Pastor Don Revans * Okwui Okpokwasili as Dr. Beehibe * Danny McCarthy as Stuart * E. J. Bonilla as Father Maddox * Linda Blair as Regan MacNeil * Ann Dowd as Ann * Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil * Tracey Graves as Sorenne Fielding Timestamps (00:00) Introduction (02:18) The Exorcist: Believer Tale of the Tape (05:53) The Exorcist: Believer Trailer (09:56) The Exorcist: Believer Cast and Quick Synopsis (13:58) The Exorcist: Believer Thoughts and Discussion (1:14:22) The Exorcist: Believer Letterboxd Comments (1:17:40) Outro ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.