Supported by Hollywood Suite
October | Canadian Horror Stories
The season of horror has arrived for this month’s collection featuring an array of classic and new voices in the world of Canadian horror. From startling animation, unscripted paranormal thrills, to genre-defining slash-ics, these works will peak your ghoulish curiosities, just in time for Halloween!
Content Warning:
Some of the projects included in this collection deal with topics that may be distressing. Viewer discretion is advised – please check ratings and warnings on individual selections before engaging.
Black Christmas
Director: Bob Clark
As winter break begins, a group of sorority sisters, including Jess (Olivia Hussey) and the often inebriated Barb (Margot Kidder), begin to receive anonymous, lascivious phone calls. Initially, Barb eggs the caller on, but stops when he responds threateningly. Soon, Barb’s friend Claire (Lynne Griffin) goes missing from the sorority house, and a local adolescent girl is murdered, leading the girls to suspect a serial killer is on the loose. But no one realizes just how near the culprit is.
Ghosting
Creators: Luke Hutchie & Matthew Finlan
Stepping off script horror actors turned amateur ghostbusters, Luke Hutchie and Matthew Finlan, bring celebrity guests on paranormal adventures to see if haunted places are truly haunted.
The Haunting of Julia
Director: Richard Loncraine
After her daughter’s death, wealthy American homemaker Julia Lofting (Mia Farrow) moves to London to restart her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the ghosts of other children while mourning for her own.
*Selected by Hollywood Suite
In A Violent Nature
Director: Chris Nash
When a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower in the woods that entombs the rotting corpse of Johnny, a vengeful spirit spurred on by a horrific 60 year old crime, his body is resurrected and becomes hellbent on retrieving it. The undead golem hones in on the group of vacationing teens responsible for the theft and proceeds to methodically slaughter them one by one in his mission to get it back – along with anyone in his way.
In Flames
Director: Zarrar Kahn
After the death of the family patriarch, a mother and daughter’s precarious existence is ripped apart by figures from their past. They must find strength in each other if they are to survive the malevolent forces that threaten to engulf them.
Kali The Little Vampire
Director: Regina Pessoa
This animated short tells the story of Kali, a young vampire who suffers from not being able to live in the light. Living in the shadows and inspiring fear, he lives envious of other children who don’t even dream that he exists. One day, while once again watching young boys play beside the train tracks, he breaks from his isolation and discovers that because of who—and what—he is, he can make a difference in others’ lives. Narrated by Oscar winner Christopher Plummer.
Pyewacket
Director: Adam MacDonald
A frustrated, angst-ridden teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to evoke a witch to kill her mother.
*Selected by Hollywood Suite
Rabid
Director: Jen Soska & Sylvia Soska
Horribly disfigured after a freak accident, doctors perform a radical medical procedure on an aspiring young fashion designer. But when the bandages come off, the side effects soon cause her to develop an insatiable appetite for human blood. Based on the original 1977 film by David Cronenberg.
Ravenous (Les Affamés)
Director: Robin Aubert
In a small, remote village in upstate Quebec, things have changed. Locals are not the same anymore—their bodies are breaking down and they have turned against their loved ones. A handful of survivors go hiding in the woods, looking for others like them.
Worse Than Death
Creator: BancyCo
Run for your life, hide in the shadows, and use your wits to avoid shadowy creatures and uncover the terrible truths of your wretched home town. Solve devious puzzles to reveal the emotionally-charged story of Holly and her friends that will have you hooked until the very end!
*Also available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox
