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Top 10 horror films to come out of Canada
Despite not being the first thing known about our neighbors up north, there must be something truly frightening about Canada, because they make a lot of horror movies.
The Great White North has been a prolific producer of some of the best films the genre has to offer, with decades of films at your bloody fingertips. Here is the top 10 movies to come out of Canada.
10) Silent Hill
This might be a challenged selection, because most gamers aren’t incredibly happy with the translation to film. However, Silent Hill brought the “other dimension” horror genre to the forefront of the business. Canada itself can be another dimension.
Here’s my personally favorite scene from the movie:
9) Resident Evil: Retribution
One of the newest horror films to swing down from the north, the movie from the franchise of films is another video game translation. Though pretty far-fetched from the game itself, the movie was more than entertaining, and jump-out-of-your-seat scary.
8) White Noise
Still a movie that can scare the bejezzus out of me, “White Noise” stars Michael Keaton in his best scary movie appearance since “Beetlejuice” (if you can really call that a scary movie). Introducing the main stream to electronic voice phenomena (EVP), the movie shows what happens when a Canadian film maker gets techy.
7) The Dead Zone
Adapted from one of Stephen King’s best novels, and featuring one of Christopher Walken’s best performances, the horror master from Canada, David Cronenberg, directs this piece on the famous psychic detective.
6) The Fly
Although it could be considered a movie best fit in the sci-fi genre, 1986’s “The Fly” takes a look at what happens when a scientist goes mad. Yet another brilliant film from Canada’s own David Cronenberg.
5) The Shrine
Making the list of indie horror, “The Shrine” is a film starring two female journalists and a photographer as they travel to Europe to investigate a serious of mysterious disappearances, only to find themselves embroiled in a struggle against a kind of evil they never expected.
4) Cube
Taking a stab at a psychological horror flick, Canada produced “Cube” in 1997. Seven strangers of widely varying personality characteristics are involuntarily placed in an endless kafkaesque maze containing deadly traps. It’s quite intense, even if low-budget.
3) My Bloody Valentine
The original “My Bloody Valentine” really set the Canadian horror scene on a tilt.
The movie takes a look at a decades old folk tale surrounding a deranged murderer killing those who celebrate Valentine’s Day. It turns out to be true to legend when a group defies the killer’s order and people start turning up dead.
2) Prom Night
1980’s “Prom Night” featured scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis, and a heart-pounding plot line. Paul Lynch asks the question, what if a high school’s prom night really was brutal?
1) Black Christmas
Who doesn’t love a movie that turns a beloved holiday into a nightmare? 1974’s “Black Christmas” was the start of Canada’s slasher film frenzy. The film shot Canada into the horror movie-sphere, and the genre hasn’t been the same since.
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Netflix Releases First BTS ‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ Footage
It’s been three long years since Netflix unleashed the bloody, but enjoyable Fear Street on its platform. Released in a tryptic fashion, the streamer broke up the story into three episodes, each taking place in a different decade which by the finale were all tied together.
Now, the streamer is in production for its sequel Fear Street: Prom Queen which brings the story into the 80s. Netflix gives a synopsis of what to expect from Prom Queen on their blog site Tudum:
“Welcome back to Shadyside. In this next installment of the blood-soaked Fear Street franchise, prom season at Shadyside High is underway and the school’s wolfpack of It Girls is busy with its usual sweet and vicious campaigns for the crown. But when a gutsy outsider is unexpectedly nominated to the court, and the other girls start mysteriously disappearing, the class of ’88 is suddenly in for one hell of a prom night.”
Based on R.L. Stine’s massive series of Fear Street novels and spin-offs, this chapter is number 15 in the series and was published in 1992.
FEAR STREET: PROM QUEEN IS NOW IN PRODUCTION 🩸 Welcome to Shadyside High. We're gonna have a killer time. pic.twitter.com/jDl0zRa2CH
— Netflix (@netflix) April 30, 2024
Fear Street: Prom Queen features a killer ensemble cast, including India Fowler (The Nevers, Insomnia), Suzanna Son (Red Rocket, The Idol), Fina Strazza (Paper Girls, Above the Shadows), David Iacono (The Summer I Turned Pretty, Cinnamon), Ella Rubin (The Idea of You), Chris Klein (Sweet Magnolias, American Pie), Lili Taylor (Outer Range, Manhunt) and Katherine Waterston (The End We Start From, Perry Mason).
No word on when Netflix will drop the series into its catalog.
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Live Action Scooby-Doo Reboot Series In Works at Netflix
The ghosthunting Great Dane with an anxiety problem, Scooby-Doo, is getting a reboot and Netflix is picking up the tab. Variety is reporting that the iconic show is becoming an hour-long series for the streamer although no details have been confirmed. In fact, Netflix execs declined to comment.
If the project is a go, this would be the first live-action movie based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon since 2018’s Daphne & Velma. Before that, there were two theatrical live-action movies, Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), then two sequels that premiered on The Cartoon Network.
Currently, the adult-oriented Velma is streaming on Max.
Scooby-Doo originated in 1969 under the creative team Hanna-Barbera. The cartoon follows a group of teenagers who investigate supernatural happenings. Known as Mystery Inc., the crew consists of Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Shaggy Rogers, and his best friend, a talking dog named Scooby-Doo.
Normally the episodes revealed the hauntings they encountered were hoaxes developed by land-owners or other nefarious characters hoping to scare people away from their properties. The original TV series named Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! ran from 1969 to 1986. It was so successful that movie stars and pop culture icons would make guest appearances as themselves in the series.
Celebrities such as Sonny & Cher, KISS, Don Knotts, and The Harlem Globetrotters made cameos as did Vincent Price who portrayed Vincent Van Ghoul in a few episodes.
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BET Releasing New Original Thriller: The Deadly Getaway
BET will soon be offering horror fans a rare treat. The studio has announced the official release date for their new original thriller, The Deadly Getaway. Directed by Charles Long (The Trophy Wife), this thriller sets up a heart racing game of cat and mouse for audiences to sink their teeth into.
Wanting to break up the monotony of their routine, Hope and Jacob set off to spend their vacation at a simple cabin in the woods. However, things go sideways when Hope’s ex-boyfriend shows up with a new girl at the same campsite. Things soon spiral out of control. Hope and Jacob must now work together to escape the woods with their lives.
The Deadly Getaway is written by Eric Dickens (Makeup X Breakup) and Chad Quinn (Reflections of US). The Film stars, Yandy Smith-Harris (Two Days in Harlem), Jason Weaver (The Jacksons: An American Dream), and Jeff Logan (My Valentine Wedding).
Showrunner Tressa Azarel Smallwood had the following to say about the project. “The Deadly Getaway is the perfect reintroduction to classic thrillers, which encompass dramatic twists, and spine-chilling moments. It showcases the range and diversity of emerging Black writers across genres of film and television.”
The Deadly Getaway will premiere on 5.9.2024, exclusively ion BET+.
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