Now in its second year, the Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival (BITS) continues with its mandate “to highlight the best in contemporary horror film making in Canada”.
As someone who’s come to horror and genre films more recently, this is my first year taking a peek at BITS and what it has to offer. Bear this in mind when perusing down my list of suggested films below.
Friday, Nov. 29th – 7pm
EVANGELINE (dir. Karen Lam)
Screening with short film To Hell, With Love (dir. Gavin Michael Booth)
Evangeline is a revenge fantasy about a young woman who is brutally killed by a group of sociopathic college frat boys, and comes back from the dead to seek vengeance.
Saturday, Nov. 30th – 4pm
THE GHOSTKEEPERS (dir. Anthony Mann)
Screening with short film A Certain Kind of Monster (dir. Mike Moring)
The cast of a horror movie reunites to celebrate their success and get more than they bargained for in Marlowe House. Can they survive a horrifying night of Ghosts, Demonic Possessions, Murder and Revenge?
Saturday, Nov. 30th – 9:30pm
CLEAN BREAK (dir. Tricia Lee)
Screening with short film One More For The Road (dir. Navin Ramaswaran)
A psycho girlfriend, Tracy, moves in with her boyfriend Scott and his two roommates, Cam and Dan, only to start targeting them when they get in the way of her plans for the perfect relationship.
Sunday, Dec. 1st – 7pm
DISCOPATH (dir. Renaud Gauthier)
Screening with short film Lively (dir. Jay Clarke)
The mid-70’s: a timid young New Yorker leads an uneventful life until he is fatefully exposed to the pulsating rhythms of a brand-new genre of music: disco. Unable to control his murderous impulses that stem from a traumatic childhood experience, Duane Lewis transforms into a dangerous serial killer exiled to Montreal.
If you do not mind seeing blood, gore, and are interested in seeing what independent horror filmmakers are creating, BITS is the place to be this weekend.
The 2013 Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival will be screening in full gory at the Carlton Cinema from November 29 – Dec 1st. For more details about box office, full listings and schedule, visit bloodinthesnow.ca.
