{"id":83060,"date":"2020-10-06T19:16:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T16:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/10-best-canadian-horror-movies\/"},"modified":"2020-10-17T19:57:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T16:57:16","slug":"10-best-canadian-horror-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-best-canadian-horror-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"#10 Best Canadian Horror Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36726765325\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36726765325\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-best-canadian-horror-movies\/#10_Pontypool_2008\" >10. Pontypool (2008)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-best-canadian-horror-movies\/#9_Hello_Mary_Lou_Prom_Night_II_1987\" >9. Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-best-canadian-horror-movies\/#8_The_Brood_1979\" >8. The Brood (1979)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-best-canadian-horror-movies\/#7_My_Bloody_Valentine_1981\" >7. My Bloody Valentine (1981)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-best-canadian-horror-movies\/#6_Ginger_Snaps_2000\" >6. Ginger Snaps (2000)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-best-canadian-horror-movies\/#5_Videodrome_1983\" >5. Videodrome (1983)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-best-canadian-horror-movies\/#4_The_Witch_2015\" >4. The Witch (2015)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-best-canadian-horror-movies\/#3_Dead_Ringers_1988\" >3. Dead Ringers (1988)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-best-canadian-horror-movies\/#2_Black_Christmas_1974\" >2. Black Christmas (1974)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/10-best-canadian-horror-movies\/#1_The_Changeling_1980\" >1. The Changeling (1980)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#10 Best Canadian Horror <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Movies<\/a><\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.7--><\/p>\n<p><em>October is defined in Webster\u2019s Dictionary as \u201c31 days of horror.\u201d Don\u2019t bother looking it up; it\u2019s true. Most people take that to mean highlighting one horror movie a day, but here at FSR, we\u2019ve taken that up a spooky notch or nine by celebrating each day with a top ten list. This article about the best Canadian horror movies is part of our ongoing series <strong>31 Days of Horror Lists<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>There is a surprising amount of overlap between Canada\u2019s (arguably ongoing) search for a cinematic identity and the country\u2019s horror output. It\u2019s a long and invariably silly saga, but there is one anecdote that I think neatly sums the whole mess up. Surprise, surprise, it concerns the father of the New Flesh and Order of Canada recipient, <strong>David Cronenberg<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>After getting his start in Toronto\u2019s underground movie scene, Cronenberg set out to direct his first feature film. To finance the project, which wound up being <em><strong>Shivers<\/strong><\/em>, Cronenberg found a friend in <strong>Cin\u00e9pix<\/strong>, a Montreal-based distribution company that specialized in exploitation cinema, including but not limited to infamous \u201cmaple porns\u201d like 1969\u2019s highly profitable <em>Val\u00e9rie.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now, it wasn\u2019t exactly an accident that Cin\u00e9pix\u2019s production division booted up the year after the establishment of the <strong>Canadian Film Development Corporation<\/strong>, a federal initiative that, among other things, provided subsidies to Canadian-made films. It was also no accident that Cin\u00e9pix found financial success in the 1970s when so-called \u201c<strong>tax shelter laws<\/strong>\u201d allowed low-budget production companies to invest in projects without taxation until they turned a profit.<\/p>\n<p>This financial m\u00e9lange resulted in the hilarious, and indelible fact that the Canadian government co-financed a sexually frank and shockingly violent exploitation film about a phallic parasite orgy. Alas, the government\u2019s financial involvement caught the eye of conservative party pooper Robert Fulford, who accused the Canada Council of investing the public\u2019s tax dollars in sadistic pornography. In spite (or because) of this high profile attack, <em>Shivers<\/em> wound up being so successful it actually <em>made money<\/em> for the Canadian government.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy followed Cronenberg throughout his early career, and it put pressure on both him and the CFDC to supply a definition for what qualifies, exactly, as \u201cCanadian cinema.\u201d When the matter was brought before parliament, the CFDC defended their financial support of Cronenberg by more or less saying: \u201cWe\u2019re building a Canadian film industry, and film industries are made up of lots of different kinds of films.\u201d I like this answer because it belies a certain unspoken Can-Con prejudice that favors the pastoral, the documentary, and the naturalistic. But I prefer Cronenberg\u2019s response, uttered numerous times, in various iterations: that Canadian cinema is cinema created by Canadians. And sometimes those Canadians are big ole, phallic slug-lovin\u2019 perverts.<\/p>\n<p>Now that we\u2019re all on the same page about what Canadian Cinema is, keep reading for a look at the ten best Canadian horror movies as voted on by Anna Swanson (Hoser), Brad Gullickson (Yankee), Chris Coffel (Yankee), Jacob Trussell (Yankee), Kieran Fisher (Scott a.k.a. honorable Hoser), Rob Hunter (Yankee), Valerie Ettenhofer (Yankee), and myself (hoser).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"p5\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"10_Pontypool_2008\"><\/span>10. Pontypool (2008)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-357671 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pontypool-Canadian-horror.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pontypool-Canadian-horror.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pontypool-Canadian-horror-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pontypool-Canadian-horror-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Pontypool-Canadian-horror-320x240.jpg 320w\" alt=\"Pontypool Canadian Horror\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you think <em>Pontypool<\/em> sounds like one of the best movies to hail from the great white north, you\u2019d be absolutely correct. The film follows a small-town disc jockey whose day at work is interrupted by a burgeoning zombie apocalypse that is triggered by \u2014 get this \u2014 the English language. It\u2019s a rather brilliant conceit that is utilized effectively by director <strong>Bruce McDonald<\/strong>. This low-budget gore-fest quite literally hinges tension on every word and doesn\u2019t shy away from the bloody ramifications of the quickly spreading zombie infection. <em>Pontypool<\/em> is original, impressive, and an absolute staple in Hoser horror. (Anna Swanson)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"p5\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"9_Hello_Mary_Lou_Prom_Night_II_1987\"><\/span>9. Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-357672 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Hello-Mary-Lou-Prom-Night-II-Canadian-horror.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Hello-Mary-Lou-Prom-Night-II-Canadian-horror.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Hello-Mary-Lou-Prom-Night-II-Canadian-horror-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Hello-Mary-Lou-Prom-Night-II-Canadian-horror-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Hello-Mary-Lou-Prom-Night-II-Canadian-horror-320x240.jpg 320w\" alt=\"Hello Mary Lou Prom Night Ii Canadian Horror\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Originally conceived as a standalone film but repurposed as a sequel to <em>Prom Night<\/em> because it was the 1980s, <em>Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II<\/em> is a treasure that deserves to be worshipped by the masses. The story follows a promiscuous prom queen who returns from the dead to wreak havoc on the contemporary students. And oh boy, does she wreak havoc. In one scene, she possesses a high school student, rides a rocking horse, makes out with her father, and uses her supernatural abilities to launch her mother through a window. And that\u2019s not even the craziest scene. <em>Hello Mary Lou<\/em> is a nutty pastiche of <em>Carrie<\/em> and <em>A Nightmare On Elm Street<\/em> that\u2019s even more entertaining than the classics it rips off. That\u2019s how perfect it is. (Kieran Fisher)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"p5\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8_The_Brood_1979\"><\/span>8. The Brood (1979)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-357673 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Brood-Canadian-horror.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Brood-Canadian-horror.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Brood-Canadian-horror-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Brood-Canadian-horror-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Brood-Canadian-horror-320x240.jpg 320w\" alt=\"The Brood Canadian Horror\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The fact that The Criterion Collection, the haughtiest purveyors of quality cinema, would include this exercise in psychoplasmic body horror is proof of just how boundary-breaking<strong> David Cronenberg<\/strong> was, especially in his cinematic output. The plot, which features a group of grotesque \u201cchildren\u201d murdering folks in the name of their telepathic mama, is about as insane as the pseudo-psychobabble that Oliver Reed\u2019s Dr. Raglan spews. But it\u2019s the cold Ontario setting that strikes a chilly mood infusing <em>The Brood<\/em> with the air of a conventional family drama, as if it was coming to us straight from the team behind another 1979 film, <em>Kramer vs. Kramer<\/em>. Just, you know, without a woman growing a womb on the outside of her body. Real missed opportunity there Robert Benton. (Jacob Trussell)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"p5\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7_My_Bloody_Valentine_1981\"><\/span>7. My Bloody Valentine (1981)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-357674 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/My-Bloody-Valentine-Canadian-horror.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/My-Bloody-Valentine-Canadian-horror.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/My-Bloody-Valentine-Canadian-horror-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/My-Bloody-Valentine-Canadian-horror-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/My-Bloody-Valentine-Canadian-horror-320x240.jpg 320w\" alt=\"My Bloody Valentine Canadian Horror\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of all the films on this list, none have a cast more chockablock full of raw Canadian vibes than <em>My Bloody Valentine<\/em>. I have met, conservatively, at least sixteen men like Hollis in my life. Due respect to the Queen, but that man should be on the loonie. Shot and set in a coal mining town in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, the film is a slasher with a twist: it\u2019s Valentine\u2019s Day, baby, and the local WHMIS boogeyman is out for blood if anyone parties too hard. Fortunately for our gas-masked killer, the young folks in this town enjoy their Moosehead and can\u2019t wait to cut loose. They don their best flannel and make off to the coal mines to pound tables, beers, and each other. Mercifully restored after its initial slashing by the MPAA, <em>My Bloody Valentine<\/em> is a grisly entry in a genre that can often feel paint-by-numbers. Truly, there\u2019s enough dislodged eyeballs, leather mitts, and plot-heavy flashbacks to make some of us more audacious admirers utter the word \u201cgiallo.\u201d Is \u201cg-eh-allo\u201d anything? (Meg Shields)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"p5\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_Ginger_Snaps_2000\"><\/span>6. Ginger Snaps (2000)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-357675 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ginger-Snaps-Canadian-Horror.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ginger-Snaps-Canadian-Horror.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ginger-Snaps-Canadian-Horror-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ginger-Snaps-Canadian-Horror-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Ginger-Snaps-Canadian-Horror-320x240.jpg 320w\" alt=\"Ginger Snaps Canadian Horror\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t call it the curse for nothing,\u201d reads the tagline of John Fawcett\u2019s cult classic puberty-werewolf film, and it\u2019s right: <em>Teen Wolf<\/em>, this ain\u2019t. Starring Emily Perkins and Canadian scream queen Katharine Isabelle, <em>Ginger Snaps<\/em> is a gory, funny, cynical gift set in small-town Ontario. When goth girl Ginger Fitzgerald (Isabelle) gets her period for the first time, leaving her younger sister Brigette (Perkins) behind, she soon finds that her uncontrollable teen urges also include the urge to kill. <em>Ginger Snaps<\/em> was met with controversy before it was even made, as the proposed violent teen content brought to mind a recent school shooting in Alberta. Luckily, the film saw the light of day, and the result is an all-time-great coming-of-age movie that doesn\u2019t balk at the idea of exploring every unpredictable, ugly, and empowering facet of young womanhood \u2014 head-on and with a heaping dose of horror. (Valerie Ettenhofer)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"p5\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Videodrome_1983\"><\/span>5. Videodrome (1983)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-357676 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Videodrome-Canadian-horror.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Videodrome-Canadian-horror.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Videodrome-Canadian-horror-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Videodrome-Canadian-horror-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Videodrome-Canadian-horror-320x240.jpg 320w\" alt=\"Videodrome Canadian Horror\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Internet may have killed the video star, but\u00a0<strong>David Cronenberg<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Videodrome<\/em>\u00a0remains a grotesquely relevant bit of pop culture trash. And by trash, I mean a metaphorical mirror reflecting our garbage souls. We humans are killing each other to hand over our free will to the masters of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>. A quick, electric blast of endorphins is all we need to ignore the societal hate stacking higher and higher around us. Long live the new flesh? If the Canadians are sensing the catastrophe bubbling inside the system, then you know the rest of the world is totally f\u2019d. (Brad Gullickson)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"p5\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_The_Witch_2015\"><\/span>4. The Witch (2015)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-356809 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/the-witch-blood.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/the-witch-blood.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/the-witch-blood-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/the-witch-blood-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/the-witch-blood-320x240.jpg 320w\" alt=\"The Witch Blood\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Look. There is nothing more Canadian than starting drama because you\u2019re bored, isolated, and the weather has you in a foul mood. Who among us, fellow Canadians, hasn\u2019t stirred the pot or pointed an accusatory finger just because what the heck else is there to do? Set in New England but shot in Northern Ontario,\u00a0<em>The Witch<\/em>\u00a0makes it clear that such environmental stressors can have fatal consequences, but I would counter by saying: have you ever been tr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed in a combo hurricane-blizzard in the Maritimes? Shit gets dire! Anyway, Thomasin\u2019s family saying that she\u2019s a witch because the going got tough one-hundred percent. A classic Canadian experience! Only seconded, perhaps, by the true baby-swallowing capacity of the woods up here. Personally, I don\u2019t leave anything of value near even a grove for fear that it\u2019ll disappear. The forest is thick and shit goes missing. Sometimes it\u2019s your copy of a farmer\u2019s almanac. And sometimes it\u2019s a baby. Don\u2019t mess with nature, cautions\u00a0<em>The Witch<\/em>. That is unless you want to live independently and have an absolute blast doing so. Which, come to think of it, is also very Canadian. (Meg Shields)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"p5\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Dead_Ringers_1988\"><\/span>3. Dead Ringers (1988)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-357677 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dead-Ringers-Canadian-horror.jpg.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dead-Ringers-Canadian-horror.jpg.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dead-Ringers-Canadian-horror.jpg-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dead-Ringers-Canadian-horror.jpg-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dead-Ringers-Canadian-horror.jpg-320x240.jpg 320w\" alt=\"Dead Ringers Canadian Horror Jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAggressively shot in Toronto\u201d is a staple of\u00a0<strong>David Cronenberg<\/strong>\u2019s filmography. Not, mind you, because he\u2019s particularly patriotic (god forbid) but because he feels like \u201che should be able to shoot in Canada\u201d if he wants to. It\u2019s a kind of endearingly stubborn confidence that feels at home with the bullheaded passion of the Mantle twins: identical gynecologists who \u201cyes, and\u201d themselves into malpractice, madness, and eventually murder. There\u2019s co-dependency and then there\u2019s forcing yourself into drug addiction so that you and your twin can get synchronized. I jest, but only because boy oh boy is this a sad film. Perhaps it tracks that the man who pioneered the New Flesh knows a thing or two about an organ as easily manipulated as the heart. Despite its sensational psychosexual premise,\u00a0<em>Dead Ringers<\/em>\u00a0is more drama than deviancy. So yes, there are medical instruments that look like H.R. Giger had a field day with surgical steel. And yes, there\u2019s body horror aplenty (watching this film as a vagina-having person? Very difficult!). But, lurking under all the sensational scares is something heart-wrenching, paranoid, and painful: an identity tragedy about the destructive, malicious side of unconditional intimacy. (Meg Shields)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"p5\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Black_Christmas_1974\"><\/span>2. Black Christmas (1974)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-357678 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Black-Christmas-Canadian-horror.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Black-Christmas-Canadian-horror.jpg 815w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Black-Christmas-Canadian-horror-768x565.jpg 768w\" alt=\"Black Christmas\" width=\"815\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The United States likes to yell \u201cfirst!\u201d at any and every opportunity, but don\u2019t let the recognition factor behind John Carpenter\u2019s\u00a0<em>Halloween<\/em>\u00a0fool you \u2014\u00a0<strong>Bob Clark<\/strong>\u2018s\u00a0<em>Black Christmas<\/em>\u00a0is the first of the holiday slashers. Happily, it\u2019s also one of the best slashers, period, thanks to Clark\u2019s masterful control of tone and terror. The film unfolds mostly in a sorority house over the colorfully lit holiday, and occasional eyeball aside, it keeps its killer under wraps for most of its running time. It\u2019s incredibly creepy, and that\u2019s not even counting the highly disturbing phone calls made by the sicko on another line in the house. Does the ending still leave me boggled that the police wouldn\u2019t search the attic after a mass slaughter with a victim still missing? Yes, but I\u2019m not here to judge Canadian cops. Pair this unsettling gem with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uvMLfSQrHKE\">Clark\u2019s other Christmas classic<\/a>\u00a0for a fantastic double feature of holiday fun. (Rob Hunter)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"p5\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_The_Changeling_1980\"><\/span>1. The Changeling (1980)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-357679 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Changeling-Canadian-horror.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Changeling-Canadian-horror.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Changeling-Canadian-horror-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Changeling-Canadian-horror-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Changeling-Canadian-horror-320x240.jpg 320w\" alt=\"The Changeling\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In most parts of the world, a red bouncing ball is nothing more than a child\u2019s plaything. But in Canada, a red bouncing ball serves as a terrifying reminder of the deep, dark secrets hidden within creepy mansions. At least that\u2019s what happens in\u00a0<strong>Peter Medak<\/strong>\u2018s superbly frightening haunted house tale,\u00a0<em>The Changeling<\/em>. This may be a film based on true events that occurred in Denver with a story centered on a New York composer who relocates to Seattle and discovers that a US senator may not be who he seems but don\u2019t let that fool you. This film is as Canadian as Nanaimo bars and beavertails. Vancouver\u2019s historic Hotel Europe fills in as the Seattle Historical Society while the famed Hatley Castle acts as the senator\u2019s home. As someone that lives in the American portion of the Pacific Northwest, I can safely say nothing is more Canadian than Vancouver acting as a stand-in for Seattle (and Portland). 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