Comments on: THE GREAT RED NORTH: Canada & Slasher Movies

By: Cheeseburger In Hell

Cheeseburger In Hell — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:58:18 +0000

If someone ever gets around to releasing Curtains on DVD I’m sure they’d make a mint off us slasher fans. I’d also love to see a cleaned-up print of Humongous on the digital format, because as everyone knows the VHS is impenetrably dark throughout. I remember seeing Humongous on cable in the 90′s however, and it was still dark but much easier to see what was going on. I’m not sure what source was used for the cable broadcast, and I think the filmmakers made an intentionally underlit film, but I’m certain a more watchable print exists (possibly a VHS master?) and hopefully Code Red or another company will rescue if from obscurity.

By: Racicot

Racicot — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:08:46 +0000

A lament for the old days of *quality* Canadian genre filmmaking:(

And a WAKE THE FUCK UP for Telefilm!

By: Tuzo

Tuzo — Tue, 26 May 2009 05:00:25 +0000

Many of my favo(u)rite slasher movies are Canadian. I couldn’t even imagine what what late 70s-early 80s horror would be like without these movies. Canada didn’t produce a high amount of slasher movies, but the ones they did are now classics: Black Christmas,Terror Train, My Bloody Valentine, Curtains,Happy Birthday to Me just to name a few.

By: Amanda By Night

Amanda By Night — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:33:31 +0000

Those Canadians know their horror. A lot of the best output was Canuck!

This is a nice synopsis of their golden era.