Here's my piece that ran as the cover story in the Georgia Straight's Halloween 1999 issue. By Steve Newton The first time I meet TOBY LINDALA, he’s indulging in one of his favourite pastimes, but we’re not talking a round of golf or model-building here: he’s gently dabbing blood on the exposed brain of a … Continue reading The gorehounds of Vancouver make horror special (FX)
Tag: Final Destination
X-Files alumni plot Rube Goldberg-esque deaths for Final Destination debut
By Steve Newton Back in 2000 a Vancouver-shot horror flick called Final Destination was released which depicted young people, having escaped death in an exploding plane, being hunted down by a determined Grim Reaper and offed in various violent ways. The film made money, so it became a franchise, where the big D would go … Continue reading X-Files alumni plot Rube Goldberg-esque deaths for Final Destination debut
Horror review: Obsessed
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, APRIL 27, 2009 After Ali Larter appeared in the first two Final Destination body-count flicks, she was voted number two on Maxim’s Hottest Women of Horror Movies list, right behind Sarah Michelle Gellar. She’s a real stunner, so it’s no wonder the makers of Obsessed chose her to go up against the radiant Beyoncé … Continue reading Horror review: Obsessed
Horror review: One Missed Call
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, JAN. 9, 2008 While exiting the theatre after a screening of One Missed Call, I overheard a barrage of extremely negative viewer comments. The derisive chatter was enough to renew my faith in today’s mainstream horror crowd. The latest Americanization of a Japanese fright flick (renegade director Takashi Miike’s Chakushin ari), … Continue reading Horror review: One Missed Call
Horror review: Final Destination 3
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, FEB. 16, 2006 You can't cheat death. Director James Wong made that point in 2000 with Final Destination, David R. Ellis drove it home in 2003's Final Destination 2, and now Wong is back to remind anyone who may have forgotten. But the former X-Files producer and staff writer needn't have bothered, … Continue reading Horror review: Final Destination 3