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Writer and director Charlie Polinger has not necessarily landed on anything original with The Plague. Set in the blue-tinged nostalgia of water-polo sleepaway camp in 2003, his horror-flecked feature film debut explores a relatively cliche, and often reductively illustrated, cultural fascination. But it’s the chillingly precise, honest exploration of childhood …
Read More »Poilievre says a government report predicts a ‘terrifying’ 2040. Here’s what it actually says
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre pounced on a government report that he argues predicts a “terrifying” world in 2040 to warn voters of the dangers of giving the Liberals a fourth term — but the actual report is far more nuanced. Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Poilievre pointed to a policy report predicated on …
Read More »Inside the terrifying, risky world of making indie horror movies
Shannon Hanmer still remembers the first scary movie she saw in a theatre — the R-rated teen vampire thriller The Lost Boys starring Kiefer Sutherland as the blood-thirsty villain. She was four years old. “My mom thought it was about Peter Pan,” she said. Instead, a young Hanmer watched in horror as the 1987 film served up …
Read More »‘Terrifying feeling:’ Children’s aid strike in Ontario and its impact on the rest of province
A children’s aid society in eastern Ontario has been on strike for almost three weeks over workload issues their union says is plaguing all child protection workers across the province. The child-care workers at Family and Children’s Services of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville and management were at odds over contract …
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