Blood in the Snow 2020

Dr. Henry Walsh and his wife Audrey are still grief-stricken over the loss of their grandson Jackson in a car accident two years earlier. Their incredible plan to bring him back includes kidnapping one of Henry's pregnant patients and performing a "reverse exorcism" — good people driven to do a horrible thing, and facing the consequences.

Stars Julian Richings, Sheila McCarthy

Opens with

The Purgamentum

Dirs. Bruns, Kammerer, Major · 5:01 min

Troubled teen Stacy is dealing with peer pressure that develops into full-on bullying. Her dalliance with the sinister app "Shall We Play?" has invited supernatural forces into her life and mind. Ann Forry's debut proves some games should not be tampered with and some doors should be left unopened.

Opens with

Clout

Dir. Ariel Hansen · 15:29 min

Best friends Rowan and Emily bond at a wintery cottage weekend — but Rowan believes an unseen figure is taking her blood as she sleeps. As she tries to get to the bottom of it, a battle of wills ensues and Rowan's grip on reality loosens. A taut chamber piece of paranoia and personal ghosts played out within a friendship.

Stars Lee Marshall, Lauren Beatty

Opens with

We Came From the Sea

Dir. Jeremy Lutter · 15:00 min

Val and Brendan are in a troubled marriage, checking into a Montreal hotel with their daughter as a pandemic spreads across the city. The virus renders victims rabid and aggressive. Val must navigate herself and her daughter across a hallway crawling with blistering infected creatures — a taut pressure-cooker horror set entirely in a single corridor.

Stars Caroline Bartczak, Mark Gibson

Opens with

A Dinner Party

Dir. Michèle Kaye · 11:58 min

In 1979, 20-year-old Sam Raimi and friends trudged out to a cabin in Tennessee and created one of the biggest cult films of all time. This love letter to The Evil Dead explores how fans have bonded, formed communities, and made special connections. Featuring fans, film journalists, cast members — and Bruce Campbell himself.

Opens with

Landgraves

Dir. Jean-François Leblanc · 22:30 min

Nurse and single mother Romina arrives home on Halloween to find an enraged intruder, Chris, and his hostage, Alan. Chris claims Alan did something unspeakable to his family — before they can determine the truth, the house is beset by an army of helmet-wearing attackers. Intense emotion, jaw-dropping fight sequences, and pulsating violence.

Stars Lora Burke, Nick Smyth, Colin Paradine

Opens with

Attack of the Killer Scarecrow

Dir. Octavian Kaul · 11:13 min

A feature-length program of the best Canadian horror and sci-fi digital programming.

The Forest

Dir. Éric Falardeau

5:10 min · music video

All the Right Things in the Right Places

Dir. Peter Sacco

3:48 min · music video

Pallidus

Dir. Chelsea Jade McEvoy

15:00 min · web series

Esluna: The First Monolith

Dir. Denver Jackson

9:43 min · web series

Zahara

Dir. Katarzyna Kochany

9:04 min · web series

Age of the Living Dead

Dir. Paul Tanter

45:00 min · TV series

A feature-length program of the darkest, creepiest, and weirdest films at Blood in the Snow.

The Visitor

Dir. Keith Robertson

1:00 min

Day Break

Dir. Louisa Phung

1:00 min

Mama's Home

Dir. Robert Cuffley

3:00 min

Trim

Dir. Mayumi Yoshida

5:02 min

Weirdo

Dir. Ashlea Wessel

7:30 min

Misha

Dir. Andrew Jeffrey

8:15 min

Morbus

Dir. Kerim Banka

9:38 min

Unborn

Dir. Keith Robertson

8:00 min

Expecting

Dir. Ryan Couldrey

7:30 min

From the Dark

Dir. Matthew Van Ginkel

5:40 min

Mourn

Dir. Joanna Tsanis

11:03 min

Fade

Dirs. Knox, Whelan

9:10 min

Sang Jaune (Yellow Blood)

Dir. Julie Roy

6:14 min

Dama Branca

Dir. Panta Mosleh

4:45 min

Escape the Night

Dirs. Williams, Drackulic

5:46 min

A feature-length program of horror comedy shorts and generally things on the lighter side of death!

Eat Your Carrots

Dir. Jack Penney

4:26 min

Frostbitten

Kaw Tay Whee School Students

4:50 min

The Seance

Dirs. Goodfellow, Wolfe, Floronic

1:41 min

An Imposter

Dir. Tyler A. Williams

3:15 min

Creat(e)ure

Dir. Zane Rubin

3:00 min

Soul Contact

Dir. Justin McConnell

4:59 min

Toto

Dir. Marco Baldonado

13:00 min

Kitty's Naughty Knickers

Dir. Caitlyn Sponheimer

12:35 min

Don't Text Back!

Dirs. Adelaide, Sharp

14:30 min

The Problem With Lady Werewolves

Dir. Chris Ross

13:27 min

The Greatest Horror Movie Ever Made

Dir. Brandon Jordan

13:00 min

The Ballad of Sharkasaurus

Dir. Spencer Estabrooks

12:00 min

A feature-length program of new or first-time Canadian genre directors.

The Letting Go

Dir. Nick Kewin

9:55 min

Rewind / Rembobine

Dir. Hugo Chételat

7:36 min

Innocence

Dir. Olympia Okonmah

7:37 min

Down Deloro River

Dir. Josh Wood

12:39 min

Greenwood

Dir. Benjamin McGregor

4:39 min

The Door Down the Hall

Dir. Christian Vetrone

6:53 min

Too Late

Dir. Roy Stein

5:04 min

Across the Bridge

Dirs. Steinberger, Wu

5:06 min

Wiidza

Kaw Tay Whee School Students

5:00 min

What the Spell?

Dir. Krsy Fox

14:39 min

On the Water

Dir. Karis Malszecki

15:00 min

Singer-songwriter Grey chooses to record her next album at the remote studio of the infamous producer Vaughn — brilliant and charismatic, but mysterious. Meanwhile, Grey is haunted by visions of becoming some sort of vicious animal. She must find out if the monster is outside the cabin, in the studio, or inside her own body.

Stars Lauren Beatty, Greg Bryk

Opens with

Endgame

Dir. Magalie De Genova · 11:38 min

After the death of his father, Rodger returns to the family home to set affairs in order — with his girlfriend and best friend in tow. He begins to investigate the family tragedy and soon finds a malevolent force that has been haunting his family for decades, and it's coming for him.

Stars Richard Harmon

Opens with

Signal

Dir. Sophie Wang · 9:51 min

In the near future, the company Red Eye uses AI to create a contact lens that records sight and replaces memories. When the lead scientist is murdered, her protege Margo and a hard-boiled detective must find a deadly shapeshifter. Inserts Indigenous themes and tropes into an engaging sci-fi thriller.

Stars Tommie-Amber Pirie, Greg Bryk

Opens with

Freya

Dir. Camille Hollett-French · 17:00 min

Teen Sarah sleeps in fits and is haunted by vivid nightmares. She takes part in a sleep study at a local university — and instead of a cure, is plunged into a disturbing reality that has her questioning who she is and what is happening to her. Fantastical cinematography and an ethereal pop score make this a powerful examination of the power of dreams.

Stars Julia Sarah Stone

Opens with

Ingredients

Dir. Hannah Michielson · 23:00 min