The Fly
Canada has a long and proud story ofhorrorcinema , date stamp back to 1961’sThe Mask / Eyes of Hell , which was filmed in three-D and is credited as the nation ’s first horror pic . Over the years Canada has produced many talented actors and music director whose vocation began in Canadian horror .
AsHalloweenapproaches , fans who enjoy the scares of horror are always look for new films to tot to their one-year holiday marathon , so we ’ve compiled some of the scariest Canadian revulsion movies we ’ve ever seen . Be monish , some of these northerly repulsion films might be too chilling to watch alone .
PIN
1988 saw the release of a very unique movie calledPin , which star Canadian keystone like David Hewlett andLost ’s Terry O’Quinn . Pinis kind of an odd creepy mix ofChild ’s PlayandPsychothat sees a series of odd events and slaying pass off around Leon that are touch base to his distressing relationship with an build mannequin named Pin .
Leon ’s father used to habituate ventriloquy to make it seem like Pin was spill to his children , which Leon would proceed to do as an grownup to further his own disturbing feeling that Pin was animated . The film smutch that line between Leon ’s impression and the reality of Pin while keep spectator tense and nervous , and is a great introduction to early Canadian horror .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
While 1978’sHalloweenis often consider to be the birth of the slasher genre , there are a number of other great early screening from Canada that helped incite the slasher literary genre to new high . 1981’sHappy Birthday To Meis a slap-up example of a slasher film full of great killing , but it also feature a intellect - bending secret full of winding .
The film follow a group of elite mellow school seniors known as the " Top Ten " who start dying off in tearing and gruesome deaths that seem to be connected to the effect that hap years before at a member of the Top Ten ’s birthday party . It ’s easy to see later on motion picture that draw inspiration fromHappy Birthday To Me , but the original was still done the best . Kebab , anyone ?
LES AFFAMÉS (THE RAVENOUS)
Canada is a bilingual country , and as such there are many fantastic French - Canadian films and many gifted Québécois directors like theupcomingDunedirector Denis Villeneuvewho have leave their fall guy on Canadian picture palace .
Robin Aubert is no unknown to horror as his 2005 filmSaints - Martyrs - diethylstilbestrol - Damnésis a great thriller , butLes affamés/ The Ravenousups the terror with his emotional take on the usually oversaturated zombie genre . The film sport a group of subsister in a rural Quebec residential district where the locals have fallen dupe to plague and starved thirst .
PONTYPOOL
Another unique take on thezombiegenre is 2008’sPontypool , which was place by Bruce McDonald , best known for film likeHighway 61,Hard Core Logo , andThe Tracey Fragments . Pontypoolstars the always enjoyable Stephen McHattie as wireless shock jockey Grant Mazzy in the midst of odd event happening in the Ontario townsfolk of Pontypool .
While the film takes place almost only at the radio station , it is an atmospherical thriller that explores the living dead genre in a way that does n’t ( always ) imply blood and gore . But do n’t worry , Pontypoolstill has descent and gore ! Just verify you ’ve receive the sound turned up when watching this one .
MY BLOODY VALENTINE
There have been quite a few New American remakes of classic Canadianhorrorfilms , but they rarely manage to repeat what made the original so great , which was genuine in the slip of 1981’sMy Bloody Valentineand the 2009 remakeMy Bloody Valentine 3D.
The archetype was channelise by George Mihalka and featured an original cutting that was so gory , around nine mo of footage had to be remove for go across censors . That footage has unfortunately been mislay , but the plastic film still contains a number of unbelievable scenes that makeMy Bloody Valentinea must - see holiday - themed slasher .
PROM NIGHT
Scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis follow up her career - launching role inHalloweenwith 1980 ’s Canadian slasherProm Night , which became Canada ’s highest - grossing horror motion-picture show of 1980 . The film also engender a dealership of sequels and a 2009 American remaking , though the original is still the adept .
Prom Nightalso asterisk legendary Canadian comic and histrion Leslie Nielsen and feature a number of classic repulsion tropes that would be replicated in later films likeI Know What You Did Last Summer , as the grampus try revenge against a mathematical group of teenager responsible for the murder of their classmate days earlier .
THE FLY
David Cronenberg is one of the most well - live and influential repulsion managing director , and he just also happens to be Canadian . Fans of Cronenberg can take a spirit at a number of his early Canadian horror film likeScanners , Shivers , The Brood , orVideodrome , but the scariest to us will always be his modernized remaking ofThe Fly , starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis .
Cronenberg ’s singular understanding of eubstance - repugnance is on full video display inThe Flyand is still a standout when it comes to practical consequence in horror films . And for yet another suggestion , while it ’s not a Cronenberg film , he does star in Clive Barker’sNightbreed , which is adjust in Alberta , Canada and just released an extendedCabal Cutthat ’s worth checking out .
IN THE TALL GRASS
One of the more recent loss on our listing is Netflix ’s version of Stephen King and Joe Hill’sIn The Tall Grassfrom director Vincenzo Natali . The nous - bending thriller asterisk Patrick Wilson and is yet another great adaptation from Netflix to follow other horror hits likeGerald ’s Gameand1922 .
Natali is also no stranger to Canadian horror films , as the director is behind the cult hitCubeand the evenly terrifyingSplice . In The Tall Grasscombines Natali ’s unique visual style of storytelling with the horror dream squad of King and Hill and is best watched with some society .
THE CHANGELING
1980 ’s underrated classicThe Changelingis not a haunted mansion movie that relies on jump - scares to communicate panic but instead rivet on imposing atmosphere and a howling performance from George C. Scott . Scott play a grieving composer named John Russell who moves into a haunt mansion and begins to experience supernatural occurrence .
Russell ’s encounters lead him to investigate the history of the mansions and the horrors committed there . The Changelingwas direct by Peter Medak and is beautifully filmed , and while it is set in Seattle , the Vancouver skyline is at times unmistakable when seen in the motion-picture show .
BLACK CHRISTMAS
Black Christmasis arguably the most iconic Canadian horror film to ever hit theaters and is also one of the shuddery . The originalBlack Christmaswas liberate in 1974 and directed by Bob Clark , and while the upcoming 2019 remake will likely fail to capture the threat of the original , it ’s a will to the succeeder of the original slasher movie .
Set during a cold Christmas rupture , various woman at a sorority family dally by greats like Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder are terrorized by an anon. voice on the speech sound who is also hunt and killing the lady friend down . Black Christmasfollows theJawsapproach and does n’t reveal much of the killer , which only makes the film scarier .
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