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The “Kids in the Hall” cast — Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson — are unearthed from their burial plot and set loose on the world once again in the first trailer for the Prime Video revival of the beloved sketch comedy. The reboot will debut on May 13, the streamer announced on Wednesday at its Prime Video Presents Canada showcase event in Toronto.

Things are crushed from a distance, tasteless jokes are made and Queen Elizabeth spoofed in the trailer, which sees the comedians skeptical of their new streaming network, Amazon.

The upcoming season will feature eight episodes with all-new sketches and guest stars including Pete Davidson, Mark Hamill, Catherine O’Hara, Kenan Thompson, Will Forte, Paul Bellini, Brandon Ash-Mohammed, Catherine Reitman, Samantha Bee, Fred Armisen, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Jay Baruchel, Eddie Izzard, Tracee Ellis Ross and Colin Mochrie.

The original Emmy-nominated sketch show premiered in 1989 and become a cult comedy hit.

Remember going to video store in the 90s and finding some weird bizarre horror film, taking it home and discovering it was a shot-on-video (Sov) sleazefest made by a bunch of guys on the weekend? Whilst they never really took off here in the UK, there’s a Huge fan following for Sov films and filmmakers in the Us – guys like Todd Sheets, the Polonia Brothers and Tim Ritter… And with the return of VHS as a film format, it was inevitable that shot-on-video would also return. And that’s exactly what director Matt Watts has done with his Sov inspired gore flick Fatal Premonitions, a shot on video horror anthology.

Staring Kyle Valmassy, featuring Sarah French and a special guest appearance from Sov legend Mark Polonia, Fatal Premonitions will not disappoint fans of the goriest of the shot on video flicks, with Matt Watts successfully capturing the look and...

The second season of the story of Michael and his shrink Dave on CBC — formerly Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays and now known as Michael: Every Day — picks up years after we saw them last. Michael (Matt Watts) has left Ottawa for a big job in Toronto but a major panic attack threatens to scupper the job and his sanity. Meanwhile Dr. David Storper (Bob Martin) is struggling to keep it together after having killed a patient through fright during one of his desensitising exercises. David visits his shrink Dr. Wasserman (Ed Asner!) and there’s something strange going on...read more...

Lovers of camp cinema and the Drive-in horror classics of the 1950s have a new reason to celebrate. In 2017, we're getting the sure to be classic I Was a Teenage Wereskunk. Today, we have the trailer for this dumpster diamond. And we have a poster that gleefully screams, 'Half man, half skunk, all stink!'

Beware: This trailer will scare the smell out of you! Neal McLaughlin directs I Was a Teenage Wereskunk as an homage to the works of John Waters. The premise is simple, it follows a teenager who transformers into the murderous wereskunk whenever he gets horny. His monstrous new appearance occurs shortly after getting sprayed in the face by an enchanted skunk.

The movie stars Scott Monahan, Shey Lyn Zanoti, and Charlie Farrell. You can purchase the film now off the film's official website or order it up on Amazon video-to-go. The trailer is really something...

Two bitter TV stars grow to giant proportions due to a scientific accident. They carry on their battle, destroying Hollywood. Naked. Maybe. That's the enticing premise behind the retro-throwback Giantess Attack. We have the first trailer. And it promises the best worst movie of 2017. Maybe.

In Giantess Attack, two unemployable actresses become real superheroes thanks to twin space fairies. This is a true homage to Ultraman, Electra Woman and all those happy 70's Saturday Mornings spent as a kid in front of the TV. This sci-fi throwback stars Tasha Tacosa, Rachel Riley, Christine Nguyen, Jed Rowen, Robert "Corpsy" Rhine and Jay Woelfel. The movie was successfully funded by Kickstarter earlier in the year.

Jeff Leroy directs Giantess Attack, though no screenwriting credits are given. We're not sure why or how that is possible after witnessing some off the great one-liners in the trailer, unless this is all improvised. Leroy is...

Getting a film into the Toronto International Film Festival is an achievement most filmmakers can only dream of. Getting a film into Tiff called Portal To Hell!!! which stars the late Roddy Piper battling Cthluhu himself, reads like a total pipe dream. It ain’t so though. Writer/co-star Matt Watts and director Vivieno Caldinelli are the boy wonders behind this off-the-wall […]...

Recently we got a chance to review the insanely entertaining short Portal To Hell!! from the comedy directing/writing duo of Vivieno Caldinelli and Matt Watts, and starring the late, great Rowdy Roddy Piper. What’s even more of a bonus was… Continue Reading →

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While They Live star and famous wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper sadly passed away last month, fans will still have the chance to see him onscreen in the short film Portal To Hell!!!

The short, which now has a festival trailer, is directed by Viviendo Caldinelli, working from a screenplay by Matt Watts. Watts is also among Piper’s co-stars in the film, and the two are joined by Laura Robinson, Jordan Todosey, and Millie Davis.

The film’s synopsis is as follows.

The superintendent hero of this primo slice of Canuxploitation already has enough on his plate, but then some jerks open up a multidimensional gateway in the basement. Thankfully, the guy standing between humanity and its certain destruction is played by the late, great “Rowdy” Roddy Piper.

This is not the first time Piper has been involved in a fight against beings from another dimension, as the 2010 film The Portal,...

Whoa, hold up! They Live and Hell Comes to Frogtown may not be the defining moments in 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper's film career. Like many actors and performers who leave us too soon, the WWE legend still has a few more unreleased projects under his belt. And today, we have the first trailer for his final screen performance!

Vivieno Caldinelli's 11-minute short Portal to Hell!!! is heading to the Toronto International Film Festival. And while it is a horror short, it's getting a lot of attention for bringing a very interesting career to a close for Roddy Piper. The wrestling Superstar passed away last July, but he left this one gift behind, making it one of the most in demand shorts at Tiff this year.

Portal to Hell!!! follows the apartment-superintendent hero in what is loving referred to as a 'primo slice of Canuxploitation'. He has enough on his plate,...

Last month, the world sadly lost "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, a legendary figure on film and in the ring, and a true gentleman. One of the last projects Piper appeared in was Portal to Hell!!!, a short film in which a doorway to Lovecraftian creatures is opened. Portal to Hell!!! will premiere next month at Tiff, and now the short film's official trailer has been revealed.

In addition to his prolific career within the wrestling ring, many remember Piper from his terrific turns in a lengthy list of films, including John Carpenter's They Live and Hell Comes to Frogtown. Featuring Piper going up against Cthulhu-like monsters as a building super with a sense of humor, Portal to Hell!!! looks to remind viewers why they cherished Piper and will continue to admire his powerful onscreen presence.

Directed by Vivieno Caldinelli from a screenplay by Matt Watts, Portal to Hell!!! stars the late Roddy Piper,...

The entertainment world has lost a true icon - and a genuinely quality person - with word that wrestling superstar and lead actor in John Carpenter's They Live, Rowdy Roddy Piper, passed away in his sleep last night from cardiac arrest.This sort of news is never fun to write but this one comes with a more personal sting than most. It must have been nearly two years ago now that Toronto based director Vivieno Caldinelli reached out to me saying that he and a friend (Matt Watts) had been sitting around talking about how much they loved They Live and, hey, why didn't anybody make movies like that any more. So they'd written one, a short film titled Portal To Hell. And having written it...

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Production has begun on Vivieno Cladinelli and Matt Watts' short film Portal to Hell with Roddy Piper as a building manager who faces off against the legendary Cthulhu. It is the battle of the century as a wrestling legend and a literary legend go head to head!Jack is a simple man with simple needs. Mostly he just needs to be left alone to read his book. It's a good book and he likes it, or at least he would if the tenants of the building he manages weren't so damn needy themselves. And it's not just blown fuses and clogged toilets here ... no, when the building power goes out the culprit is a pair of tenants opening a portal to hell in the basement....

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Distributor acquires international sales rights to Vivieno Caldinelli’s horror comedy, which stars Roddy Piper.

Raven Banner has acquired international sales rights to Portal to Hell.

The distributor, who will also release the feature in Canada, joins Xyz Films who are handling Us rights to Vivieno Caldinelli’s horror comedy, which stars Roddy Piper as a semi-retired building manager who discovers a supernatural portal in the basement and has to stop old god Cthulhu becoming overlord of the Earth.

Portal to Hell is part of the Harold Greenberg Fund’s Shorts to Features programme which nurtures short films with a goal towards realising their feature versions. The short film will shoot in March 2015 with an aim to package the feature film in Fall 2015.

Executive producer Andrew Rosen commented: “It’s crazy and amazing. We’re still in the middle of our Indiegogo campaign to raise money for the short film, and now we...

Director Vivieno Caldinelli ("Picnicface") and writer Matt Watts ("The Newsroom") are preparing to shoot their short film Portal to Hell. The film is a Lovecraftian homage and a battle against Cthulhu. To star Roddy Piper (They Live), financing for this title has already begun. As well, the short film will be developed into a feature film, in late 2015. Raven Banner will distribute the feature in Canada. More details on Portal to Hell are previewed here. In the story, Jack (Piper) discovers several cultists in his basement. He also discovers that they are trying to bring the god Cthulhu into his world, through sorcery. Jack must enlist the help of others to stop this madness, or else everyone is doomed. This film is still in the early phases of production. And, the filmmakers could use the support of horror fans to bring the short film to life. Details on the film's Indiegogo campaign are listed below.

Anything involving H.P. Lovecraft is worth a look, but when it’s a short film that stars They Live’s Roddy Piper, then you have movie magic. Director Vivieno Caldinelli and writer Matt Watts have taken to Indiegogo to ask for help getting funding for their short film, Portal to Hell.

Here’s a little bit of info on the film itself:

Jack is a simple man with simple needs. Mostly he just needs to be left alone to read his book. It’s a good book and he likes it, or at least he would if the tenants of the building he manages weren’t so damn needy themselves. And it’s not just blown fuses and clogged toilets here … no, when the building power goes out the culprit is a pair of tenants opening a portal to hell in the basement. Does this count as building maintenance? Is...

“I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I’m all out of bubblegum.” John Carpenter fans remember this “Rowdy” Roddy Piper line from 1988’s They Live, but imagine if Piper said something similar to Cthulhu upon entering the demon city of R’lyeh. If this sounds epic, then you may be interested in funding Portal to Hell, a short film co-starring Piper and Cthulhu that just launched an Indiegogo campaign.

Portal to Hell is guaranteed to be made next March and contributions to the Indiegogo campaign will help fund the special effects creation. The better the film looks, the better its chances are of being turned into a feature film, as Portal to Hell’s creative team is planning on using the short film to pitch a full film version beginning next fall. To learn more about this project, visit:

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Director Vivieno Caldinelli, writer Matt Watts and star Roddy Piper have teamed up with executive producer Todd Brown, executive producer Andrew Rosen, and FX guru Steve Kostanski to bring horror fans Portal to Hell a crowdfunded horror-comedy effort that will begin as a short film before heading into feature territory.

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Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 75 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new comedy “The Grand Seduction” starring Taylor Kitsch and Brendan Gleeson!

“The Grand Seduction,” which is rated “PG-13” and opens in Chicago on June 13, 2014, also stars Liane Balaban, Gordon Pinsent, Anna Hopkins, Rhonda Rodgers, Carly Boone, Mark Critch, Steve O’Connell and Matt Watts from director Don McKellar and writers Michael Dowse and Ken Scott.

To win your free “The Grand Seduction” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Monday, June 9, 2014 at 7 p.m. in Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your odds of winning; this doesn’t intensify your competition!

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Brandon Cronenberg's new film Antiviral is available on VOD platforms right now, and we have your chance to win an online pass to see it for free. Oh yeah, and we have a nifty new poster too. Check it out!

To win an online keycode to watch the film via SundanceNOW, just send us an E-mail Here, and if you're a winner, we'll hit you off with an e-mail on Monday!

Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell, Douglas Smith, Matt Watts, and James Cade star.

Synopsis

Antiviral follows Syd March, an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion - for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd...

Premiering on VOD and in limited theaters on April 12th is Brandon Cronenberg's new film Antiviral, and we've sunk our claws into a new trailer for you guys to dig on that's surprisingly germ-free. Check it out.

Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell, Douglas Smith, Matt Watts, and James Cade star.

Synopsis

Antiviral follows Syd March, an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion - for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.

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Alliance Films released an Antiviral featurette just in time for the flick's premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival, and in it we finally get to know Brandon Cronenberg and learn the genesis for this twisted little project.

Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell, Douglas Smith, Matt Watts, and James Cade star.

Synopsis

Antiviral follows Syd March, an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion - for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.

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Just in time for its premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival, we've got the trailer and poster art for Brandon Cronenberg's much talked about feature Antiviral! Check them both out now!

Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell, Douglas Smith, Matt Watts, and James Cade star.

Synopsis

Antiviral follows Syd March, an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion - for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.

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With the Toronto International Film Festival just around the corner news has come today that Brandon Cronenberg's new film Antiviral has joined the festivities. Read on for details and a brand new image! Dig it!

Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell, Douglas Smith, Matt Watts, and James Cade star.

Synopsis

Antiviral follows Syd March, an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion - for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.

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Brandon Cronenberg's new film Antiviral has found itself some domestic distro via IFC Films so it won't be long until all of us get a chance to see if young Brandon is a chip off of his father's wonderfully demented block!

Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell, Douglas Smith, Matt Watts, and James Cade star.

Synopsis

Antiviral follows Syd March, an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion - for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.

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Antiviral is a horror movie that revolves around a salesman (Jones) for a clinic that replicates celebrity diseases for public consumption. He becomes obsessed with a celebrity and injects himself with her disease, then must figure out how to cure it before time runs out. The film is written and directed by Brandon Cronenberg and stars Caleb Landry Jones (Byzantium, X-Men: First Class, The Last Exorcism), Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell, Douglas Smith, Matt Watts, and James Cade.

The first clip from Brandon Cronenberg's new film Antiviral has hit the interwebs, and we have it for you right here. Check it out and decide for yourselves whether Brandon looks to be a chip off the old block or some other type of new flesh.

Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell, Douglas Smith, Matt Watts and James Cade star.

Synopsis

'Antiviral' follows Syd March, an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion - for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.

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Yep, there's another image from Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral here for your perusal. Nope, we have no idea just what the hell is going on in it. Oh, those zany Cronenbergs! Always keeping us on our toes. Dig it!

Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell, Douglas Smith, Matt Watts and James Cade star.

Synopsis

'Antiviral' follows Syd March, an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion - for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.

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Time for another look at Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral, and as always the flick looks and sounds ... well ... weird. In our world that's a very good thing! Check 'em out!

Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell, Douglas Smith, Matt Watts and James Cade star.

Synopsis

'Antiviral' follows Syd March, an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion - for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.

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After pulling together an exciting young cast (and Malcolm McDowell), we now have our first look via Twitch at Brandon Cronenberg's "Antiviral," a fascinating sci-fi pic that will surely do his father proud. Caleb Landry Jones ("X-Men: First Class") stars as a salesman for a clinic that replicates celebrity diseases for public consumption, who himself becomes obsessed with a celebrity and injects himself with her disease, then must figure out how to cure it before time runs out. The younger Cronenberg also wrote the film, which has Sarah Gadon, Douglas Smith, Matt Watts, James Cade and McDowell all co-starring. Here's an extended synopsis: Antiviral follows Syd March, an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion - for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body.

Brandon Cronenberg is currently shooting his feature debut 'Antiviral'. And any new sci-fi horror from the genes of a Cronenberg is something to get excited about. I'm interested to see what Brandon, the son of cult director David Cronenberg, can bring to the table and what sort of styles and influences may be adopted by the filmmaker. The first official still from the production has arrived giving us our first viewing of Caleb Landry Jones ('The Last Exorcism') having a peek at something quite sci-fi. Malcolm McDowell ('Halloween'), Sarah Gadon, Douglas Smith, James Cade, Nicholas Campbell, Lara Jean Chorostecki, Joe Pingue, Matt Watts and Elitsa Bako all co-star. Check out the still below....

It looks as if young Mr. Cronenberg is following nicely in his dad's footsteps, as illustrated by the first ever still from his film Antiviral. Read on for all the weird goodness the eye candy has to offer!

Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell, Douglas Smith, Matt Watts and James Cade star in Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral. The flick is now filming in Toronto.

Synopsis

'Antiviral' follows Syd March, an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion - for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.

The boys over at Twitch landed the first ever image from Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral, a bizarre celebrity thriller that stars Caleb Landry Jones (X-Men: First Class, The Last Exorcism). The below image features Jones staring at something interesting growing in jars. Brandon is the son of legendary director David Cronenberg. "'Antiviral' follows Syd March, an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. Biological communion - for a price. Syd also supplies illegal samples of these viruses to piracy groups, smuggling them from the clinic in his own body. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate." Now filming in Toronto, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell, Douglas Smith, Matt Watts and James Cade also star.

TORONTO -- Ed Gass-Donnelly's This Beautiful City was the big winner Friday night at the ACTRA Awards, as co-stars Caroline Cave and Aaron Poole went home with top performance honors.

Cave (The L Word) grabbed the ACTRA Award for best actress, and co-star Poole picked up the best actor nod for their star turns in the 2007 Canadian feature about five people whose lives in Toronto intersect over a summer amid tragedy.

The ACTRAs, handed out in Toronto by Canada's actors union, also honored Matt Watts with a trophy for best voice work, while veteran actor Eric Peterson (Corner Gas) earned the ACTRA Toronto Award of Excellence.