Fantasia Best of 2025 FIlm Festival Picks on Mother of Movies
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Fantasia 2025: 5 Must-See Films That’ll Haunt Your Dreams (Plus 4 Crowd-Pleasers Breaking the Internet)

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Mother of Movies covers Fantasia 2025 remotely with 9 essential film picks. Top 5 must-sees include Eddington, Pakzad’s directorial debut Find Your Friends exploring gender dynamics, cult mentality thriller New Group with Shimizu producing, 90s grunge-aesthetic Lucid, and obsession drama Lurker. Plus 4 buzzing titles: long-awaited Tamala 2030 sequel, banned Kazakh Scary Tales, Mickey Reece’s Every Heavy Thing, and Cattet & Forzani’s Reflection in a Dead Diamond.

The Surrender Film Ending 2025
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The Surrender (2025): When Love Becomes a Cage and Death Offers No Escape

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Julia Max’s “The Surrender” (2025) starring Colby Minifie and Kate Burton delivers psychological horror that examines toxic family relationships through the lens of supernatural resurrection. When patriarch Robert dies, his widow Barbara and daughter Megan perform a brutal ritual to bring him back, only to discover some monsters are better left dead. This Shudder exclusive combines beautiful cinematography with devastating emotional truth about cycles of abuse and the mythology we create around toxic love. A must-watch for fans of elevated horror that prioritizes psychological terror over cheap scares.

All Fun and Games Review on Mother of Movies
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All Fun and Games Salem’s Cursed Blade Turns Childhood Into Carnage

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All Fun and Games (2023) review: Natalia Dyer and Asa Butterfield star in this Salem-set horror where childhood games become supernatural death traps. A cursed knife turns family fun into nightmare fuel in this competently crafted but predictable possession thriller

Fantasia Film Festival 2025 - Curtain Raiser
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Fantasia Fest 2025 First Wave: The Genre Playground Returns with Nuclear-Powered Nightmares

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Fantasia Fest 2025 first wave creates major buzz with standout films: Kurtis David Harder’s Influencers sequel starring Cassandra Naud, Hwang Wook’s psychological thriller The Woman, the live action Ya Boy Kongmin! manga adaptation, and Oscar nominee Hubert Davis’s post apocalyptic eco horror debut The Well

The Moogai 2025
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The Moogai: When Cultural Horror Loses Its Teeth

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The Moogai review: Jon Bell’s Indigenous Australian horror film attempts to blend post-partum anxiety with colonial trauma through supernatural scares. While the creature design works and cultural themes matter, the execution feels disconnected from its own ambitious goals. Our spoiler-free review examines how this 2024 horror film handles generational trauma, family dynamics, and the challenge of making accessible cultural horror that doesn’t sacrifice authenticity for mainstream appeal.