Steven Hoban Archives

Ginger Snaps (2000)

Rating: ★★★½

Aug 2, 2001Teenage Girl Werewolves

Witty, wryly sarcastic modern take on the werewolf film from Canada as two teenage sister are affected – sort of like a remake of I Was a Teenage Werewolf by way of Ghost World. Two sequels followed.

Director: John Fawcett

Actors: Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, Jesse Moss, …

Category: Horror

2 August 200126 October 2025 by Roog

Nothing (2003)

Rating: ★★★★

Oct 8, 2005Two Characters in a Blank White Void

Quirky and wittily clever Vincenzo Natali film where two characters wish themselves into a blank white void

Director: Vincenzo Natali

Actors: David Hewlett, Andrew Miller, Marie-Josée Croze, Elana Shilling, …

Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

8 October 200515 October 2019 by Roog

Ginger Snaps Back: The Begining (2004)

Rating: ★★★½

Jul 25, 2007Teenage Girl Werewolves

Third of the Ginger Snaps films, a prequel set during the pioneer era with Emily Perkins and Katharine Isabelle again as sisters taking refuge at a fort under attack by werewolves. The scene-setting and atmosphere of foreboding is superlative

Director: Grant Harvey

Actors: Katharine Isabelle, Emily Perkins, Nathaniel Arcand, J.R. Bourne, …

Category: Horror

25 July 200726 October 2025 by Roog

Ginger Snaps: Unleashed (2004)

Rating: ★★★½

Jan 7, 2006Teenage Girl Werewolf

The first of two sequels to the Canadian werewolf film, this takes place with the surviving sister placed in a rehab facility and is even better than the original

Director: Brett Sullivan

Actors: Emily Perkins, Tatiana Maslany, Janet Kidder, Brendan Fletcher, …

Category: Horror

7 January 20069 May 2021 by Roog

Splice (2010)

Rating: ★★★

May 22, 2010Genetically-Engineered Creature

A genetically engineered creature film from Vincenzo Natali, this ventures into some fascinating places but ultimately returns to Frankenstein science territory

Director: Vincenzo Natali

Actors: Sarah Polley, Adrien Brody, Delphine Chaneac, David Hewlett, …

Category: Science Fiction

22 May 201016 March 2025 by Roog

388 Arletta Avenue (2011)

Rating: ★★

Jun 14, 2012Found Footage Stalker Film

Found Footage film about a stalker secretly filming a couple and abducting the wife, this tepidly circles around thriller cliches where other Found Footage films have delved into the psycho genre with more disturbing effect

Director: Randall Cole

Actors: Nick Stahl, Mia Kirshner, Devon Sawa, Krista Bridges, …

Category: Horror

14 June 201215 April 2025 by Roog

A Christmas Horror Story (2015)

Rating: ★★

Dec 25, 2015Anthology of Christmas Horror Stories

An anthology that offers a quartet of Christmas horror stories, including ones of zombified elves and a Krampus monster. The overall effect though is of a slickly made effort that disappears without memorable distinction

Director: Brett Sullivan, Grant Harvey, Steve Hoban

Actors: William Shatner, George Buza, Debra Lynne McCabe, Alex Ozerov, …

Category: Horror

25 December 201523 December 2024 by Roog

Come True (2020)

Rating: ★½

Oct 10, 2021Dream Horrors

A Canadian-made horror film about a teenage runaway who signs into a mysterious dream institute that conduct experiments that open up something disturbing inside her

Director: Anthony Scott Burns

Actors: Julia Sarah Stone, Landon Liboiron, Carlee Ryski, Tedra Rogers, …

Category: Horror

10 October 20217 January 2026 by Roog

Code 8: Part II (2024)

Rating: ★★

May 29, 2025Superpowers Film

The Canadian-made Code 8 was one of the few non-comic book adapted superhero films of recent years. This is a sequel where a bigger budget has been afforded to the superheroics

Director: Jeff Chan

Actors: Robbie Amell, Stephen Amell, Sirena Gulamgaus, Alex Mallari Jr, …

Category: Science Fiction

29 May 202513 November 2025 by Roog