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Written by: Morrigan McCluskey
Genre: Comedy, Horror/Thriller, Romance
Length: 100 min.
In 1816, a young noblewoman named Christabel goes out at midnight, into the woods near her father’s castle. There, she meets Geraldine, a mysterious stranger who claims to have narrowly escaped kidnapping. After spending the night with the stranger and learning that she is a vampire, Christabel falls in love...
Written by: Shanice Pereira
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Length: 80 min.
The Coven is an intergenerational surrealist play set across time periods, from 1800s Guyana to modern-day Canada. The play follows Renette, the first free woman in her family after generations of slavery, as she seeks vengeance against her former master for his acts of violence against her. She asks for...
Written by: Kim Blackwell, Lindy Finlan
Genre: Drama, Horror/Thriller
Length: 90 min.
Set on a dark fall night in 1835, Bedtime Stories and Other Horrifying Tales, follows 10-year-old Samuel Deyell as he goes into the darkest night, in search of his missing mother. Samuel is joined on his quest by his two best friends. In the shadows, the children encounter the darkest...
Written by: Chelsey Fawcett
Genre: Adaptation, Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Horror/Thriller
Length: 70 min.
Jaan follows a desperate scientist starved for success and drowning in criticism, discovers what might be the biggest evolutionary breakthrough of human history. A living mermaid found in Canada’s Lake Minnewanka. Or perhaps … it’s all a sadistic hoax for success driven by the obsession to have a lover that...
Written by: Genevieve Adam
Genre: Drama, Historical, Horror/Thriller
Length: 70 min.
New France, 1661. In Dark Heart, a young French bride disappears into the forest. Has she run off to be with her lover, or is there something more sinister in the woods? While rumours of a supernatural creature spread through the settlement, everyone seems to be hunting for the missing...
Written by: Rose Scollard
Genre: Dark Comedy, Horror/Thriller, Radio
Length: 30 min.
“In a time and place not too far removed from our own, women get their class and status from their husbands but for a very unusual reason. Once chosen, they savour all the honours, joys and rewards accorded to Brutewives.” (From the CPO Website)
Written by: Marcia Kash, Douglas E. Hughes
Genre: Horror/Thriller, Mystery
Length: 60 min.
“It is Halloween and six people have secretly gathered for a murder-mystery weekend on a private island in the Cassandra Lakes. As a storm rages outside, they play a game that any Agatha Christie fan would enjoy — full of spooky delights, mysterious revelations and gory murders — until suddenly...
Written by: Beth McMaster
Genre: Comedy, Horror/Thriller, Mystery
Length: 105 min.
A life of potential glamour turns into one of terror for farm girl Millie when her new friends turn out to be drug dealers and murderers (From the CPO Website)
Written by: Beth McMaster
Genre: Comedy, Horror/Thriller, Mystery
Length: 90 min.
“Mark and Mi Toth move in with Mrs. Wodolfun, an astrology fanatic. Wodolfun convinces Mark that the signs of the Zodiac indicate he must change the direction of his life. When Jessica, a love interest from the past, reenters Mark’s life, and Spencer, an enthusiastic young salesman, becomes devoted to...