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Satan Wants You and With Love And A Major Organ
My Animal (Country: Canada; Year: 2023; Director: Jacqueline Castel; Writer: Jae Matthews; Stars: Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Amandla Stenberg, Stephen McHattie, Heidi von Palleske, Cory Lipman, Joe Apollonio)
Heather, an outcast teenage goalie in a small northern town, falls for newcomer Jonny, an alluring but tormented figure skater. As their relationship deepens, Heather’s growing desires clash with her darkest secret, forcing her to control the animal within.
Romi (Country: Canada; Year: 2023; Director: Robert Cuffley; Writer: Susie Moloney; Stars: Alexa Barajas, Juan Riedinger, Pavel Kríz, Jocelyn Chugg, Jamie Shelnitz)
Forced to hide out at a state of the art smart home, a young woman on the run is terrorized by ROMI, its sinister digital assistant.
Satan Wants You (Country: Canada; Year: 2023; Director: Sean Horlor, Steve J Adams; Writer: Sean Horlor, Steve J Adams; Stars: Sarah Marshall, Debbie Nathan, Elizabeth Loftus, Ken Lanning, Blanche Barton, Charles Ennis, Jeffrey S Victor)
The story of how the Satanic Panic of the 1980s was ignited by Michelle Remembers, a lurid memoir by psychiatrist Larry Pazder and his patient Michelle Smith.
Full Review See: Interview with Steve J Adams and Sean Horlor about Satan Wants You
With Love And A Major Organ (Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Kim Albright; Writer: Julia Lederer; Stars: Anna Maguire, Hamza Haq, Veena Sood, Donna Benedicto, Lynda Boyd, Arghavan Jenati, Enid-Raye Adams, Kerën Burkett, Ryan Beil, Laara Sadiq)
An unhappy woman removes her heart, puts it in a box and sends it to the man she loves.
Full Review See: Interview with Kim Albright and Anna Maguire about With Love And A Major Organ
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