Zombies and Monsters and Serial Killers, Oh My: 7 of Canada’s Best Horror Flicks

Still from Tucker and Dale vs Evil

Although Canadians are known internationally for being “so nice and polite,” we’ve definitely got a dark side. That’s definitely something we explore at Krakit Escape Game, putting you right into the action of your favourite zombie flick or creature feature. We get a lot of our inspiration from the cinema, with a lot of horror classics come from our own backyard.

Here’s seven of our favourites.

1. Ginger Snaps (2000)

A modern horror staple, featuring two sisters whose lives get a little out of control when one of them is bitten by a werewolf. Director John Edwards hails from Edmonton, and its star, Katharine Isabelle, was born right here in Vancouver.

2. The Fly (1986)

National treasure David Cronenberg is behind this seriously creepy Jeff Goldblum vehicle, telling the nightmarish tale of a man-fly hybrid.

3. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)

Though set in Virginia and directed by a Californian, top-shelf comedy-horror flick Tucker and Dale nevertheless stars Tyler Labine (of Breaker High) and was produced with the help of some Canadian grants.

4. The Witch (2015)

Another Canadian co-production, the horror standout of 2015—Robert Eggers’s The Witch—was filmed entirely in Ontario, though set in 1630s New England, which apparently suffered an unfortunate outbreak of devil worshipping.

5. Black Christmas (1974)

This decidedly Canadian slasher film takes place in a sorority over Christmas—the perfect time for a serial killer to wreak havoc on unsuspecting co-eds.

6. American Mary (2012)

Vancouver’s own Twisted Twins, aka Jen and Sylvia Soska, brought in Ginger Snaps’s Katharine Isabelle to star in their gory tale of a medical student turned body modifier.

7. Pontypool (2008)

Pontypool has that rare quality of being a Canadian film that’s actually set in Canada—Pontypool, Ontario—which tells the story of a deadly virus infecting the small town.

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