We are proud to announce that, during its seventh edition, the Bogotá Horror Film Festival awarded Thanatomorphosea Special Mention in the Transgressive Film category.
Granted by the international jury chaired by Michael Berryman, this distinction highlights the film’s radical vision, visual power, and artistic boldness, which explore the boundaries of the body and horror through a unique and striking creative approach.
This recognition further establishes Thanatomorphose as a reference point in contemporary transgressive cinema, celebrating the strength of the genre as an extreme, symbolic, and deeply human form of artistic expression.
A Conversation with Filmmaker Éric Falardeau (Thanatomorphose, The Thing From the Lake, Asmodeus)
Kicking off 2025 with the third installment of Unboxing the Underground’s ‘A Conversation With’ series! We dive into a chat with writer-director Éric Falardeau about the production process of his 2012 body horror feature Thanatomorphose, his oeuvre of work as a whole, the film festival circuit, and what it means to create extreme cinema.
Welcome to Kelly’s Taboo Terrors, a monthly podcast that explores the transgressive side of cinema. These movies, and discussions, are not for the faint of heart so listeners discretion is strongly advised.
As far as necrophilia films go, none are more recognizable than German filmmaker, Jorg Buttgereit’s, Nekromantik. Epitomizing underground transgressive cinema, Nekromantik shows us the sensual side of the paraphilia, giving us a film with a legacy of sexual depravity and iconic imagery. A cerebral exploitation film that forces us to witness sex, death and body fluids, and how they cum together so perfectly. Can we fuck the fear of death away?
My guest for this episode is Éric Falardeau! Éric has written and directed short films, music videos, the cult horror feature Thanatomorphose (2012), which has won him several awards in film festivals. He also wrote the porn-horror movie The Thing from the Lake (2019). Éric has guest-curated exhibitions at the Cinémathèque québécoise and published volumes on erotic cinema, the history of special effects in Quebec, and on body fluids in gore and pornography. He is currently working on his second feature film!!!
Drawn by the deep nostalgia of roaming video rental stores to find cool movies to watch by judging what its VHS box’s artwork would entice or beguile, filmmaker & artist Pat Tremblay has created a series of HORROR MOVIE POSTERS with the assistance of AI. He then proposed to talented individuals within the horror movie scene to write IMAGINARY REVIEWS for them. The result is a captivating mixture of styles, ranging from the enigmatic and alluring to the outrageously hilarious. The dimensional doors to the AIlien Realms have opened, and you can now read what horrific and crazy films this AI world has created, for better or for worse!
The TERROR IN THE AILIEN REALMS launch party will take place during the FanTasia Film Festival on Friday, July 28 2023 from 5-7 p.m. at McKibbins Irish Pub, 1426 Bishop, 2nd floor. Sixteen of the contributing writers will be on hand (with a few doing live readings of their reviews); they’re noted with a * in the complete list below:
Dave Alexander* Rodney Ascher Jay Baruchel Chris Bavota* Justin Benson* Stephen R. Bissette Jörg Buttgereit John Campopiano Rob Cotterill Mitch Davis* Damien Detcheberry* Steve De Jarnatt Fabien Delage* William Earl Isaac Ezban Eric Falardeau* Garnet Fraser Matt Garrett Ted Geoghegan Michael Gingold* Buddy Giovinazzo Karim Hussain Alan Jones Elza Kephart Matthew Kiernan* Jeremiah Kipp Simon Laperrière Miguel Llanso David Lawson Jr.* Tim Lucas Aaron Lupton Andy Mauro* Justin McConnell Scooter McCrae Mike Mendez George Mihalka* Aaron Moorhead* Vincenzo Natali Joel Potrykus Richard Raaphorst Dennison Ramalho Jennifer Reeder Shelagh Rowan-Legg Simon Rumley Gigi Saul Guerrero Gary Sherman* Graham Skipper Lee Paula Springer* Philippe Spurrell* Andrew Traucki Tal Zimerman
A podcast all about extreme horror and the people behind the genre. We’ll be doing deep dives into films, and occasionally interviews with the cast/crew.
Hey guys, today we have a very talented director, musician, and author with us. Éric is a great guy and I had an amazing conversation with him. Make sure to check out his work and support another one of the great directors in the indie horror scene. Also, make sure to check out his band the SerVant as well, the link will be down below. That’s all I have for you guys today, but I hope you all enjoy this one!
Satanic Panic is back from Hell! After a 2-year pandemic pause, Portland Horror Film Festival presents BRIDE OF SATANIC PANIC! An evening of devilish delights at the Hollywood Theatre, including a rare 35mm screening of THE DEVIL’S RAIN starring William Shatner, John Travolta, Ernest Borgnine, Ida Lupino, Tom Skerritt, and Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey! PLUS a selection of occult short horror films, vintage film clips, horror-themed live burlesque performances, and diabolic giveaways! Presented by Portland Horror Film Festival, coming up June 29-July 3!
Bride of Satanic Panic schedule May 31st, 2022
7:00 pm Doors open
7:30 pm Opening remarks & Live burlesque with Dee Dee Pepper!
7:45 pm short occult horror films (check back for film selections)
5 – 14 November 2021 in Molins de Rei October 28 to November 21 Online
The Official Section 2021 is ready. International quality of horror unlimited and satisfying all preferences: Folk horror, gore, psychological, magic, painful and many other adjectives that might be used to describe it. Paying attention to the international personality of TerrorMolins, we will screen works from all far away and closer places such as the Americas and Europe as well as New Zealand or the Eastern countries. Just come and see:
Asmodeus by Eric Falardeau
Malakout by Farnoosh Abedi
Expectancy / Odotusaika by Juho Fossi
Mum’s Sweater by Anand K Karma, Yi Chen Hsiao, Mauriziana Gualdrini, Ugo Offner, James Mann
Ella y la Oscuridad by Daniel Romero
Nevermore by Sheida Sheikhha
Sweet Mary Where did you Go? by Michael Anthony Kratochvil
Transfer by Jonas Govaerts
Bait by Josh Litwhiler
Life in a Box / 恐怖娃娃機 by Heng-Chieh Lee
Souvenirs d’enfance by Vincenzo Aiello
Heart of gold / Un Cœur d’Or by Simon Filliot
How to get lost in your own room / 집 안에서 완벽하게 미아가 되는 법 by Jae-hyun Park
A Sickness by Guy Soulsby
The apartment by Hugues Willy Krebs
Tranvía by Carlos Baena
Self-actualization of a werewolf woman by Conall Pendergast
How to Wash your Hands during the Downfall of Civilization / Cómo Lavarse las Manos mientras la Civilización Colapsa by Federico Sproviero
Asmodeus aura sa première nord-américaine au Festival du nouveau cinéma – FNC dans la célèbre section TEMPS Ø // FNC aux côtés des dernières offrandes de Mandico, Noé, Lozier, Gonzalez, etc. !
Le film sera d’ailleurs présenté à l’Impérial avant Lux Aeterna de Noé le dimanche 10 octobre à 22h, en présence d’une partie de l’équipe.
« Un homme se plie à un rituel de luxure au cours duquel il est possédé par trois femmes, telles les Parques, à la fois sensuelles et sorcières. Derrière et devant la caméra, Éric Falardeau (réalisateur du remarqué Thanatomorphose) nous entraîne dans un tourbillon sensoriel qui mêle horreur, poésie et sexualité explicite, quelque part entre l’hallucination occulte et l’autoportrait d’une masculinité écartelée. Hommage à la magie d’un Méliès aussi bien qu’à l’audace des premières avant-gardes ou du cinéma expérimental américain – Kenneth Anger en tête –, Asmodeus sublime les corps et les fluides à travers son noir et blanc en super8 texturé et ses effets spéciaux manuels. Une œuvre à la fois fantomatique et charnelle, en forme de vanité cinématographique. »
Asmodeus will have its North American premiere at the Festival du nouveau cinéma – FNC in the (in) famous TEMPS Ø // FNC section alongside the latest offerings from Mandico, Noé, etc. !
The film will be presented at the Imperial before Noé’s Lux Aeterna on Sunday October 10 at 10 p.m., in the presence of part of the team.
« A man undergoes a ritual in which he is possessed by three lustful, witchy women of decidedly supernatural pedigree. After his acclaimed Thanatomorphose, genre filmmaker Éric Falardeau is both behind and before the camera in this sensory extravaganza, somewhere between an occult hallucination and a self-portrait of conflicted masculinity, that serves up a heady mix of horror, poetry and unbridled eroticism. A tribute to the magic of Méliès, the early American avant-garde and underground film (think: Kenneth Anger), Asmodeus renders bodies and fluids transcendent through its use of textured black-and-white Super 8 and in-camera special effects. A cinematic memento mori that’s at once carnal and otherworldly. »
Éric Falardeau 