# Canadian Horror Movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532 "2016-01-18T22:39:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532/1 "2016-01-18T22:39:46Z")
Sleeplessness got me thinking about the movie **Pontypool** and how I can’t recall a lot of other horror movies set up north. I tried to seek some more out, but I seem to be having a difference of thought with Wikipedia. I want to define “Canadian Horror movie” as a horror movie that is set in Canada. I’m not sure what their definition is, but based on [this list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Canadian_horror_films) with lots of entries I’ve seen and know for a fact are not set in Canada, they have a different definition. So… what can you recommend for horror movies set in Canada? Or un-recommend? Canada must be the setting for some terrible B movies too, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532/2 "2016-01-18T23:02:44Z")
Their definition is almost certainly ‘horror films made in Canada’ or ‘horror films made by Canadian companies’. As for films _set_ in Canada…I’m pretty sure the Ginger Snaps series is, though it’s only clear in the third (distant prequel) film. Then there’s Kevin Smith’s horror-comedy Tusk which… Well…it’s not been well received. Though Smith does intend to release 2 sequels (the first of which is supposed to premier at Sundance this year). ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532/3 "2016-01-18T23:08:42Z")
I think most Canadian-made horror movies were, to maximize their audience, set in a generic “North American” setting. However, I believe that [Videodrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videodrome) and [Dead Ringers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Ringers_(film)) were explicitly set in Toronto (David Cronenberg is a proud Canadian). S[avage Messiah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Messiah_(2002_film)) is more of a drama than a horror film but it’s based on a true story and openly takes place in Ontario/Quebec. ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532/4 "2016-01-18T23:22:30Z")
Oh, and [Wedding in White](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_in_White) is another very dark drama that might as well be a horror film. It’s also openly set in Canada - the small-town Canadian atmosphere is authentic and as creepy as it gets. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532/5 "2016-01-19T00:06:01Z")
A couple nights ago, I saw “[The Returned](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2093270/?ref_=nv_sr_3),” on Netflix. Zombie film set in Toronto. Well worth your time. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532/6 "2016-01-19T00:21:25Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > So… what can you recommend for horror movies set in Canada Resident Evil, and as any Toronto resident will attest, raccoon city is indeed apt moniker. Declan ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532/7 "2016-01-19T00:29:50Z")
**Ginger Snaps** is an excellent werewolf movie, which ranks just behind **American Werewolf in London**. It is somewhat handicapped by a poverty-row budget, but has great characters and a genuinely different story line, something rare in the werewolf genre. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532/8 "2016-01-19T02:06:37Z")
Well, there’s _The Invited_. Canadians are too polite to just drop in. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532/9 "2016-01-19T02:15:40Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > I think most Canadian-made horror movies were, to maximize their audience, set in a generic “North American” setting. Canadian TV series seem to have been moving away from this convention lately, and just setting shows in Canada e.g. _Flashpoint_, _The Listener_, and _Continuum_. Maybe there is/will be a similar shift in films. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532/10 "2016-01-19T02:22:15Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > Canadian TV series seem to have been moving away from this convention lately, and just setting shows in Canada e.g. _Flashpoint_, _The Listener_, and _Continuum_. I’m not sure if the future parts of _Continuum_ are set in Canada, in the sense that Canada as we know it might not exist in 2077. /pedant ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532/11 "2016-01-19T04:04:58Z")
I randomly watched Wolfcop when it came up on Netflix. Was not disappointed ---
**Author:** ![theoldman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@theoldman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theoldman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532/12 "2016-01-19T04:46:21Z")
I remember The Gate (1987) being filmed north of Toronto ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532/13 "2016-01-19T06:24:40Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > **Ginger Snaps** is an excellent werewolf movie, which ranks just behind **American Werewolf in London**. It is somewhat handicapped by a poverty-row budget, but has great characters and a genuinely different story line, something rare in the werewolf genre. There is also a sequel, _Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed_ and a prequel, _Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning_. > **[Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Snaps_2:_Unleashed)** > > Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (also known as Ginger Snaps II or Ginger Snaps: Unleashed) is a 2004 Canadian horror film, written by Megan Martin and directed by Brett Sullivan. It is the second installment in the Ginger Snaps series and sequel to Ginger Snaps (2000), directed by executive producer John Fawcett and written in collaboration with Karen Walton. A prequel, Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning, was filmed back-to-back with Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed and was also released in 2004. > Brigitte Fitz... > **[Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Snaps_Back)** > > Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning is a 2004 Canadian horror film and a prequel to Ginger Snaps and Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed. The third and final installment in the Ginger Snaps series takes place in 19th century Canada, following the ancestors of the Fitzgerald sisters of the two previous films: Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) and Brigitte (Emily Perkins), who are identical in all respects to their modern-day counterparts. > Each spring, a party from a fort travels to Hudson Bay to trade pelts for ... ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532/14 "2016-01-19T14:26:53Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > There is also a sequel, _Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed_ and a prequel, _Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning_. > [Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Snaps_2:_Unleashed) > [Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Snaps_Back) Yes, but the first one is really, really good. The other two are OK, but… ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532/15 "2016-01-19T14:38:58Z")
> [@Declan](#): > > Resident Evil, and as any Toronto resident will attest, raccoon city is indeed apt moniker. > > Declan I had a friend who worked on that series. “Raccoon City” indeed gets a laugh from every Torontonian. 😃 [Has anyone made a horror movie in which the raccoons of Toronto rise up and take over? And how would that differ from a documentary? 😛 ) _The Changeling_ is a Canadian movie, though it is set in the US - and one of my favorite horror movies of all time! ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532/16 "2016-01-19T18:17:17Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > [Has anyone made a horror movie in which the raccoons of Toronto rise up and take over? And how would that differ from a documentary? :p.a. Well, Pom Poko is about raccoon DOGS (tanuki) rising up. Not a horror, although their giant testicles are scary. It’s a kids movie! Canadian sequel idea though: Titanic Totoro Terrorizes Toronto. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532/17 "2016-01-19T18:51:06Z")
Followed by Mega Mothra Mashes Mississauga. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532/18 "2016-01-19T19:28:58Z")
_The Thing That Was Impolite_ ---
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David Kronenberg made several films in Canada. ---
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