Resources

This page is dedicated to some of the bwebsites that deal with Canadian b-film.

Canadian Film Websites

If you're bilingual, Club Des Monstres has two pages of Canadian horror capsule reviews.
The Canadian Film Encyclopedia is a new project from the Film Reference Library.
The Great Canadian Guide to the Movies & TV is the most extensive Canadian movie capsule review site on the web, with over a thousand entries.
Offscreen Web-based film journal based out of Québec.
Toronto After Dark Film Festival Canada's premier showcase of new horror, sci-fi, fantasy and thrilling films from around the world.
Rue Morgue Canada's finest horror magazine.
Northern Stars is a database of Canadian film personalities.
Canadian Film.com
Canadian Film Centre
National Film Board
Telefilm Canada

Bleeding Skull Nicely designed site for trash connoisseurs, featuring articles and reviews. A Canuxploitation favourite.
The Daily Grind(house) is a blog that digs on '70s and '80s trash film
Softcore Reviews "Reviews of Late Night and Direct-to-Video Erotica."
Rapid Heart Pictures Canadian B-film fanatic David DeCoteau's Winnipeg-based production company.
Nunsploitation Haven't got your 'sploitation fix? Try this unique site!
Unknown Movies features reviews of lost treasures, including several obscure Canadian efforts.
Hong Kong Digital A weekly review session of the best and worst Asian b-films on DVD.
The Mystical Movie Guide: "Your comprehensive guide to movies with intriguing spiritual, psychological, and supernatural themes."

Corupe, Paul. Canuxploitation! in Broken Pencil #11 Fall 1999.
Corupe, Paul. Sin and Sovreignty: The Curious Rise of Cinépix, Inc. in Take One magazine, March-June 2005.
Interviews with Cinépix founders John Dunning and André Link.
Corupe, Paul. Taking off The Mask: Rediscovering Nat Taylor and the B-Movies of Canada's past in Take One magazine, December 2003-March 2004.
A history of English-Canadian B-film, 1957-1963.
Loiselle, Andre. Subtly Subversive or Simply Stupid: Notes on Quebec Popular Cinema in POSTSCRIPT Vol.18 no.2, Winter/Spring 1999.
Loiselle, Andre. Quebecus Horribilis: Theatricality, the «Moment of Horror» and Quebec’s «Satanist» Cinema in Nouvelles 'vues' sur le cinéma québécois, Winter 2008.
Focuses on Le Diable est parmi nous, The Pyx and Sur le seuil
Lowe, Patrick . Enter the Beaver: Lee Demarbre and the Debut of Can-Fu in Take One magazine, June'september 2004.
A great piece on Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter director Lee Demarbre.
Taylor, Aaron. Blood in the Maple Syrup: Canon, Popular Genre and the Canuxploitation of Julian Roffman in CineAction Issue 61, February 2003.
An intelligent discussion of why Canadian B-films need to be reappraised by critics, with examples culled from The Mask and The Bloody Brood.

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Gravestock, Steve. Don Owen: Notes on a Filmmaker and His Culture TIFF, 2005.
Excellent monograph on the underrated Canadian director.
Monk, Katherine. Weird Sex and Snowshoes Raincoast Books, 2001.
Vancouver Sun critic sees how Canada defines itself through films by examining some major cinematic themes, like sex. Includes pieces on Porky's, Gary Burns, etc.
Spencer, Michael. Hollywood North Canton, 2003.
Essential history of the tax shelter films written by the man who was the head of the CFDC during those controversial years.
Vatnsdal, Caelum They Came From Within Arbeiter Ring Publishing, 2004.
An amazingly thorough book covering Canadian horror films from the 1920s to today. An essential read.
Wise, Wyndham Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film U of T Press, 2001.
A great one stop "who's who" style resource for those doing research on Canadian film, including several entries of cult filmmakers.