Spooky season is upon us. While getting lost in a corn maze or braving a haunted house is a wonderful way to spend October, sometimes a night in with a movie or a show and a big bowl of freshly popped popcorn is the comfiest fall activity.
If you are looking for a spine-chilling supernatural ghost story or a mind-bending psychological thriller to get your adrenaline running, you’ll want to check out these Made-in-Manitoba Films.
Time Cut (2024)
Synopsis: Lucy, a modern high school senior and amateur inventor, accidentally finds a time machine and travels back to 2003, the year her sister was murdered by an unknown serial killer. Now torn between solving the mystery that has undone her parents and her hometown, saving the sister that she never knew, and irreparably altering the future – and her own existence – Lucy must decide how to stop the slasher, save her family, and blend into 2003.
Filming Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Starring: Madison Bailey, Antonia Gentry, Michael Shanks, Griffon Gluck, Sydney Sabiston
Director: Hannah Macpherson,
Writers: Michael Kennedy, Hannah Macpherson
Cinematographers: Tony Mirza, Halyna Hutchins
Don’t Fxxk With Ghosts (2024)
Synopsis: Convinced they’ve found the next paranormal phenomenon, Adam and Stu embark on a journey to document a real haunted house and the alleged ghosts that live within it.
Filming Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Starring: Stu Stone, Adam Rodness
Directors: Stu Stone, Adam Rodness
Writers: Stu Stone, Adam Rodness
Cinematographer: Quan Luong
Haunted Wedding (2024)
Synopsis: The wedding between ghost hunters Jane and Brian at a haunted inn is disrupted by Angelique – a ghost who mistakes Brian for her own dead fiancé.
Trailer:
Starring: Janel Parrish, Dominic Sherwood, Cassandra Potenza, Lauren Cochrane, Eric Athavale, Linda Ko, John B. Lowe
Director: Jeff Beesley
Writers: Rod Spence, Nina Weinman
Cinematographer: Paul Suderman
All Fun and Games (2023)
Synopsis: A group of Salem teens discover a cursed knife that unleashes a demon that forces them to play gruesome, deadly versions of childhood games where there can be no winners, only survivors.
Filming Locations: Select Locations in Manitoba
Trailer:
Starring: Natalia Dyer, Asa Butterfield, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Matthew Lupu, Summer H. Howell, Keishon Joseph. Also starring FTM’s own Sydney Sabiston.
Directors: Ari Costa & Eren Celeboglu
Writers: J.J. Braider, Eren Celeboglu & Ari Costa
Cinematographer: Ricardo Diaz
Dark Harvest (2023)
Synopsis: In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.
Filming Locations: Select Locations in Manitoba
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Starring: Casey Likes, Emyri Crutchfield, Dustin Ceithamer, Nazariy Demkowicz, Maclean Fish.
Director: David Slade
Writers: Michael Gilio & Norman Partridge
Cinematographer: Larry Smith
Wintertide (2023)
Synopsis: Beth, a volunteer watchperson of an isolated northern city, battles a plague of depression that transforms the few remaining residents into empty, zombie-like automatons.
Filming Locations: Select Locations in Manitoba
Trailer:
Starring: Niamh Carolan, Jeremy Walmsley, Solange Sookram, John B. Lowe, Darcy Fehr, Onalee Ames
Director: John Barnard
Writers: John Barnard, Carrie-May Siggins
Cinematographer: Markus Henkel
Blood (2023)
Synopsis: Jess, a separated mother and nurse, moves with her daughter and young son Owen back into her old farmhouse. Shortly after settling in, Owen is bitten by the dog, resulting in a mysterious infection from the bite.
Filming Locations: Select Locations in Manitoba
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Starring: Michelle Monaghan, Skeet Ulrich, Finlay Wojtak-Hissong, Danika Frederick, Skylar Morgan Jones.
Director: Brad Anderson
Writer: Will Honley
Cinematographer: Björn Charpentier
Elevator Game (2023)
Synopsis: Supernatural horror, based on the eponymous online phenomenon, a ritual conducted in an elevator, in which players attempt to travel to another dimension using a set of rules that can be found online.
Filming Locations: Select Locations in Manitoba
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Starring: Gino Anania, Megan Best, Alec Carlos, Madison MacIsaac, Nazariy Demkowicz, Liam Stewart-Kanigan, Verity Marks.
Director: Rebekah McKendry
Writers: David Ian McKendry & Travis Seppala
Cinematographer: Brad Crawford
Violent Night (2022)
Synopsis: When an elite team of mercenaries breaks into a family compound on Christmas Eve, a disgruntled Santa Claus must take them out to save both the hostages and his Holiday.
Filming Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Starring: David Harbour, John Leguizmo, Beverly D’Angelo
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Writers: Pat Casey, Josh Miller
Cinematographer: Matthew Weston
Bed Rest (2022)
Synopsis: A pregnant woman on bed rest begins to wonder if her house is haunted or if it’s all in her head.
Filming Locations: Select Locations in Manitoba
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Starring: Melissa Barrera, Guy Burnet, Edie Inksetter, Erik Athavale, Kristen Sawatzky, Paul Essiembre, Marina Stephenson Kerr.
Director: Lori Evans Taylor
Writer: Lori Evans Taylor
Cinematographer: Jean-Philippe Bernier
Orphan: First Kill (2022)
Synopsis: After orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Esther travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family.
Filming Locations: Select Locations in Manitoba
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Starring: Isabelle Fuhrman, Julia Stiles, Rossif Sutherland, Lauren Cochrane, Dave Brown, Kristen Sawatzky, Gwendolyn Collins.
Director: William Brent Bell
Writers: David Coggeshall, David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, Alex Mace
Cinematographer: Karim Hussain
Bring It On: Cheer or Die (2022)
Synopsis: When a cheer squad practices their routines on Halloween weekend in an abandoned school, they are picked off one by one by an unknown killer.
Filming Locations: Select Locations in Manitoba
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Starring: Kerri Medders, Alten Wilmot, Sierra Holder, Madison MacIsaac, Alec Carlos, Gino Anania.
Director: Karen Lam
Writers: Alyson Fouse, Rebekah McKendry, Dana Schwartz
Cinematographer: Adam Swica
Seance (2021)
Toys of Terror (2020)
Synopsis: Just before Christmas, young Zoe, her brother Franklin and their family move into a secluded mansion with a dark past. While the adults focus on renovating the place, the bored kids find a toy chest hidden in the attic and are delighted when the toys inside magically come to life. But bizarre events soon begin to take place – events that threaten the family’s lives. As the special day dawns with gifts piled under the tree, the body count rises, and the blood starts to flow.
Filming Locations: Select Locations in Manitoba
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Starring: Kyana Teresa, Zoe Fish, Verity Marks, Georgia Waters, Ernie Pitts.
Director: Nicholas Verso
Writer: Dana Gould
Cinematographer: Paul Suderman
Run (2020)
Synopsis: A homeschooled teenager begins to suspect her mother is keeping a dark secret from her.
Filming Locations in Manitoba: Winnipeg, Selkirk
Starring: Sarah Paulson, Kiera Allen
Director: Aneesh Chaganty
Writer(s): Aneesh Chaganty, Sev Ohanian
Cinematographer: Hillary Fyffe Spera
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Tales from the Hood 3 (2020)
The Grudge (2020)
Hunter Hunter (2020)
Fractured (2019)
Filming Locations in Manitoba: Winnipeg, Selkirk, Matlock
We Summon the Darkness (2019)
Look Away (2018)
I Still See You (2018)
Devil’s Gate (2017)
Cult of Chucky (2017)
Filming Locations in Manitoba: Winnipeg
Wait Till Helen Comes (2016)
Synopsis: When a reconstructed family moves to a converted church in the country, 14-year-old Molly must save her new troubled step-sister from a dangerous relationship with the desperate ghost of a young girl.
Filming Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Trailer:
Starring: Maria Bello, Sophie Nélisse, Callum Keith Rennie
Director: Dominic James
Writers: Mary Downing Hahn, Victoria Sanchez
Cinematographer: Rene Ohashi
Channel Zero (2016-2018)
Creator: Nick Antosca
ATM (2012)
Synopsis: On a late night visit to an ATM, three co-workers end up in a desperate fight for their lives when they become trapped by an unknown man.
Filming Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Starring: Josh Peck, Alice Eve, Brian Geraghty
Director: David Brooks
Writers: Chris Sparling, Ron Tippe
Cinematographer: Bengt Jonsson
Bad Meat (2011)
Synopsis: Ordered to a delinquent camp by their exasperated parents, a group of wayward teens fall foul of a deadly virus that infects the guards and turns them into flesh-eating monsters! Gristle and gore are on the menu-as are the kids in this Brat Camp slaughterhouse massacre.
Filming Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Trailer:
Starring: Mark Pellegrino, Elisabeth Harnois, Dave Franco
Director: Lulu Jarmen
Writer: Paul Gerstenberger
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings (2011)
Synopsis: A group of college students gets lost in a storm during their snowmobiling trip and takes shelter in an abandoned sanitarium which, unbeknown to them, is home to deformed cannibals.
Filming Locations: Select Locations in Manitoba
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Starring: Sean Skene, Jenny Pudavick, Dan Skene, Blane Cypurda.
Director: Declan O’Brien
Writers: Declan O’Brien & Alan B. McElroy
Cinematographer: Michael Marshall
The Divide (2011)
Faces in the crowd (2011)
Mother’s Day (2010)
Synopsis: The sadistic members of a villainous family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new home owners and their guests.
Filming Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Trailer:
Starring: Rebecca De Mornay, Jaime King, Shawn Ashmore
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Writer: Scott Milam, Charles Kaufman, Warren Leight
Cinematographer: Joseph White