Written by Andreas Babiolakis

This is a review of a film from The Great Canadian Horror Film Festival that just concluded. Click here to find information surrounding the upcoming The Great Canadian Sci-Fi Film Festival.

I try to take low budget indie films like Fang with a grain of salt, knowing that they won’t be masterpieces or given the opportunity to be fully realized. Having said that, Fang is as indie as these kinds of films come. I’m covering The Great Canadian Horror Film Festival to celebrate preliminary visions of aspiring filmmakers, so I feel like all I can do is celebrate whatever joy that came from this film experience. I can reflect on the fun of the works of directors like Ed Wood, especially because there is a bit of a collection of remnants of the experiences in having made these films left within the projects (noticeable props, for instance). Fang is kind of like this.

I can appreciate that maybe there was some fun that maybe went into this film, but I otherwise can only be positive by saying that we could have a cult film on our hands. Isn’t that what fright night is all about for some audiences? I guess a film like Fang fits in right at home in an indie film festival, particularly a horror one, because this is likely the kind of audience that would love it the most. Is its nature intentional? I can’t say for sure, but I can admit that it channels the works of Harold P. Warren and Coleman Francis pretty strongly. Take from what what you will. There is a horror junkie audience somewhere where Fang would resonate.

Andreas Babiolakis has a Masters degree in Film and Photography Preservation and Collections Management from Ryerson University, as well as a Bachelors degree in Cinema Studies from York University. His favourite times of year are the Criterion Collection flash sales and the annual Toronto International Film Festival.