From “outside the gates of Hollywood,” here’s a list of Canadian horror films that are scarier than the Frankenstein Burger King on Clifton Hill. I’ll tell you about a 3D archaeologist, a werewolf movie that reinvents the genre, the first slasher flick, a vocal virus and much more.
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On the October 31, 2026 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we celebrate Halloween with two of the stars of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” Patricia Quinn and Nell Campbell. They both appeared in the original stage production and the movie, as castle maid Magenta and the tap-dancing Columbia respectively.
Then, we’ll spend some time with horror maestro Guillermo Del Toro, director of movies you love like Academy Award winning “The Shape of Water,” “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “The Devil’s Backbone,” “Pacific Rim” and many more. In a conversation we recorded nine years ago, we talk about why he is drawn to the horror genre, why children play such large roles in his films and much more.
Land finally, I recommend “Let Me In,” a great vampire movie you may not have seen… something fun to watch this weekend. We’ll also meet the director, Matt Reeves, who’ll talk about the movie and why we get scared when we go to the movies.
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According to horror maestro Stephen King, there are three levels of horror movies: The Gross-Out, Horror, and Terror. For busy people at Halloween, in thirty-ish seconds, Richard Crouse suggests three movies in each category.
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I join the Bell Media Radio Network national night time show “Shane Hewitt and the Night Shift” to talk about why we like to be scared and then suggest four cocktails, based on four classic monsters to enjoy on Halloween!
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I appear in a CTV National News report by John Vennavally-Rao on the life and legacy of Scarborough native Eric Bauza, the voice behind Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Tweety who has has died at 46.
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I appear on “CTV News at 11:30” with anchor Andria Case to talk about the dystopian “Klara and the Sun,” the Apple TV+ mountain climbing movie “Tenzing” and the thgeatrical documentary “Once Upon a Time in Harlem.”
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On the Saturday October 24, 2026 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we’ll meet Carol Off. She spent years asking the country its hardest questions as the host of CBC’s As It Happens. As a reporter she covered free trade, war zones, and the long, unfinished business of Canadian identity. In her new book, True Patriot Love, she turns those decades of reporting inward and asks what it actually means to love this country without illusion.
Then, we’ll meet producer-director and sickle cell advocate Gabriel Badejo. After years of keeping his own story private, a series of painful encounters with the healthcare system pushed him to turn the camera on himself. His first feature documentary, The Sickling, follows his life with the disease and his stem-cell transplant, while also looking at the larger gaps in care, belief, and visibility that people with sickle cell still face.
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Here’s some info on The Richard Crouse Show!
Each week on the nationally syndicated Richard Crouse Show, Canada’s most recognized movie critic brings together some of the most interesting and opinionated people from the movies, television and music to put a fresh spin on news from the world of lifestyle and pop-culture. Tune into this show to hear in-depth interviews with actors and directors, to find out what’s going on behind the scenes of your favourite shows and movies and get a new take on current trends. Recent guests include Chris Pratt, Elvis Costello, Baz Luhrmann, Martin Freeman, David Cronenberg, Mayim Bialik, The Kids in the Hall and many more!
All iHeartRadio Canada stations are available across Canada via live stream on iHeartRadio.caand the iHeartRadio Canada app. iHeartRadio Canada stations are also connected through Alexa, Siri, and Google Home smart speakers.
Listen to the show live here:
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I appear on “CTV News at 6” with anchor Andria Case to talk about three movies now playing in theatres, the adult fairy tale “Wicker” and the epic “Wildwood.”
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SYNOPSIS: In “Klara and the Sun,” a new science fiction film from director Taika Waititi, an obsolete companion android attempts to bond with a sick girl. “Until recently, I didn’t think that humans could choose loneliness. That there were sometimes forces more powerful than the wish to avoid loneliness.”
CAST: Jenna Ortega, Amy Adams, Mia Tharia, Aran Murphy, Steve Buscemi, and Natasha Lyonne. Directed and co-written (with Dahvi Waller) by Taika Waititi.
REVIEW: Co-writer and director Taika Waititi turns the whimsey up to 11 in this adaptation of a based on 2021 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Set at a time of unprecedented genetic enhancement and social division, “Klara and the Sun” begins with a solar-powered Artificial Friend named Klara (Jenna Ortega) longing to be chosen as a companion.
When she is selected by a sick teenager named Josie (Mia Tharia), she carefully studies her new owner and her family, learning about their emotions, rituals, and relationships in order to aid the sick girl in any way she can.
As she comes to know her human family, Klara learns that love is a combination of happiness, pain and sacrifice.
A techno fairytale, “Klara and the Sun” features some great, whimsical performances and visuals but is let down by a story that skims along the surface of what it means to be human. No amount of sunny optimism and cutesy pop psychology can make up for the script’s lack nuance and abundance of Hallmark-esque sentimentality.
Ortega hands in a spirited, but one-note, performance that relies on saucer-eyed looks and awkward, robotic movements. An overload of quirky, its committed, but it feels like a cartoon rather than a conduit for the story’s poignant aspects.
“Klara and the Sun” breathes the same air as “A.I. Artificial Intelligence,” “After Yang” and “Robot & Frank” but without the emotional or intellectual impact those films provide.
