UM Todayhorror – UM Today https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca Your Source for University of Manitoba News Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:13:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 CTV News: Why Manitoba is a hotbed for horror movies https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/ctv-news-why-manitoba-is-a-hotbed-for-horror-movies/ https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/ctv-news-why-manitoba-is-a-hotbed-for-horror-movies/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2025 22:58:11 +0000 https://news.umanitoba.ca/?p=225027 “There has to be a good story. And it doesn’t matter whether it’s high-tech, or a low-tech film with a phone filmed in a studio; it’s got to have a good story, otherwise it won’t work,” Dr. Austin-Smith said. ]]> From sadistic slashers to haunted houses, horror movies and Halloween go hand-in-hand, and Manitoba has become a cauldron for creepy films. Dr. Brenda Austin-Smith, Professor, Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media at University of Manitoba wholeheartedly agrees. “There has to be a good story. And it doesn’t matter whether it’s high-tech, or a low-tech film with a phone filmed in a studio; it’s got to have a good story, otherwise it won’t work,” Dr. Austin-Smith said. 

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