Although listed as a US production, three of the first four of these stories (there are seven) are exclusively or predominantly in French - European, rather than Canadian as far as I could tell.
A variety of styles, taking in futuristic, medical nightmare, babysitter, non-human favourites, and revenge.
The weakest (but not weak) is a 1970s-style sexploitation, made to look vintage, with a flimsy narrative but a funny pay-off. Another story goes for humour, a knowing pastiche of many horror classics, while the tale about a future where 'reproduction' is strictly managed is subversively clever to the point of ingenuousness - it took a while for me to realise just how sly it was.
A sleep clinic is disturbing but not always coherent; a werewolf tale is a little slow and untidy, but a revenge story is very good indeed.
The anthology describes itself as 'feminist', but this does not come close. It is a collection of vignettes that would almost all warrant a feature-length treatment, and appeal to a wide and genre-savvy audience.
A variety of styles, taking in futuristic, medical nightmare, babysitter, non-human favourites, and revenge.
The weakest (but not weak) is a 1970s-style sexploitation, made to look vintage, with a flimsy narrative but a funny pay-off. Another story goes for humour, a knowing pastiche of many horror classics, while the tale about a future where 'reproduction' is strictly managed is subversively clever to the point of ingenuousness - it took a while for me to realise just how sly it was.
A sleep clinic is disturbing but not always coherent; a werewolf tale is a little slow and untidy, but a revenge story is very good indeed.
The anthology describes itself as 'feminist', but this does not come close. It is a collection of vignettes that would almost all warrant a feature-length treatment, and appeal to a wide and genre-savvy audience.