Canuxploitation is a film genre that encompasses B-movies made in Canada, especially those produced throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s to take advantage of government tax incentives. Often derided or outright ignored by Canadian critics and cultural historians, these horror, science fiction, comedy, action and exploitation fims present viewers with a film legacy that challenges a traditional understanding of Canadian movies as either languid art films or happy tales of Prairie life.<\/p>\n
And now this unknown genre of cinema has taken London England by storm. The Shivers Film Society in London sole focus in life to celebrate every trashy and Canadian.<\/p>\n
How did you get the idea to start the Shivers film society?<\/strong><\/p>\n Justin, a friend of mine who runs the Filmbar 70 film club in London, came up with the idea of screening a series of Canadian films, like a mini-festival. We thought about programming and, after a couple of months, decided to form Shivers as a one-time event. However, after putting all that work into scheduling and designing ,we discovered a lot more interest in this idea than we\u2019d initially anticipated, so we decided to take it even further.<\/p>\n Instead of 1970s and \u201980s films, your upcoming event will focus on more recent Canadian indie horror. Why did you decide to go this route?<\/strong><\/p>\n To us, Shivers is really about creating a history and renewing interest in Canadian cinema. With this mandate, it\u2019s important to show both historically relevant Canadian genre cinema as well as contemporary, unexposed or independent cinema. Each screening series will tell a little bit of backstory in Canadian genre cinema history, and its relevance in contemporary filmmaking. So we\u2019ll always have a mix of the contemporary indie with the celebration of classic Canadian cult films.<\/p>\n Tell us a bit about the films you will be showing.