Interview: Jane Levy, Jessica Rothe and the creatives of River at the Toronto International Film Festival

‘River’ Review: Jane Levy Anchors a Fearlessly Cruel and Visceral Survival Slasher

TIFF: Jane Levy and Jessica Rothe lead Joshua Giuliano's slasher that finds evil in beauty, while reminding us that horror is not simply a vehicle for scares.

Interview: Jane Levy, Jessica Rothe and the creatives of River at the Toronto International Film Festival

Family can make us feel safest, but it can also reopen wounds we thought had long since healed. That tension sits at the heart of River, the nerve-shredding feature debut from writer-director Joshua Giuliano, which celebrated its world premiere at Midnight Madness at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Jane Levy, Jessica Rothe and Max...

First looks at the slasher 'RIVER' with Jane Levy and Jessica Rothe

Two Scream Queens and Final Girls of modern horror cinema join forces in a new slasher film project, Riverwhich excites fans of the genre.We talk about Jane Levy (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe) y Jessica Rothe (saga Happy Death Day), protagonists of this new slasher horror proposal that marks the feature film debut of the writer…

Toronto 2026 Review: RIVER, Survival Slasher Has an Experimental Streak

What is in the water in 2026 for the slasher horror subgenre?  Between Avalon Fast flirting and subverting expectations in Camp, and Jane Schoenbrun's deep dive into eros and thanatos (and the pleasure principle) in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, now comes the experimental formula remixing slash reaffirming of River. The prologue here separates the violence of audio and image in a way that is slickly disorienting, and feels as fresh as bl…

River (TIFF) Review: Jane Levy Leads a Brutal, Top-Tier Survival Slasher

Joshua Giuliano’s River delivers a tense, gore-heavy survival slasher anchored by strong performances from Jane Levy and Jessica Rothe.

'River' Review: A Visceral and Satisfying Drift Into the Jaws of Horror!

Down by the river, you never know what you’ll find. It’s a cut through the valley that never stops bleeding. A gaping wound that carries the past to the present. It’s always moving. Always flowing. A relentless force of nature that looks so peaceful at first glance, but can turn to terror in an instant. The same can be said for the killer in writer/director Joshua Giuliano’s debut horror feature, River. Like the setting itself, it’s gorgeous on …