Hold The Fort Photo: Fantasia International Film Festival
Failure to read the small print in a homeowners’ association contract leads to trouble in William Bagley’s Hold The Fort, which screened as part of Fantasia 2025, with new homeowners not realising until too late that they’re now under obligation to help hold off waves of monsters from a nearby hellmouth on an annual basis. It’s a film which begins with a party and the cast seems to have experienced the shoot in a similar way. In fact, they’re still overflowing with excitement about it, to the point where cast members Chris Mayers and Levi Burdick decide to crash the interview I had arranged with William, and it takes a little while to get the to sit still and restrain their banter enough for me to get a question in. When I do, I ask William if he...
Failure to read the small print in a homeowners’ association contract leads to trouble in William Bagley’s Hold The Fort, which screened as part of Fantasia 2025, with new homeowners not realising until too late that they’re now under obligation to help hold off waves of monsters from a nearby hellmouth on an annual basis. It’s a film which begins with a party and the cast seems to have experienced the shoot in a similar way. In fact, they’re still overflowing with excitement about it, to the point where cast members Chris Mayers and Levi Burdick decide to crash the interview I had arranged with William, and it takes a little while to get the to sit still and restrain their banter enough for me to get a question in. When I do, I ask William if he...
- 7/19/2025
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Movies that purposefully try to be campy can be a risky endeavor, often falling more in the realm of cringy than charming. Not without its flaws but incredibly enjoyable, William Bagley’s Hold the Fort is a robust horror-comedy that brings plenty of laughs and a satisfying amount of gory fun — a worthy homage to the cult classics it references.
Hold the Fort Review
Hold the Fort follows a couple who think they have found an idyllic home in a quiet suburban community, only to discover that once a year, a bevy of supernatural monsters use a portal directly into their neighborhood to invade the Earth. What follows is an action-packed night of defending their new home from otherworldly monsters.
For many audience members, their enjoyment of Hold the Fort will live or die depending on how much they can get on the film’s comedic wavelength. Much of the...
Hold the Fort Review
Hold the Fort follows a couple who think they have found an idyllic home in a quiet suburban community, only to discover that once a year, a bevy of supernatural monsters use a portal directly into their neighborhood to invade the Earth. What follows is an action-packed night of defending their new home from otherworldly monsters.
For many audience members, their enjoyment of Hold the Fort will live or die depending on how much they can get on the film’s comedic wavelength. Much of the...
- 7/17/2025
- by Sean Boelman
- FandomWire
"You can always tell which neighbors are gonna last... Good luck, son." Ha! Blue Finch Films has revealed the teaser trailer for a film titled Hold the Fort, which is premiering this month at the prestigious 2025 Fantasia Film Festival up in Montreal.
- 7/4/2025
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Plot: A podcasting duo gets more than they bargained for when they decide to investigate a local murder.
Review: Writer/director William Bagley’s horror comedy The Murder Podcast begins with a man – who is described as being both an avid gamer and an avid drinker – taking a hike in the woods. He finds an old coin on the ground and pockets it… which turns out to be a fatal mistake. This coin doesn’t belong to the legendary horror icon the Leprechaun, but there is another supernatural being out there who has made it their mission to kill anyone who possesses the coin. So by the end of the night, the guy has literally lost his head.
After that, we’re introduced to the lead characters, Chad Thadwick (Andrew McDermott) and his best bro Eddie (Cooper Bucha). Chad doesn’t do much with his life other than sit in...
Review: Writer/director William Bagley’s horror comedy The Murder Podcast begins with a man – who is described as being both an avid gamer and an avid drinker – taking a hike in the woods. He finds an old coin on the ground and pockets it… which turns out to be a fatal mistake. This coin doesn’t belong to the legendary horror icon the Leprechaun, but there is another supernatural being out there who has made it their mission to kill anyone who possesses the coin. So by the end of the night, the guy has literally lost his head.
After that, we’re introduced to the lead characters, Chad Thadwick (Andrew McDermott) and his best bro Eddie (Cooper Bucha). Chad doesn’t do much with his life other than sit in...
- 10/26/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Stars: Andrew McDermott, Cooper Bucha, Levi Burdick, Luke Williams | Written and Directed by William Bagley
Chad Thadwick (Andrew McDermott) lives in his sister’s basement and whiles away the days creating a ramen review podcast with his best friend Eddie (Cooper Bucha). When they peak at just over a hundred listeners Chad realises his goal of fame and fortune coming from podcasting is not going to happen, especially with a podcast about Japanese noodles – no matter how passionate he is about the subject! So, desperate to get more listeners, Chad decides he needs a new topic…But what subject to focus on? After a murder in his hometown, the answer is clear: a true crime podcast! After all, everyone’s listening to true crime podcasts these days thanks to the pandemic; plus having a murder to investigate on his doorstep means Chad can still be the slacker he always has been,...
Chad Thadwick (Andrew McDermott) lives in his sister’s basement and whiles away the days creating a ramen review podcast with his best friend Eddie (Cooper Bucha). When they peak at just over a hundred listeners Chad realises his goal of fame and fortune coming from podcasting is not going to happen, especially with a podcast about Japanese noodles – no matter how passionate he is about the subject! So, desperate to get more listeners, Chad decides he needs a new topic…But what subject to focus on? After a murder in his hometown, the answer is clear: a true crime podcast! After all, everyone’s listening to true crime podcasts these days thanks to the pandemic; plus having a murder to investigate on his doorstep means Chad can still be the slacker he always has been,...
- 10/12/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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- 7/7/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
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