Filmmaker and producer Chad Archibald has quietly been cornering Canada's independent horror scene with his company, Black Fawn Films. Titles like The Drownsman and Bite might range in quality, but if there's one thing Black Fawn's output gets right, it's a textbook treatment of the term "scary." Archibald's latest tale of terror, It Feeds, strengthens that comment because it might be his best presentation of frightful entertainment (so far). As writer and director, Archibald taps into this bizarre Inception-esque, Insidious Lite brand of thrills that's a little too reliant on jump scares, but still effective as "Trauma Horror" with an edge.

Ashley Greene stars as clairvoyant psychiatrist Cynthia Winstone, mother to Jordan (Ellie O'Brien), who's only begun to harness her abilities. Cynthia operates in private by jailbreaking people's memories to encounter perilous secrets, so she can control the dangers that come along with her profession. Even still, Cynthia and...