Sam Wiebe
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From ![]() NEW! Stargate: A Far-Reaching EmpireFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe discusses the Stargate franchise. | Sam Wiebe | 5 | 2026 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Stephen King’s IT and Needful Things: From Derry to Castle RockFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe examines how the 1990 miniseries IT and the 1993 film Needful Things transformed British Columbia into a hub for horror filmmaking. | Sam Wiebe | 6 | 2026 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Supernatural: A Fifteen-Year Road TripFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe discusses the fifteen-year run of Supernatural, a 2005-to-2020 series created by Eric Kripke that followed brothers Sam and Dean Winchester hunting monsters across America. | Sam Wiebe | 5 | 2026 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! That Cold Day in the Park and The Stepfather: Vancouver in TransformationFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe examines how Vancouver’s identity shaped two psychological thrillers: That Cold Day in the Park (1969) and The Stepfather (1987). | Sam Wiebe | 5 | 2026 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Accused: Rape Culture on TrialFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe examines how The Accused (1988) offers an unflinching exploration of rape culture through the story of Sarah Tobias. | Sam Wiebe | 5 | 2026 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Beachcombers and Danger Bay: On the WaterfrontFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe examines two West Coast Canadian television series, The Beachcombers (1972–1990) and Danger Bay (1983–1990), both filmed along the B.C. coast. | Sam Wiebe | 5 | 2026 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open: Acts of ResistanceFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe discusses the 2019 film The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, a single-take drama directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn. | Sam Wiebe | 5 | 2026 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Changeling: The Horror Classic That Defined BC FilmmakingFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe discusses how The Changeling (1980), directed by Peter Medak and starring George C. Scott, stands as the defining film of British Columbia’s Tax Shelter Era. | Sam Wiebe | 5 | 2026 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Cold War in Coal Harbour: From Russian Roulette to Rocky IVFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe discusses Cold War espionage and spy-themed films produced in Vancouver, British Columbia, from the early 1970s through the 2010s. | Sam Wiebe | 7 | 2026 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Crush, The Ex, and Fear : Erotic ThrillersFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe examines three erotic thriller films from the 1990s—The Crush (1993), The Ex (1996), and Fear (1996)—that positioned Vancouver as a stand-in for Middle America. | Sam Wiebe | 6 | 2026 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Diary of Evelyn Lau and Double Happiness: The Shum–Oh EffectFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe discusses how two Vancouver productions introduced the world to Sandra Oh and director Mina Shum. | Sam Wiebe | 7 | 2026 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Grey Fox : The Outlaw Vision of Phillip BorsosFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe examines the making and legacy of The Grey Fox (1982), a Pacific Coast Western directed by Phillip Borsos. | Sam Wiebe | 6 | 2026 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Groundstar Conspiracy: SFU as the Face of the FutureFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe discusses how Simon Fraser University’s Burnaby Mountain campus has served as a filming location for over fifty years, beginning with The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972). | Sam Wiebe | 6 | 2026 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess and Beeba Boys: Fact and FantasyFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe explores how the 1994 Dosanjh murders in Vancouver and the juror scandal that followed inspired two very different films: The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess (2004) and Beeba … | Sam Wiebe | 7 | 2026 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Mad Room, The Keeper, and Prophecy: Early Days of BC HorrorFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe examines three horror films made in British Columbia between 1969 and 1979: The Mad Room, The Keeper, and Prophecy. | Sam Wiebe | 5 | 2026 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Sweet and the Bitter and Shōgun: James Clavell’s Vancouver SagaFrom: Shot in Vancouver |
In this chapter, Wiebe traces James Clavell’s Vancouver years, discussing how his 1962 film The Sweet and the Bitter, which addressed the internment of Japanese Canadians, connects to his … | Sam Wiebe | 5 | 2026 | $0.50 Add |




