Fantastic Fest 2010: Jim Hosking Explains THE IMPORTANCE OF AWARDS IN ADVERTISING
Why should you be at Fantastic Fest? Because if you were you would have had the chance to experience Jim Hosking's brilliantly absurd short The Importance Of Awards In Advertising on the big screen yesterday when it screened in... More »
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NORWEGIAN NINJA Proves That Art Imitates Life Imitates Art.
Behold the awesome power of political satire on film.Thomas Cappelen Malling's Norwegian Ninja - a title regular readers of the site should be well familiar with by now and attendees of Fantastic Fest are about to get the chance... More »
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More SHARKTOPUS!
What's better than a half shark, half octopus? MORE of a half shark, half octopus! Yes, kids, Roger Corman is bringing his Sharktopus to Fantastic Fest - where he'll be receiving a lifetime achievement award - and to get... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

'Zombie Roadkill' from Ghosthouse and FEARnet premieres at Fantastic Fest!
It was just the other night that I was watching some lame ass attempt at humor on the television when along came a crude effort to cash in on the zombie genre by mashing it up with Bambi. Ooooo-ooooh. Zombi.... More »
  

Santa's Going To Find Out Who's Naughty And Nice In The New RARE EXPORTS Trailer.
Finland's Jalmari Helander wants you all to know something. Don't believe what you've been told about Santa. It's all lies.Helander's Rare Exports - a throwback to the dark children's adventure films of the early 80s - will soon be... More »
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Fantastic Fest Honors Roger And Julie Corman With "SYFY IMAGINE GREATER" Lifetime Achievement Award
Maverick filmmaker Roger Corman and his producer wife Julie will be honored at this year's Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX. Lucky attendees will also be treated to the world premiere of Sharktopus, starring Eric Roberts, as well as Man With... More »
  

Neo Western RED HILL Gets Rock N Roll Trailer!
In terms of proving he can't be easily typecast, Ryan Kwanten has had a very good week. His boutique superhero movie Griff the Invisible was selected for the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and the trailer for his latest film,... More »
  

Fresh Trailer For African-Set Zombie Flick THE DEAD
About to premiere at the Film4 Fright Fest in London before moving on to appearances at Fantastic Fest and Sitges, the Ford Brothers' upcoming zombie picture has been winning a load of advance admiration and excitement based on the early... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Fantasia 2010: KURONEKO Review
Hypnotic, entrancing and deeply theatrical, Fantasia presents a retrospective screening of Kaneto Shindo's 1968 classic Kuroneko as a reminder of a different era. Presented on a gorgeous archival print, Kuroneko remains every bit as vital today as it must have... More »
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Win a Signed CROPSEY Poster [UPDATED]
[Update: Cropsey's run at the IFC Center in New York has been extended another week. As a result, there is still time to enter the poster contest. Look for another update in about a week.] The theatrical release for Cropsey is... More »
  

CROPSEY Gets Theatrical Release, New Teaser
The fascinatingly creepy documentary Cropsey is hitting the road for series of theatrical dates after a successful festival run in 2009. The film's theatrical run kicks off on June 4th, 2010 with a screening on the grounds of Willowbrook Mental... More »
  

Action Fest 2010: DISTRICT 13 ULTIMATUM Review
[This review originally ran with the film's screening at Fantastic Fest but with District 13 Ultimatum now screening at Action Fest we hereby present it to you again.]District 13 is once again in trouble. The gangs are restless, promised changes... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Fantastic Fest 09: Katsuhide Motoki's KAMOGAWA HORUMO - BATTLE LEAGUE OF KYOTO
Katsuhide Motoki's Kamogawa Horumo - Battle League of Kyoto is a comedic fantasy that attempts to strike a balance between accessibility and weirdness with varying degrees of success. During their first year at Kyoto University, Akira Abe (Takayuki Yamada) and Koichi... More »
  

Full Theatrical Trailer For Tarik Saleh's METROPIA
[This post bounced back to the top of the page with the arrival of a trailer that is actually in the correct ratio.]Hot on the heels of its successful appearance at Fantastic Fest 09, the full theatrical trailer for Tarik... More »
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Joshua Chaplinsky's Fantastic Fest Diary: THE REVENANT
[Our thanks to Joshua Chaplinsky for the following.]For anyone that was there, I'm the jerk that flipped off the screen and walked out during the screening of The Revenant at Fantastic Fest this year.  For those who weren't, The Revenant... More »
  

Fantastic Fest 09: My Rejected Bumper
If you head on over to Filmmaking Frenzy, you can see some of the amazing entries for this year's Fantastic Fest bumper contest, those truly amazing fan-made flicks that beat out some films made by famous people, as far as... More »
  

Fantastic Fest 09: KENNY BEGINS Review
Is Swedish cult scifi Kenny Begins the stupidest movie ever made?  Or, perhaps, the greatest film ever on the power of the stupid to triumph over evil?  I'll take door number two, please.  A hysterical, lofi excursion into the farthest... More »
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Fantastic Fest 09: TRUFFE Review
Ah, global warming, you devious bastard. Rising temperatures have had unexpected consequences in Kim Nguyen's Truffe - prime among them the sudden emergence of Montreal as the Black Truffle capital of the world, the tasty little morsels sprouting by the... More »
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Fantastic Fest 09: Clips From Cult Film THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE
Tom Six's Eurocult film The Human Centipede is due to take a bow at Fantastic Fest later tonight and to get audiences hooked, the producers have just released the first clips from the film.Tom Six's The Human Centipede (First Sequence)... More »
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ROBOGEISHA, Number One!
Just a day after its appearance at Fantastic Fest 2009, we have a brand new teaser for Noboru Iguchi's RoboGeisha to share!  This is a quick one, a teaser that pops in, makes it's point and then rushes off again... More »
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