Though Marcel Sarmien and Gadi Harel are still playing coy with actual footage from their film Deadgirl - due for it’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in just a couple days, soon to be followed by an appearance at Fantastic Fest in Austin - they have been good enough to pass along a brand new Behind the Scenes teaser for the film with one of their leading ladies talking about her role in the picture. So, no footage yet but we do at least get an insider’s view of what’s going on.
A horror/thriller about two teenagers who make a shocking discovery that not only threatens their friendship but also their lives. In a forgotten room of an abandoned asylum, they find a beautiful woman tied to a bed, and soon come to realize she is anything but dead.
Check the teaser out below the break in the Twitch Player!
Continue Reading "Behind the Scenes Teaser For DEADGIRL!"...
Fantastic Fest has announced its final set of films for 2008. Attendees can now add titles like Astropia (Dorks and Damsels), The Chaser, The Good The Bad and The Weird, The Late Bloomer, and Repo! A Genetic Opera to their list of films to watch. The full list, which does not include secret screenings and other last minute additions, is beneath the fold. The 2008 schedule with screening times will be announced online on Thursday, September 4, 2008.
Continue Reading "Fantastic Fest Announces Final List of Films for 2008"...
Yes, boys and girls, there’s been a major update to the Fantastic Fest INTERGALACTIC TRAILER FORCE 9000! If it’s a feature film, a trailer exists for it and it’s been announced in the first two waves of Fantastic Fest titles then I’m rather confident in saying that trailer is now in the TRAILER FORCE. So if you’ve a hankering to see what’s screening at Fantastic Fest 2008, this is your chance. Get perusing.
Beware boys and girls ... the INTERGALACTIC TRAILER FORCE 9000 is spreading its creeping tendrils across the universe and sucking in everything in its path. Okay, that’s not exactly true but it is adding a good number of trailers. For those unaware what we’re doing here is gathering up trailers for films screening as part of Fantastic Fest 2008 so if you want to know what you’ll be seeing - or missing, as the case may be - then this is the place to come. A healthy update to the TRAILER FORCE today, so check it out.
It’s been a long time coming but Chilean super hero comedy Santos is finally complete and ready to have its world premiere at the upcoming Fantastic Fest next month. And what better way to celebrate than with the full, theatrical trailer! Glee! Or, at least it would be glee if I weren’t currently stranded at the paying job where streaming video is blocked. So you can see it, but I can’t. Sigh. Oh well, glee for you ...
Fantastic Fest has finally announced its opening night film for 2008. Excited? Look beneath the fold to find out the name of the film and the guest.
Continue Reading "Fantastic Fest Announces Opening Night Film and Guest"...
Ha! Take that TIFF! While the big Toronto International Film Festival gets itself a mere here comes Fantastic Fest’s ! The concept’s the same - it’s a big ol’ selection of trailers for the films participating in the festival all collected in one place for your viewing pleasure - but the Fantastic Fest version is undeniably more Galactic, more Forcey, has at least 9000 more numbers in the name and is just all around Fantastic-er. About half of the participating titles are in there already with more due to be added in the lead up to the festival so get browsing and check back often for the latest treats.
I am shocked. Shocked I tell you, that no one here has yet told everyone about the second wave of announced titles at this year’s Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. Giddy-up Buckaroos cause this lineup is going to kick you stronger than an ornery bronco! ... ... ... okay… .... stopping with the cowboy lingo now… So what else have they added to their already stellar roster of films this year?
Chilean Superheroes? Check.
Autistic Thai Chicks Kicking Ass? Yes please.
The Muscles from Brussels? You had me at ‘the’.
Naked Lesbian Wiccan Frolicking? If there is a better type of frolicking I haven’t heard of it.
Hot damn, there is so much good stuff going on at this year’s fest. And word is there is still MORE room to fill. TWITCH will be in Drafthouse if full effect this year. I think I am going to overload my senses on the first day alone. The official press release, including titles and descriptions, is below the fold.
Continue Reading "Second wave of Fantastic Fest 2008 titles announced!"...
Writer-director Eduardo Sanchez created a sensation right out of the gate as one of the co-creators of The Blair Witch Project, the film that launched the first person horror trend that is still going strong today. If he’s been fairly quiet since, well, it’s hard not to blame him. After all, how do you follow up something as huge as Blair Witch? Well, Sanchez is back now with his third feature, a stranger-in-a-strange land horror film titled Seventh Moon. Since it’s just been confirmed that the film will have it’s world premiere at the 2008 edition of Fantastic Fest, I’ll quote from festival director Tim League’s notes on the film:
Seventh Moon opens with Melissa (Amy Smart, STARSHIP TROOPERS, BUTTERFLY EFFECT, MIRRORS) and Yul (Tim Chiou) enjoying the first days of their Honeymoon on vacation in China. Yul is an American of Chinese descent, but only has a marginal grasp of the language and culture. He convinced Melissa, however, to forego the tropics for a more adventurous honeymoon: a guided tour of China during the Seventh Moon ghost festival. By the looks on their faces, they made the right choice. Good food, good shopping and a fantastic celebration of Chinese culture replete with music, dancing, drinking and elaborate parades and ceremonial offerings. If you look beyond their happy faces to the corners of the frame, however, you notice that perhaps the Americans are not as welcome as they feel. They are a bit too loud and tipsy for what is clearly a sacred event. Disrespect at a shrine ends in angry glances. An inappropriate loud joke results in a harsh barking rebuke. The tone of unease is subtle but undeniable.
Intoxicated and exhausted, the newlyweds climb into their chartered taxi and drift off to sleep en route to Yul’s grandmother’s house in rural Axian. When they awake, their driver has abandoned them in the middle of nowhere and very strange stirrings are audible in the fields near the road.
Shot on location in China with its characters stranded in a culture they don’t really understand this looks to be a disorienting, unsettling bit of work. Don’t believe me? Well, we’ve got the very first look at the film’s first trailer, which you can find below the break in the Twitch Player.
Continue Reading "BLAIR WITCH Co-Creator Eduardo Sanchez Returns With SEVENTH MOON"...
Yes, boys and girls, festival season is well and truly upon us and one of the best ones - Fantastic Fest - have just announced the first block of titles for their 2008 edition. What have we got? Tiffany obsessed stalkers! Thai ultra-gore! Danish kung fu! Japanese masked wrestlers! Perhaps most exciting to me is the inclusion of an entire program of short films by Nacho Vigalondo, director of last year’s Fantastic Fest jury prize winning Time Crimes. Vigalondo was Oscar nominated for one of his shorts a few years back and he’s got loads more that have never been seen in English-friendly form so this will be a real treat. The official press release, including titles and descriptions, is below the fold.
Continue Reading "First FANTASTIC FEST 2008 Titles Announced!"...
Yes, really.
Fantastic Fest 2007 was a blast and we’re already gearing up for the 2008 edition, the programming team working our way throw stacks of screeners, hitting the fests and markets to see what’s what, and already making our first few invitations. And while the 2008 edition may not get rolling for nearly another year your chance to attend arrives November 23rd when the festival badges go on sale. And,yes, you will need to buy early if you want one of the high end options. The bulk of the 2008 VIP badges sold out during the 2007 fest - a small handful of additional VIP badges are being released on the 23rd - and the rest of the all-fest badges are likely to go quickly. The 2008 edition of the fest also sees the addition of a couple of new pass options, including a half-festival badge and a single day option ... read on for the details.
Continue Reading "Fantastic Fest 2008 Passes Go On Sale November 23rd!"...
