Tag: Fantastic Fest
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It may have only been three years ago when I was first introduced to the world as Avalon Fast sees it. The budding auteur’s debut film, Honeycomb, about a group of young women who venture out into the woods where they start an independent commune free from the pressures of societal norms only to find…
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Long before The Lord of the Rings was ever conceived as a thought in Peter Jackson’s head, the ‘80s were filled with medieval fantasy movies. From the Conan the Barbarian films to Jim Henson’s Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, heroes and monsters were explored in ways audiences haven’t seen since. So many fantasy worlds were illustrated…
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Alamo Drafthouse’s Fantastic Fest is less than a week away, and it’s time for us to reveal the ten films we’re pumped to see at the 20th edition of the Austin-based genre festival. First of all, there is an amazing array of talent on display here, filled with amazing motion pictures, both seen and unseen.…
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When you attend a film festival, you have to be selective about the movies you watch. There are usually so many options you can’t possibly see everything, so you have to decide which titles appeal to you the most. Sometimes a movie interests you because of the premise or the trailer, but other times, the…
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Indonesian horror is on the rise. In fact, these past few years have given us so many awesome Indonesian genre films that whenever I hear about a new one, I’m instantly intrigued. This culture’s unique take on terror just really resonates with me, so naturally, when I first got wind of Respati, it instantly became…
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I have to be honest, I initially wasn’t planning on watching Ghost Killer. In fact, up until just a couple of days ago, the film wasn’t even on my radar. There are so many great movies at Fantastic Fest that some inevitably have to fall by the wayside, and this was slated to be one…
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It’s not often that movies play at the same festival twice, but somehow, The Birthday has managed to do just that. The film had its first festival run about 20 years ago, and it even played at the inaugural Fantastic Fest back in 2005, but it quickly faded into oblivion. Thankfully though, a bootleg version…
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I’m a big fan of meta-horror. Whether it’s classics like Wes Craven’s New Nightmare and Scream or more modern gems like The Cabin in the Woods and The Final Girls, I love horror movies that comment on the genre itself. So naturally, when I heard that the Indonesian flick The Draft! was a meta-horror comedy…