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Fantastic Fest 2021 Announces Final Wave of Programming

Fantastic Fest 2021

Fantastic Fest 2021 is proud to announce the final wave of programming for the festival’s 16th edition, featuring the widest selection of weird and wonderful films gathered from across the globe to screen in Austin, TX, from September 23rd – 30th. “Working on this final wave has been a pure …

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Nightmare Film Festival’s Short Films Get Annual Blu-Ray Collection!

Nightmares Film Festival

It’s the night they came home — to Blu-Ray. Nightmares Film Festival announced today that winning short films from each edition of the festival will be collected in “Bad Dreams,” a new annual limited edition Blu-Ray from horror subscription box HorrorPack. “We believe one of the greatest values we can …

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Fantasia Fest 2021: Interview With ‘The Last Thing Mary Saw’ Filmmaker, Edoardo Vitaletti

Fantasia International Film Festival 2021 has had some really great films this year. I was lucky enough to catch Edoardo Vitaletti’s The Last Thing Mary Saw (read our review here) and fell in love with it. I adore stories of forbidden love. To celebrate the film playing the fest, I chatted with the writer/director …

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Fantasia Fest 2021 Review: ‘Coming Home in the Dark’ Is Dark, Brutal, and Shocking!

Coming Home in the Dark

One of my favorite films from Fantasia International Film Festival is Coming Home in the Dark. I recently interviewed Daniel Gillies (check it out – HERE) and we talked about this film a bit and damn he wasn’t wrong about this film being dark! The film wad directed by James …

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Fantasia Fest 2021: Interview With Director And Writer Of ‘The Sadness,’ Rob Jabbaz

I was truly fortunate to watch some truly incredible films for this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival. But the one that really stood out to me and instantly became one of my top three of the entire year was Rob Jabbaz’s The Sadness. It started as one of my most …

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‘The Retaliators’ to Premiere at FrightFest 2021!

Better Noise Films has just announced the World Premiere of their latest production at London’s FrightFest 2021: The Retaliators. The film is directed by Samuel Gonzalez Jr. (Railway Spine) and Bridget Smith (Sno Babies) and stars Michael Lombardi (Last Knights), Marc Menchaca (Ozark – TV Series), Joseph Gatt (Game of Thrones …

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Shudder Acquires Two New Films Ahead Of Their FrightFest Premieres

The Advent Calendar

Shudder has been on a roll lately. They’ve been acquiring original films left and right to put on their service. Now they send word they’ve acquired the horror films Slapface and The Advent Calendar ahead of their FrightFest premieres (FrightFest is happening in London now, from August 26 – 30). …

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Fantasia Fest 2021: Interview With Isabelle Fuhrman And Stefanie Scott, Stars Of ‘The Last Thing Mary Saw’

Fantasia International Film Festival 2021 has had some really great films this year. I was lucky enough to catch Edoardo Vitaletti’s The Last Thing Mary Saw (read our review here) and fell in love with it. I adore stories of forbidden love. To celebrate the film playing the fest, I …

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Fantasia Fest 2021: Phil Tippett’s ‘Mad God’ Is A Magnum Opus Expedition Through Hell – Movie Review

For those who may not be familiar with Phil Tippett, please allow me a second to catch you up. A legend in the VFX field, Tippett has worked on and supervised practical and stop motion FX for many of the major formative films of the last century. Jurassic Park, A …

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Fantasia Fest 2021 Review: Mickey Reece’s ‘Agnes’ is Dark and Intense with Fantastic Character Development

Another great film that premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival was the horror thriller, Agnes. The film was directed by Mickey Reece as well as written by them and John Selvidge. The cast includes Chris Browning, Mary Buss, Sean Gunn, Ben Hall, Zandy Hartig, Jake Horowitz, Hayley McFarland, Molly C. …

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