Belgian filmmaker Fabrice Du Welz is no stranger to disturbing narratives, contributing to the New French Extremity movement with his controversial film Calvaire back in 2004....
Films like Angst and Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer exist in that niche bubble of brilliant filmmaking and uncomfortable, harrowing viewing experiences based on serial...
Stephen King and Joe Hill‘s In the Tall Grass is a lean, mean novella. Its simple story allows the shocking graphic violence to have maximum impact....
Raven Banner’s Michael Paszt makes his directorial debut in the documentary Nail in the Coffin: The Fall and Rise of Vampiro, about “an aging wrestler must...
This year marks the 15th anniversary of Fantastic Fest, the largest genre film festival in the United States. Founded in 2005 by Tim League, Paul Alvarado-Dykstra,...
Running from September 19-26 in Austin, Texas, this year’s Fantastic Fest has announced its final wave of programming today. For starters, Takashi Miike will be honored...
After debuting her last feature film Dearest Sister at Fantastic Fest three years ago and entering the Oscar race as Laos first ever submission, Mattie Do...
Ah-Lizzie McGuire! When August began, Trace and I declared it Femme Fatale month, exploring first Takashi Miike’s controversial Audition, and then Tyler MacIntyre’s Tragedy Girls last...
Fantastic Fest announces its second wave of programming, led by a closing night screening of writer-director Rian Johnson’s hotly anticipated new Lionsgate and MRC mystery Knives...
Julius Avery’s Overlord has been the subject of much online chatter over the past year. Announced just last year, the film was thought to be the...
From Nunsploitation to brutal birthday celebrating mob boss, director Fredrik S. Hana has returned to the festival genre scene with his latest short film entitled Rosalina. ...
Netflix just landed a film that should have ended up with A24, just to give you some idea what to expect when it’s released in 2019....
The leader of a violent and strictly loyal cult, “She” rules her flock with an iron fist. No one would dare stray from the path of...
Queer slasher films aren’t a hot commodity in this day and age. The last high-profile entry in the sub-genre was the film Hellbent, and that didn’t exactly...
Films set in one location can be a tricky thing to pull off. After all, how do you keep your audience captivated for 90 minutes if...
It comes as no surprise that the latest effort from Timo Tjahjanto is yet another bare-knuckle brawl masterpiece. The man who brought us such gems as...
When a film’s description includes the phrase “inspired by a Twitter conversation,” you’d be forgiven for being wary of what you’re about to watch. Thankfully, the meta...
Evan (Seann William Scott) is your typical family man – devoted father, loving husband, hard worker, and occasional murderer of bad parents. A high school guidance...
Indian horror cinema hasn’t made much of an impression on American audiences over the course of its history, but a film like Tumbbad should aid the process a...
Every year at Fantastic Fest, there is one film that flies under the radar and completely takes you by surprise. Richard Shepard‘s (The Matador, Dom Hemingway)...
Set in Berlin during the fall of 1977, a prominent dance company’s lead dancer disappears just in time for aspiring dancer Susie Bannion (Dakota Johnson) to...
Horror warns of making a pact with the Devil time and time again, but lately, it’s on a hot streak of teaching that said pact leaves...
Altered Innocence has picked up U.S. rights to Yann Gonzalez’s second feature film Knife+Heart, starring Vanessa Paradis, Variety reports. The drama debuted in official competition at...
There’s only one true aim with writer/director Demian Rugna’s Terrified, and that’s to scare the crap out of you. Less of a traditional narrative and more...
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