FANTASTIC FEST ANNOUNCES A SINFULLY GOOD 2023 LINEUP, OPENING THE FEST WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE OF LEGENDARY PICTURES\u2019 OUTRAGEOUS \u2018THE TOXIC AVENGER\u2019 AND<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
THE WORLD PREMIERE OF PRIME VIDEO AND BLUMHOUSE\u2019S TIME-TRAVELING SLASHER \u2018TOTALLY KILLER\u2019 AS CLOSING NIGHT FILM<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Paramount+\u2019s\u00a0PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES,<\/i><\/p>\n
20th Century Studios\u2019 THE CREATOR, NEON\u2019s EILEEN,<\/i><\/p>\n
Netflix\u2019s THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, HBO\u2019s 30 COINS,<\/i><\/p>\n
Bleecker Street\u2019s THE ORIGIN, and Shudder\u2019s V\/H\/S\/85<\/i><\/p>\n
join the 2023 lineup, plus monumental\u00a0Opening and Closing Night Parties, unforgettable events, and much more at Alamo Drafthouse\u2019s epic film festival.<\/i><\/p>\n
AUSTIN, TX\u00a0\u2014\u00a0August 15, 2023\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/b>Take a trip to the dark side and indulge your taste for wild films, outrageous events, and shocking surprises all under one roof. World-famous genre festival Fantastic Fest is back for its eighteenth edition featuring 29 World Premieres, 24 North American Premieres, and 18 U.S. Premieres. The festival will once again possess Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, TX from September 21st – 28th. Badges are available now at\u00a0<\/b>FantasticFest.com<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Fantastic Fest team is ready to take you on a journey you won\u2019t ever forget. We\u2019ve taken the best week of the year and supercharged it: more movies, more parties, more fun,\u201d says Festival Director Lisa Dreyer. \u201cIf you want to see the best new movies from around the world first with the best audience, Fantastic Fest is the place to be.\u201d<\/p>\n The opening night film for Fantastic Fest 2023 is the world premiere of Legendary Pictures\u2019 THE TOXIC AVENGER, a hilarious and action-packed reimagining of the classic Troma film from director Macon Blair that features an all-star cast including Peter Dinklage who will pick up the infamous mop to become the toxic hero that no one knew they needed (or wanted) as well as Jacob Tremblay and Taylour Paige with Elijah Wood and Kevin Bacon.<\/p>\n Fantastic Fest is also honored to present one of Angus Cloud\u2019s final performances in the world premiere of the thriller YOUR LUCKY DAY. Cloud gives an incredible performance as a charismatic and opportunistic criminal in the tense debut feature from Dan Brown.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Fantastic Fest team was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Angus Cloud. His performance in YOUR LUCKY DAY immediately won over our team, and we want to pay tribute to his talents and life at the festival,\u201d says Director of Programming Annick Mahnert.<\/p>\n The closing night film will be the world premiere of Director Nahnatchka Khan’s slasher-comedy from Prime Video and Blumhouse Television, TOTALLY KILLER. Starring Kiernan Shipka as a time-traveling teen out to stop the infamous \u201cSweet Sixteen Killer,\u201d TOTALLY KILLER is equal parts comedic charm and tense thrills. Shocking kills will keep the Fantastic Fest audience on their toes, and the outrageous 1980s setting will be a fitting lead-in to the closing night festivities.<\/p>\n Other major studio films include NEON\u2019s noir thriller EILEEN, director William Oldroyd\u2019s pitch-perfect adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh\u2019s acclaimed novel, starring Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway, 20th Century Studios\u2019 sci-fi epic THE CREATOR from FF alumnus Gareth Edwards, Paramount+\u2019s PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES, a prequel to the iconic Stephen King novel, and Bleeker Street\u2019s stone age thriller THE ORIGIN.<\/p>\n Fantastic Fest is also proud to present the World Premieres of two highly anticipated limited series: the second season of HBO\u2019s 30 COINS, from renowned Spanish director \u00c1lex de la Iglesia, and Netflix\u2019s THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER from genre maestro Mike Flanagan.<\/p>\n Other World Premieres include:<\/p>\n \u201cWe took 24 hours off after last year and dove straight into planning this year\u2019s gonzo adventure; it\u2019s going to be outrageous,\u201d says Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and Fantastic Fest founder Tim League. \u201cFirst-timers to the festival, I suggest setting an annual reminder for the end of September for the rest of your life. Once you\u2019ve tasted Fantastic Fest, you are family. We\u2019ll see you at this year\u2019s reunion.\u201d<\/p>\n The Parties<\/b><\/p>\n Fantastic Fest has something to tempt everyone this year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Inglorious Critters & Glorious Restorations<\/b><\/p>\n This year\u2019s repertory sidebar is dedicated to creepy crawlies. Centered around the North American Premiere of the spider-infested horror film VERMIN, Fantastic Fest programmers in partnership with the American Genre Film Archive are bringing you a trio of critters to haunt your nightmares, with THE NEST, BUGGED!, and CENTIPEDE HORROR. Our friends at AGFA are also bringing two newly restored 35mm prints to the fest: the artful nightmare MESSIAH OF EVIL, and THE CULT OF AGFA TRAILER SHOW.<\/p>\n Formed in 2009, the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to preserving the legacy of genre movies through collection, conservation, and distribution.<\/p>\n Other notable restorations at the fest include the 2k restoration of Paul Vecchiali\u2019s Giallo thriller THE STRANGLER, Bleeding Skull\u2019s new preservation of the infamous underground queer crime movie BLONDE DEATH, and a gorgeous 4k restoration of Gregg Araki\u2019s NOWHERE from Strand Releasing.<\/p>\n We\u2019re also bringing back Burnt Ends, our sidebar dedicated to micro-budget outlier cinema. With esoteric World Premieres like Kenichi Ugana’s splatterific VISITORS (COMPLETE EDITION) and Nate Wilson’s kaleidoscopic THE ALL GOLDEN, this idiosyncratic sidebar also includes the Texas Premiere of Vera Drew’s acclaimed and infamous THE PEOPLE’S JOKER (for real this time!).<\/p>\n Join Our Cult<\/b><\/p>\n A variety of badges are available for purchase to attend the festival. CULT MEMBER badge purchasers will receive 3 free months of\u00a0Alamo Season Pass<\/b><\/a>, in addition to exclusive merchandise and events.<\/p>\n We are proud to present\u00a094\u00a0feature films and episodics, as well as a variety of short film selections to be announced at a later date \u2014 all showcasing World, North American, U.S. and Regional Premieres.\u00a0See below for the full lineup of feature film programming at this year\u2019s festival.<\/p>\n FILM LINEUP BELOW:<\/b><\/p>\n 30 COINS (Season 2, Episodes 1 & 2)<\/b><\/p>\n Produced in Spain for HBO Europe, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 110 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – \u00c1lex de la Iglesia<\/b><\/p>\n Welcome to hell.<\/i><\/p>\n 100 YARDS<\/b><\/p>\n China, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n US Premiere, 108 min<\/b><\/p>\n Directors – Xu Haofeng & Xu Junfeng<\/b><\/p>\n Shen An wages war on the streets of Tianjin after losing control of his martial arts academy in a humiliating duel with his father\u2019s apprentice.<\/i><\/p>\n ACID<\/b><\/p>\n France, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere,\u00a099 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Just\u00a0Philippot\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n In a world messed up by climate change, a girl and her divorced parents must cross a devastated France under strange clouds pouring acid rain.<\/i><\/p>\n THE ALL GOLDEN<\/b><\/p>\n Canada, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 64 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Nate Wilson<\/b><\/p>\n In veteran Fantastic Fest filmmaker Nate Wilson\u2019s kaleidoscopic and labyrinthine deconstructionist satire, a laid-up polyamorous bicycle courier discovers that her older, scholarly boyfriend has been keeping a sinister secret in his closet.<\/i><\/p>\n THE ALTMAN METHOD<\/b><\/p>\n Israel, 2022<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere, 101 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Nadav Aronowicz<\/b><\/p>\n A struggling actress questions her husband\u2019s account of a brutal act of heroism that has won him national recognition and saved his failing business.<\/i><\/p>\n THE ANIMAL KINGDOM<\/b><\/p>\n France, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere, 130 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Thomas Cailley<\/b><\/p>\n Emile\u2019s dad moves him to southern France, where his mom is held in a facility for patients afflicted with an illness that mutates them into animals.<\/i><\/p>\n ANIMALIA<\/b><\/p>\n France, Morocco, Qatar, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n Texas Premiere, 91 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Sofia Alaoui<\/b><\/p>\n Separated from her husband during a state of emergency, pregnant Itto is stranded in a village, where she starts to experience mysterious phenomena.<\/i><\/p>\n BABY ASSASSINS 2<\/b><\/p>\n Japan, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n US Premiere, 101 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Hugo Sakamoto<\/b><\/p>\n The Baby Assassins have been suspended from the Assassin Guild and it\u2019s hard to find a new job when you\u2019ve got a fanboy assassin duo out to kill you.<\/i><\/p>\n BARK<\/b><\/p>\n Germany, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 90 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Marc Sch\u00f6lermann<\/b><\/p>\n A businessman tied to a tree deep in the woods struggles to convince an outdoorsman to cut him free after the hunter sets up camp to watch him die.<\/i><\/p>\n BLONDE DEATH (Presented by Bleeding Skull)<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 1984<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere of Restoration, 98 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – James Dillinger aka James Robert Baker<\/b><\/p>\n Bleeding Skull presents a tale of death, drugs, and Disneyland in James Robert Baker\u2019s essential chapter of queer cinema history.<\/i><\/p>\n BLOOD DINER<\/b><\/p>\n USA,\u00a01987<\/b><\/p>\n 90 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Jackie Kong<\/b><\/p>\n A brain in a jar orders his cannibal nephews to dismember call girls in their diner\u2019s kitchen to patch together a perfect body for an ancient goddess.<\/i><\/p>\n THE BOOK OF SOLUTIONS<\/b><\/p>\n France, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere, 102 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Michel Gondry<\/b><\/p>\n Michel Gondry returns with a tongue-in-cheek satire about an idiosyncratic filmmaker who will do anything to execute his vision.<\/i><\/p>\n BUGGED! (Presented by AGFA and Troma)<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 1996<\/b><\/p>\n 82 min\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Ronald K. Armstrong<\/b><\/p>\n Following a freak lab accident, a woman hires the Dead and Buried Exterminators to rid her house of some overgrown crickets but they all soon realize the bugs are radioactive beasties with a lust for blood!<\/i><\/p>\n CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT<\/b><\/p>\n USA, Italy, 1980<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere,\u00a0173 min<\/b><\/p>\n Art historian Thomas Negovan offers a new cut of one of the most decadent movies ever made, using outtakes to reconcile the film to its original script.<\/i><\/p>\n CENTIPEDE HORROR (Presented by AGFA and Error 4444)<\/b><\/p>\n Hong Kong, 1982<\/b><\/p>\n 94 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Keith Li<\/b><\/p>\n After his sister dies under mysterious circumstances while on vacation, Wai Lun decides to take matters into his own hands. Soon enough, he discovers a family curse, battling wizards, and centipedes.<\/i><\/p>\n COBWEB<\/b><\/p>\n South Korea, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n US Premiere, 135 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Kim Jee-woon<\/b><\/p>\n Director Kim Jee-woon\u2019s ravishing and raucous tale of a director trying to finish his magnum opus in the censorship-prone 1970s Korean film industry.<\/i><\/p>\n THE COFFEE TABLE<\/b><\/p>\n Spain, 2022<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere, 90 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Caye Casas<\/b><\/p>\n Sometimes a gaudy coffee table is just a coffee table, and sometimes it\u2019s the catalyst for a nightmarish descent into ruination.<\/i><\/p>\n CONANN<\/b><\/p>\n France, Luxembourg,\u00a0Belgium, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n US Premiere, 105 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Bertrand Mandico<\/b><\/p>\n Fantastic Fest favorite Bertrand Mandico is back with his uniquely beautiful and bizarre time-traveling spin on the myth of Conan the Barbarian.<\/i><\/p>\n CONCRETE UTOPIA<\/b><\/p>\n South Korea, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n Texas Premiere, 130 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Um Tae-hwa<\/b><\/p>\n A magnetic Lee Byung-hun and Park Seo-joon lead this dark, high-stakes disaster parable of Korea\u2019s fevered obsession with real estate and class forms.<\/i><\/p>\n THE CREATOR<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n Texas Premiere,\u00a0133 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Gareth Edwards<\/b><\/p>\n From director\/co-writer Gareth Edwards (ROGUE ONE, GODZILLA) comes an epic sci-fi action thriller<\/i><\/p>\n set amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence.<\/i><\/p>\n CRUMB CATCHER<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 103 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Chris Skotchdopole<\/b><\/p>\n An anxiety-inducing chamber piece that will make you fondly remember the worst high-pressure sales pitch you\u2019ve ever delivered (or endured).<\/i><\/p>\n THE CULT OF AGFA TRAILER SHOW (Presented by AGFA)<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere of 35mm Restoration, 77 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Joseph A. Ziemba & Bret Berg<\/b><\/p>\n The world premiere 35mm screening of AGFA’s wildest mixtape yet.<\/i><\/p>\n THE DEEP DARK<\/b><\/p>\n France, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n International Premiere, 100 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Mathieu Turi<\/b><\/p>\n A group of coal miners unintentionally free a bloodthirsty creature after accompanying a professor down to a hidden crypt discovered deep in the mine.<\/i><\/p>\n DIVINITY<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n Texas Premiere, 88 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Eddie Alcazar<\/b><\/p>\n A mad scientist’s serum grants perfect bodies and immortality, but at a cost: rampant infertility leads to an undying society based only on pleasure.<\/i><\/p>\n DOOR<\/b><\/p>\n Japan, 1988<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere, 94 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Banmei Takahashi<\/b><\/p>\n A lonely housewife is held hostage in her own apartment by an increasingly deranged door-to-door salesman in this forgotten home invasion masterpiece.<\/i><\/p>\n EILEEN<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n Texas Premiere, 97 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – William Oldroyd<\/b><\/p>\n Set during a bitter 1964 Massachusetts winter, young secretary Eileen becomes enchanted by the glamorous new counselor at the prison where she works. Their budding friendship takes a twisted turn when Rebecca reveals a dark secret \u2014 throwing Eileen onto a sinister path.<\/i><\/p>\n ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n Texas Premiere, 94 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – David Gregory<\/b><\/p>\n In the wake of Bruce Lee\u2019s sudden death, film studios rushed to capitalize on the irreplaceable icon, and a new subgenre was born \u2014 Bruceploitation.<\/i><\/p>\n THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (Episodes 1 & 2)<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 120 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Mike Flanagan<\/b><\/p>\n Roderick Usher, CEO of a corrupt pharmaceutical company, must face his past when brutal and mysterious incidents start affecting his family.<\/i><\/p>\n FALLING STARS<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere, 80 min<\/b><\/p>\n Directors – Richard Karpala & Gabriel Bienczycki<\/b><\/p>\n Three brothers set out on the first night of Harvest to check out the desiccated remains of the witch that their friend has buried in the desert.<\/i><\/p>\n THE FANTASTIC GOLEM AFFAIRS<\/b><\/p>\n Spain, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n US Premiere, 97 min<\/b><\/p>\n Directors – Burnin\u2019 Percebes<\/b><\/p>\n After his best friend falls to his death and shatters into pottery shards, Juan uncovers a secret world of living golems in this offbeat comedy.<\/i><\/p>\n FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL VOL. 10<\/b><\/p>\n USA,\u00a02023<\/b><\/p>\n Texas Premiere, 85 min<\/b><\/p>\n Directors – Joe Pickett & Nick Prueher<\/b><\/p>\n Joe Pickett (THE ONION) and Nick Prueher (LATE SHOW) take you on a guided tour through their latest and greatest VHS finds.<\/i><\/p>\n FOUR\u2019S A CROWD<\/b><\/p>\n Spain, 2022<\/b><\/p>\n Texas Premiere, 100 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – \u00c1lex de la Iglesia<\/b><\/p>\n Two unexpected passengers complicate an Uber driver\u2019s plan to declare his feelings for one of his regular customers during a 300 km drive to Madrid.<\/i><\/p>\n A GUIDE TO BECOMING AN ELM TREE<\/b><\/p>\n Ireland, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere, 75 min<\/b><\/p>\n Directors – Skye & Adam Mann<\/b><\/p>\n Padraig (James O Healy) is pulled into a dark world of Irish Mythology and magic as he struggles to deal with his past actions.<\/i><\/p>\n I\u2019LL CRUSH Y\u2019ALL<\/b><\/p>\n Spain, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 92 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Kike Narcea<\/b><\/p>\n A retired boxing champion and his dog must defend his family\u2019s country farm from wave after wave of gangsters in this bloody, bare-knuckle brawler.<\/i><\/p>\n IN MY MOTHER’S SKIN<\/b><\/p>\n Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n Texas Premiere, 97 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Kenneth Dagatan<\/b><\/p>\n A Filipino girl living under Japanese occupation learns the tragic consequences of making deals when a fairy\u2019s gifts extract pounds of flesh.<\/i><\/p>\n THE INVISIBLE FIGHT<\/b><\/p>\n Estonia, Latvia, Greece, Finland, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere, 115 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Rainer Sarnet<\/b><\/p>\n After martial artists take out his Soviet post on the China border, a mechanic seeks kung fu mastery at a monastery in this wuxia-inspired comedy.<\/i><\/p>\n JACKDAW<\/b><\/p>\n UK, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 97 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Jamie Childs<\/b><\/p>\n Former motocross champion Jack Dawson embarks on a dark odyssey through his decaying Rust Belt town after being double-crossed by the local kingpin.<\/i><\/p>\n THE JAR (CHARON)<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 1984<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere of Restoration,\u00a085 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Bruce Tuscano<\/b><\/p>\n After hitting an old man with his car, Paul is left with a jar holding a demonic creature that opens a portal to strange worlds and psychotic visions.<\/i><\/p>\n KENNEDY<\/b><\/p>\n India, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n US Premiere, 144 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Anurag Kashyap<\/b><\/p>\n Kennedy works as a contract killer for a corrupt police commissioner with the hope of exacting vengeance on the man who murdered his son.<\/i><\/p>\n KILL DOLLY KILL<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 79 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Heidi Moore<\/b><\/p>\n Dolly Deadly is out to win Serial Killer of the Year, and she\u2019ll violate all sense of good taste to snatch the crown and look fabulous while doing it.<\/i><\/p>\n KILLING ROMANCE<\/b><\/p>\n South Korea, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n Texas Premiere, 107 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Lee Won-suk<\/b><\/p>\n A toxic masculinity-bashing karaoke musical phantasmagoria from the magical mind of LEE Won-suk, KILLING ROMANCE will stick in your head for months.<\/i><\/p>\n KIM’S VIDEO<\/b><\/p>\n USA, UK, France, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n Texas Premiere, 86 min<\/b><\/p>\n Directors – David Redmon & Ashley Sabin<\/b><\/p>\n An aspiring filmmaker with fond memories of browsing the shelves of a defunct NY video store attempts to rescue its singular collection of VHS tapes.<\/i><\/p>\n THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere,\u00a090 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Francis Galluppi<\/b><\/p>\n A traveling salesman and a waitress face down two murderous bank robbers while waiting for gas at the last pump before a hundred miles of desert.<\/i><\/p>\n THE LAST VIDEO STORE<\/b><\/p>\n Canada, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 83 min<\/b><\/p>\n Directors – Cody Kennedy & Tim Rutherford<\/b><\/p>\n Blaster Video\u2019s only employee teams up with his best customer\u2019s daughter to fight off an onslaught of B-movie baddies made real by a VHS necronomicon.<\/i><\/p>\n LETTERS TO THE POSTMAN<\/b><\/p>\n UK, England, 2022<\/b><\/p>\n US Premiere, 61 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Felix Dembinski<\/b><\/p>\n A naive postman finds himself corresponding with a mysterious woman in Felix Dembinski\u2019s auspicious and bewitching folk fable.<\/i><\/p>\n MANCUNIAN MAN: THE LEGENDARY LIFE OF CLIFF TWEMLOW<\/b><\/p>\n UK, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere, 124 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Jake West<\/b><\/p>\n A hilarious, action-packed documentary chronicling the fascinating life of indie filmmaker Cliff Twemlow and the industry he built in Manchester, UK.<\/i><\/p>\n #MANHOLE<\/b><\/p>\n Japan, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n Texas Premiere, 99 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Kazuyoshi Kumakiri<\/b><\/p>\n The premise is a simple one: After a night of hard drinking on the night before his wedding, a man falls into an open manhole. How will he escape?<\/i><\/p>\n MESSIAH OF EVIL (Presented by AGFA and Radiance Films)<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 1974<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere of 35mm Restoration, 90 min<\/b><\/p>\n Directors – Gloria Katz & Willard Huyck<\/b><\/p>\n AGFA and Radiance Films present a brand new, restored 35mm print of Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz\u2019 artful nightmare.<\/i><\/p>\n MUSHROOMS<\/b><\/p>\n Poland, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 75 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Pawe\u0142 Borowski<\/b><\/p>\n An old lady stumbles upon a lost couple while picking mushrooms. They beg for help getting out of the forest, but she senses that something is off.<\/i><\/p>\n THE NEST (Presented by AGFA and Shout! Factory)<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 1988<\/b><\/p>\n 89 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Terence H. Winkless<\/b><\/p>\n Roaches have never tasted flesh\u2026 Until now.<\/i><\/p>\n NOWHERE<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 1997<\/b><\/p>\n Texas Premiere of 4K Restoration, 83 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Gregg Araki<\/b><\/p>\n A bunch of LA teens realize they\u2019re witnessing the apocalypse as they seek out a wild party in this 4K restoration of Gregg Araki\u2019s cult classic.<\/i><\/p>\n ONE-PERCENTER<\/b><\/p>\n Japan, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere, 85 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Y\u00fbdai Yamaguchi<\/b><\/p>\n An aging stuntman caught in a brutal feud between yakuza gangs finally shoots the pure action thriller he\u2019s been obsessing over his entire career.<\/i><\/p>\n THE ORIGIN<\/b><\/p>\n UK, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere, 87 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Andrew Cumming<\/b><\/p>\n A group fights for survival against an unknown adversary in this stone age thriller.<\/i><\/p>\n THE OTHER LAURENS<\/b><\/p>\n Belgium, France, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere, 117 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Claude Schmitz<\/b><\/p>\n When his niece shows up at his door looking for help, shaggy-dog P.I. Gabriel Laurens is unwittingly drawn into his twin\u2019s shady criminal underworld.<\/i><\/p>\n THE PEOPLE\u2019S JOKER<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2022<\/b><\/p>\n Texas Premiere, 92 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Vera Drew<\/b><\/p>\n The Joker finds new purpose in Gotham City after transitioning and opening an illegal comedy club in Vera Drew\u2019s handcrafted superhero genre parody.<\/i><\/p>\n PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES<\/b><\/p>\n USA, Canada, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 87 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Lindsey Anderson Beer<\/b><\/p>\n In 1969, a young Jud Crandall and his childhood friends band together to confront an ancient evil that has gripped their hometown. PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES is a terrifying prequel based on chapters from Stephen King\u2019s novel \u201cPet Sematary.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n PROJECT SILENCE<\/b><\/p>\n South Korea, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere,\u00a0101 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Tae-gon Kim<\/b><\/p>\n A car pileup on a foggy bridge pits survivors against a pack of vicious dogs in this satirical horror pitched between THE HOST and TRAIN TO BUSAN.<\/i><\/p>\n PROPERTY<\/b><\/p>\n Brazil, 2022<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere, 101 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Daniel Bandeire<\/b><\/p>\n A gang of disenfranchised farmhands traps a traumatized woman in her armored car in Daniel Bandeira\u2019s Brazilian take on the home invasion.<\/i><\/p>\n RAGE<\/b><\/p>\n Mexico, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere, 93 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Jorge Michel Grau<\/b><\/p>\n The only child in a rundown gated community mourns his mother\u2019s death as suspicious events lead him to suspect that his father may be a werewolf.<\/i><\/p>\n RESTORE POINT<\/b><\/p>\n Czech Republic, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere, 108 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Robert Hloz<\/b><\/p>\n A detective investigates a double homicide in a near-future world where technology allows those who die violently to be rebooted from a data backup.<\/i><\/p>\n RIDDLE OF FIRE<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n US Premiere, 113 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Weston Razooli<\/b><\/p>\n Three children go on an epic quest to uncover the password for their TV, finding themselves in their own video game-like adventure in the real world.<\/i><\/p>\n RIVER<\/b><\/p>\n Japan, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n US Premiere, 86 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Junta Yamaguchi<\/b><\/p>\n Kikaku Theater Group, the team behind our 2021 Audience Award winner BEYOND THE INFINITE TWO MINUTES, returns with more two-minute time loop hijinks.<\/i><\/p>\n THE SACRIFICE GAME<\/b><\/p>\n USA\/CANADA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n US Premiere, 100 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Jenn Wexler<\/b><\/p>\n Disillusioned demon worshipers end a string of grisly murders by interrupting a boarding school\u2019s quiet Christmas in this \u201870s-era Satanic Panic romp.<\/i><\/p>\n SALEM<\/b><\/p>\n France, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n International Premiere, 115 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Jean-Bernard Marlin<\/b><\/p>\n A former gang member begins to believe that his daughter will be their slum\u2019s new messiah after a rival curses the neighborhood with his dying breath.<\/i><\/p>\n SCALA!!!\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n UK, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere, 96 min<\/b><\/p>\n Directors – Jane Giles & Ali Catterall<\/b><\/p>\n The story behind London\u2019s legendary Scala Cinema, which screened the most outrageous movies before it was sued and shuttered for showing A CLOCKWORK ORANGE.<\/i><\/p>\n SLEEP<\/b><\/p>\n South Korea, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n US Premiere, 95 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Jason Yu<\/b><\/p>\n Somnambulism takes on a frightful new meaning in this clever, claustrophobic Korean chiller from former Bong Joon-ho assistant director Jason Yu.<\/i><\/p>\n SO UNREAL<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 95 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Amanda Kramer<\/b><\/p>\n Amanda Kramer\u2019s documentary collage looks back at the subgenre of films concerned with cyberspace, hackers, and the first days of the internet.<\/i><\/p>\n SPOOKTACULAR!<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 105 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Quinn Monahan<\/b><\/p>\n A new documentary tells the warts-and-all story behind America\u2019s first horror theme park, Spooky World.<\/i><\/p>\n SRI ASIH: THE WARRIOR<\/b><\/p>\n Indonesia, 2022<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere, 133 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Upi Avianto<\/b><\/p>\n An aspiring boxer discovers she\u2019s a reincarnation of the goddess Asih in this Indonesian superhero movie focused on punching terrible men in the face.<\/i><\/p>\n STOPMOTION<\/b><\/p>\n UK, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 93 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Robert Morgan<\/b><\/p>\n A stop-motion animator puts up with her overbearing, sick mother in Robert Morgan\u2019s haunting debut.<\/i><\/p>\n STRANGE DARLING<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 96 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – JT Mollner<\/b><\/p>\n One day in the life of a serial killer.<\/i><\/p>\n THE STRANGLER<\/b><\/p>\n France, 1970<\/b><\/p>\n US Premiere of 2K Restoration, 95 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Paul Vecchiali<\/b><\/p>\n A killer and a detective cross paths as they hunt for an answer to their respective feelings of loneliness in the world premiere of the restoration of this 1970 Giallo.<\/i><\/p>\n SUBURBAN TALE<\/b><\/p>\n India, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 89 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Stephen Alexander<\/b><\/p>\n A young woman reluctantly returns home for her estranged sister\u2019s wedding only to discover that her family is hiding a possessed boy in their home.<\/i><\/p>\n SUITABLE FLESH<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n Texas Premiere,\u00a0100 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Joe Lynch<\/b><\/p>\n A casual, intimate encounter with a patient leads a psychologist into the cosmic, kinky world of Lovecraftian horror headlined by Barbara Crampton and Heather Graham.<\/i><\/p>\n THERE\u2019S SOMETHING IN THE BARN<\/b><\/p>\n Norway, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 96 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Magnus Martens<\/b><\/p>\n After inheriting an old cabin in Norway, an American family moves there with the intention of turning the adjoining barn into a bed and breakfast. They end up disturbing a barn elf who will go to deadly lengths to drive the family away.<\/i><\/p>\n TIGER STRIPES<\/b><\/p>\n Malaysia, Taiwan, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n US Premiere, 95 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Amanda Nell Eu<\/b><\/p>\n A dreamy horror fairy tale about a teenage girl who notices strange, transformative changes in her body soon after getting her first period.<\/i><\/p>\n TOTALLY KILLER<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 106 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Nahnatchka Khan<\/b><\/p>\n When the infamous “Sweet Sixteen Killer” returns 35 years after his first murder spree to claim another victim, 17-year-old Jamie (Kiernan Shipka) accidentally travels back in time to 1987, determined to stop the killer before he can start.<\/i><\/p>\n THE TOXIC AVENGER<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 102 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Macon Blair<\/b><\/p>\n A horrible toxic accident transforms downtrodden janitor Winston Gooze into a new evolution of hero: THE TOXIC AVENGER!\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n TRIGGERED<\/b><\/p>\n Philippines, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere, 113 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Richard V. Somes<\/b><\/p>\n Procuring a job as a night watchman as a re-entry back into civilian life, ex-soldier Miguel finds himself caught in a gun battle between a drug cartel and a corrupt police unit.<\/i><\/p>\n UFO SWEDEN<\/b><\/p>\n Sweden, 2022<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere, 115 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Victor Danell<\/b><\/p>\n A rebellious teenager seeks out the help of a disgraced meteorologist\u2019s ufology society to locate her father years after he vanished into thin air.<\/i><\/p>\n THE UNCLE<\/b><\/p>\n Croatia, Serbia, 2022<\/b><\/p>\n US Premiere, 104 min<\/b><\/p>\n Directors – David Kapac & Andrija Marde\u0161i\u0107<\/b><\/p>\n A family prepares for their uncle\u2019s Christmas visit, but the festivities are dampened by the fact that he\u2019ll return in a few days to celebrate again.<\/i><\/p>\n V\/H\/S\/85<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 110 min<\/b><\/p>\n Directors – David Bruckner, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Natasha Kermani, Mike Nelson, & Scott Derrickson<\/b><\/p>\n The iconic found footage series returns with an array of explosive, bloody scares set in a decade obsessed with serial killers and the Satanic Panic.<\/i><\/p>\n VERMIN<\/b><\/p>\n France, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere, 100 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – S\u00e9bastien Vani\u010dek<\/b><\/p>\n A critter collector\u2019s purchase of a venomous spider turns his entire apartment building into a death trap after it escapes from its shoebox enclosure.<\/i><\/p>\n VISITORS (COMPLETE EDITION)<\/b><\/p>\n Japan, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 61 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Kenichi Ugana<\/b><\/p>\n A rock \u2018n\u2019 roll band drop in unannounced on a friend and find themselves plummeting into a wackadoo reverie of monsters and mayhem.<\/i><\/p>\n THE WAIT<\/b><\/p>\n Spain, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n North American Premiere,\u00a099 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – F. Javier Guti\u00e9rrez<\/b><\/p>\n The gamekeeper of a wealthy man\u2019s rural hunting grounds accepts a bribe from the local hunting guide, which spirals downward into dire consequences.<\/i><\/p>\n WAKE UP<\/b><\/p>\n France, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 90 min<\/b><\/p>\n Directors – RKSS<\/b><\/p>\n Gen Z activists are violently picked off by a deranged night watchman after sneaking into an environmentally destructive big-box furniture store.<\/i><\/p>\n WE ARE ZOMBIES<\/b><\/p>\n France, Canada, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n International Premiere, 80 min<\/b><\/p>\n Directors – RKSS<\/b><\/p>\n Canadian filmmaker collective RKSS returns with a hilarious, violent take on a post-apocalyptic world where zombies are misunderstood, unalive citizens.<\/i><\/p>\n WHAT YOU WISH FOR<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n US Premiere, 101 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Nicholas Tomnay<\/b><\/p>\n A down-and-out sous-chef gets more than he bargained for when he steps into the life of an old culinary school pal, a private chef for the \u00fcber-rich.<\/i><\/p>\n WHEN EVIL LURKS<\/b><\/p>\n Argentina, Uruguay, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n US Premiere, 99 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Demi\u00e1n Rugna<\/b><\/p>\n Two brothers uncover a deadly secret festering in their village and are soon in a race to contain a demon threatening to extinguish their community.<\/i><\/p>\n WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n US Premiere, 92 min<\/b><\/p>\n Directors – John Adams, Zelda Adams, & Toby Poser<\/b><\/p>\n After a fatal trespassing incident, Eve steals a terrifying artifact from a fellow carnival performer in the hope of bringing her parents back.<\/i><\/p>\n YOU\u2019LL NEVER FIND ME<\/b><\/p>\n Australia, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n Texas Premiere, 96 min<\/b><\/p>\n Directors – Josiah Allen & Indianna Bell<\/b><\/p>\n A strange woman desperate for shelter from a harrowing storm picks the wrong trailer to seek refuge… or did she choose exactly right?<\/i><\/p>\n YOU’RE NOT ME<\/b><\/p>\n Spain, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere,\u00a098 min<\/b><\/p>\n Directors – Marisa Crespo & Mois\u00e9s Romera<\/b><\/p>\n Aitana shows up at her estranged parents\u2019 home for a surprise Christmas visit and discovers they\u2019ve replaced her with a strange live-in caretaker.<\/i><\/p>\n YOUR LUCKY DAY<\/b><\/p>\n USA, 2023<\/b><\/p>\n World Premiere, 89 min<\/b><\/p>\n Director – Dan Brown<\/b><\/p>\n After a dispute over a winning lottery ticket turns into a deadly hostage situation, the witnesses must decide exactly how far they\u2019ll go\u2014and how much blood they\u2019re willing to spill\u2014for a cut of the $156 million.<\/i><\/p>\n ATTEND:<\/b><\/p>\n CULT MEMBER, FAN, and 2ND HALF Badges for Fantastic Fest 2023 are available for purchase\u00a0here<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n As the world continues to spin on in this new normal, we want to assure you that your safety is still top of mind. Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar\u2019s enhanced sanitization practices will remain active so that we can continue to provide the safest theater experience possible. Masks are optional, but we do still recommend wearing them when not eating or drinking. Forgot your mask? We’re happy to provide one.<\/p>\n For the latest developments, visit the Fantastic Fest official site\u00a0<\/b>www.fantasticfest.com<\/b><\/a>\u00a0and follow us onFacebook<\/b><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/b>Twitter<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FANTASTIC FEST ANNOUNCES A SINFULLY GOOD 2023 LINEUP, OPENING THE FEST WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE OF LEGENDARY PICTURES\u2019 OUTRAGEOUS \u2018THE TOXIC AVENGER\u2019 AND THE WORLD PREMIERE OF PRIME VIDEO AND BLUMHOUSE\u2019S TIME-TRAVELING SLASHER \u2018TOTALLY KILLER\u2019 AS CLOSING NIGHT FILM Paramount+\u2019s\u00a0PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES, 20th Century Studios\u2019 THE CREATOR, NEON\u2019s EILEEN, Netflix\u2019s THE FALL OF THE HOUSE…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[3190,17479,17478,17476,16333,17477,1842,17469,17475,17474,17473,17472,17471,17470,17468,17467,17466,17465,17464,17463,17462],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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