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Following up on his two acclaimed horror directorial efforts, “Before The Fall” and his entrée into Hollywood with the “Rings” franchise, Spanish director F. Javier Gutiérrez returns to Spain and takes us on the disturbing journey of a man who loses everything to evil with “The Wait” (“La Espera”).

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Fantastic Fest 2023 Lineup Includes ‘The Toxic Avenger,’ ‘Pet Sematary’ Prequel, Gareth Edwards’ Latest & More

Sure, this time of year, everyone is thinking about the prestigious fall festival events, such as TIFF, Venice, Telluride, NYFF, etc.. However, what they’re forgetting is the sheer madness and joy that comes with visiting Fantastic Fest in Austin.

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Fantastic Fest 2023 Lineup Includes ‘The Toxic Avenger,’ ‘Pet Sematary’ Prequel, Gareth Edwards’ Latest & More

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Fantastic Fest 2022 Lineup: New Films From Luca Guadagnino, Park Chan-wook, Martin McDonagh & More Added To The Event

While film festivals always try to have the most star-studded lineup of films that cross all major genres, Fantastic Fest does things a bit differently. Sure, the Austin event strives to have major films debut, but the focus of the festival is always on genre filmmaking.

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‘Lamb’ Transcends Its Delicious Weirdness To Thoughtfully Explore Grief, Deliverance, & Humanity’s Place In The World [Fantastic Fest]

A delicious mix of Christian, pagan, and Icelandic mythology topped with a familiar A24 glaze of unsettling stillness and visual vibrancy, “Lamb” offers challenges in equal proportion to its rewards. A layered text that unpacks itself like a Russian nesting doll of human folly, the film showcases minimalist subtlety that deploys its pieces with exacting precision.

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‘Slumber Party Massacre’: A Witless & Unnecessary Remake Of A Slasher Classic [Fantastic Fest Review]

Danishka Esterhazy’s new remake/reimagining/whatever of “Slumber Party Massacre” begins with an idea so ingenious, it’s surprising no one’s done it before: packing a full feature’s worth of action into the pre-title sequence. It amounts to a remake in miniature; in those opening minutes, Esterhazy introduces final girl Trish Devereaux (Masali Baduza) and all of her friends, who are plucked off one by one by driller killer Russ Thorne (Rob van Vuuren), before she kills him, and then the credits roll.

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‘V/H/S/94’: A Nostalgic Horror Anthology That Mostly Clicks [Fantastic Fest Review]

It’s amusing to remember that back when the original “V/H/S” was released, some resisted or dismissed it because they were tired of found footage movies. Yet here we are, nine years later, and while the format certainly isn’t as ubiquitous as it was, this franchise has proven durable; “V/H/S/2” was, if anything, better than its predecessor.

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‘There’s Someone Inside Your House’ Is Slasher Horror By The Numbers [Fantastic Fest Review]

Seldom have the opening moments of a movie been as telling – and as accidentally foreboding – as in “There’s Someone Inside Your House,” Patrick Brice’s adaptation of Stephanie Perkins’s Y.A. horror novel.

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Fantastic Fest 2021 Adds World Premiere Of Scott Derrickson’s ‘The Black Phone’ & More In Final Wave Announcement

If you’re a fan of genre films and live in the US, you may be more excited for the upcoming Fantastic Fest than you would be for Venice and/or TIFF. And with the final wave lineup announcement, the Austin-based festival is shaping up to be one of the best of the fall.

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Fantastic Fest 2021: ‘Titane,’ ‘Lamb’ & New 4K Restoration Of ‘Possession’ Announced In Initial Line-Up

After 18 months of isolation and uncertainty and a 2020 cancellation due to COVID-19, Austin, Texas’s Fantastic Fest film festival is set to return this September. This year’s edition is being dubbed the “Post-Apocalyptic” Fantastic Fest, and according to the organizers, the newly returning festival is here to “remind us of the joy of cinema, community, and weird and wonderful movies.” READ MORE: Titane’: The New Flesh Is Thriving, Living Rent-Free in Julia Ducournau’s F*cked Up Metallica Brain [Cannes Review] The first wave of films is headlined by the truly extraordinary 2021 Palme D’Or winner “Titane” from “Parasite” distributor NEON.

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‘The Wait’ Teaser Trailer & Poster: Horror Director F. Javier Gutiérrez Brings A Sinister Folk Tragedy To Fantastic Fest [Exclusive]

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