Category: fantastic fest
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The Adams Family conjures a poetic folk tale in MOTHER OF FLIES – Fantastic Fest 2025
Mother of Flies is haunting yet tranquil. The worlds that the Adams’ create are always moody, mysterious, and so cleverly constructed as to not show the seams of their impressively homegrown horrors.
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The Creep Tapes – Fantastic Fest Review | Offscreen Central
First premiering ten years ago, Creep (2014) has become a cult classic, especially for fans of found footage. Known by various names like Josef and Wolfy, Mark Duplass’s character has become everyone’s favorite fictional serial killer. His charm lures you in and it is not until it is too late that you notice the strangeness…
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Strange Harvest: Occult Murder in the Inland Empire – Fantastic Fest Review | Offscreen Central
It is no surprise that one of my favorite films of Fantastic Fest 2024 is by Stuart Ortiz, better known as half of the directing team The Vicious Brothers. Both as a fan of found footage and a life-long resident of the Inland Empire, I was primed to be the target audience for Strange Harvest,…
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What Happened to Dorothy Bell? – Fantastic Fest Review | Offscreen Central
Found footage and the paranormal goes together like peanut butter and jelly, and Danny Villanueva Jr.’s second feature was perfectly put together with love like the sandwiches your grandma prepared for you
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Daddy’s Head – Fantastic Fest Review
Benjamin Barfoot’s sophomore feature turns grief into a creature that will reach into the back of your skull, forcing you to relive childhood nightmares you thought you had forgotten.
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Little Bites – Fantastic Fest Review | MovieJawn
Musician-turned-director Spider One’s personal film about the fears of parenthood, Little Bites, just had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest! The film opens on Mindy as a bell beckons her downstairs to a small dark room. Behind this wooden door is a creature who feeds on her one little bite at a time. Despite her…
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Girl Internet Show: A Kati Kelli Mixtape – Fantastic Fest Review | Offscreen Central
The allure of Girl Internet Show is not just the belly-aching guttural laughter but the underlying ideas that Kati Kelli expresses through her strange creations. Due to its unconventional nature, it is unsure what the future is for Girl Internet Show: A Kati Kelli Mixtape
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Dead Talents Society – Fantastic Fest Review | Offscreen Central
An electrifying take on the rules of the afterlife, celebrity culture, and our fear of being forgotten, John Hsu’s Dead Talents Society is a horror comedy warming the hearts of audiences at this year’s Fantastic Fest.
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Apartment 7A – Fantastic Fest Review | Offscreen Central
56 years after the release of Rosemary’s Baby, audiences at Fantastic Fest 2024 were whisked back to the Bramford
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