Fantastic Fest 2023 – All Things Ick

‘We Are Zombies’ – ‘Turbo Kid’ Filmmakers RKSS Discuss Their Gory Comic Book Adaptation [Interview]

October 5, 2023 Meagan Navarro Anouk Whissell, Fantastic Fest 2023, Fantastic Fest 23, François Simard, Interviews, RKSS, We Are Zombies, Yoann-Karl Whissell

The filmmaking trio collectively known as RKSS (François Simard, Anouk Whissell, and Yoann-Karl Whissell) have not one but two features making their rounds in the festival circuit: mean slasher Wake Up (our review) and charming horror-comedy We Are Zombies (our review). We Are Zombies, an adaptation of Jerry Frissen and Guy Davis’ comic book series “The Zombies That Ate the World,” follows three […]

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‘Wake Up’ – ‘Turbo Kid’ Filmmakers Find Inventive Ways to Get Vicious in Mean Slasher [Interview]

October 3, 2023 Meagan Navarro Fantastic Fest 2023, Fantastic Fest 23, Interviews, RKSS, Wake Up

The filmmaking trio collectively known as RKSS (François Simard, Anouk Whissell, and Yoann-Karl Whissell) put their stamp on the slasher subgenre with the brutal Wake Up, which made its World Premiere last week at Fantastic Fest (our review) before heading to Sitges this week. Bloody Disgusting spoke with RKSS after the debut about their slasher with a severe mean streak. Wake […]

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‘Your Lucky Day’ – Director Dan Brown and Actor Jessica Garza on Intense Hostage Thriller [Interview]

September 28, 2023 Meagan Navarro Fantastic Fest 2023, Fantastic Fest 23, Interviews, Movies, Your Lucky Day

An intense hostage situation breaks out on Christmas Eve at a convenience store in writer/director Dan Brown’s feature debut, Your Lucky Day (our review). The propulsive, suspenseful thriller features an ensemble cast, with actor Jessica Garza stealing the entire film as the sympathetic yet primal Ana. Both Brown and Garza spoke with Bloody Disgusting about Your Lucky Day at Fantastic Fest, where […]

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“30 Coins” Fantastic Fest Review – Season 2 Plunges Straight into the Winding Depths of Hell

September 28, 2023 Meagan Navarro 30 Coins, Álex de la Iglesia, Fantastic Fest 2023, Fantastic Fest 23, HBO Max, MAX, Reviews, TV

Writer/Director Álex de la Iglesia, co-writing with Jorge Guerricaechevarría, launched a unique biblical horror story in “30 Coins,” unfurling an overarching battle of good versus evil over the powerful set of silver that Judas once received in his betrayal of Jesus. By the inaugural season’s conclusion, the rural town of Pedraza was left devastated, its residents scattered […]

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‘Wake Up’ Fantastic Fest Review – Vicious Slasher Taps into Societal Rage

September 27, 2023 Meagan Navarro Fantastic Fest 2023, Fantastic Fest 23, Reviews, RKSS, Wake Up

The filmmaking trio collectively known as RKSS (François Simard, Anouk Whissell, and Yoann-Karl Whissell) tend to toggle between two distinct tones of horror: infectious, gory horror comedies and mean horror that packs a punch. With two features screening at Fantastic Fest, We Are Zombies showcased the directors’ playful side. At the opposite end of the spectrum lies Wake Up, RKSS’s delightfully mean-spirited […]

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‘The Toxic Avenger’ – Macon Blair on the New Toxie and the Actor Beneath the Makeup [Interview]

September 26, 2023 Meagan Navarro Fantastic Fest 2023, Fantastic Fest 23, Interviews, Macon Blair, The Toxic Avenger

Writer/Director Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore) introduces a very different Toxie in his Troma remake, The Toxic Avenger. Here, it’s the downtrodden Winston Gooze (Peter Dinklage) who’s dunked into the toxic sludge that transforms him into a monstrous crusader against an evil corporation headed by greedy CEO Bob Garbinger (Kevin Bacon). Blair […]

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‘Your Lucky Day’ Fantastic Fest Review – Propulsive Siege Thriller Takes Aim at Corrupt American Dream

September 24, 2023 Meagan Navarro Angus Cloud, Fantastic Fest 2023, Fantastic Fest 23, Reviews, Your Lucky Day

Writer/Director Dan Brown’s feature debut, Your Lucky Day, elevates a simple concept with palpable tension and intense confrontations. A convenient store at Christmastime transforms into a harrowing battleground when a winning lotto ticket emerges, creating an intense thriller filled with surprise escalations and propulsive action. It’s not just the narrative turns and bleak authenticity that makes Your Lucky Day winsome, […]

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‘Pet Sematary: Bloodlines’ Fantastic Fest Review – Prequel Favors Scares Over Story

September 24, 2023 Meagan Navarro Fantastic Fest 2023, Fantastic Fest 23, Pet Sematary, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, Reviews, Stephen King

In Stephen King’s 1983 horror novel Pet Sematary, long-term Ludlow resident Jud Crandall relays some of the town’s lengthy history with the cursed burial ground that resurrects the dead to nightmarish results. Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, the prequel to the 2019 remake, explores some of that history without any purpose other than to deliver entertaining jolts and a […]

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‘The Origin’ Fantastic Fest Review – An Ambitious High Concept Stone Age Thriller

September 23, 2023 Meagan Navarro Fantastic Fest 2023, Fantastic Fest 23, Reviews, The Origin

Andrew Cumming’s feature directorial debut, The Origin, executes its high concept with impressive ambition. Not only does it travel back 45,000 years in time to tell the survival thriller, but Cummings and screenwriter Ruth Greenberg developed a fictional language for its characters. Combined with a handsomely shot production, it ensures that The Origin beguiles, though it struggles to mine suspense […]

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‘The Toxic Avenger’ Review – Chaos Reigns in Macon Blair’s Gory Comedy Reboot

September 22, 2023 Meagan Navarro Fantastic Fest 2023, Fantastic Fest 23, Macon Blair, Movies, Reviews, The Toxic Avenger

Writer/Director Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore) answers a very specific question for his sophomore directorial feature: what if Troma’s 1984 cult classic The Toxic Avenger was rebooted with a much bigger budget? Armed with a new Toxie and story, Blair’s version comes packed with reverent nods to the original and retains its specific […]

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‘The Origin’ – Exclusive First Look at Stone Age Horror Movie Takes You Back to Palaeolithic Period [Images]

September 22, 2023 John Squires Exclusives, Fantastic Fest 2023, Fantastic Fest 23, Movies, The Origin

Stone age horrors will be unleashed in the upcoming The Origin, an intriguing new horror project that Bleecker Street is bringing to the ongoing Fantastic Fest this weekend. Bleecker Street recently acquired North American rights on the upcoming horror film, which is set during the Palaeolithic period – 45,000 years in the past! We’ve been told, […]

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‘The Last Video Store’ Clip – A Cursed VHS Tape Is Ready to Kill

September 21, 2023 Meagan Navarro Fantastic Fest 2023, Fantastic Fest 23, Movies, The Last Video Store

The Last Video Store, set to premiere this Friday at Fantastic Fest, pays tribute to the format wars and the video stores of yesteryear through a cursed VHS tape that unleashes terror. Bloody Disgusting has been provided with a clip that demonstrates a horrific fate far worse than late fees for store employees and patrons. […]

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The Horror Queers Podcast Returns to Fantastic Fest with ‘A Decade of Queer Horror’ Live Event

September 20, 2023 Meagan Navarro Fantastic Fest, Fantastic Fest 2023, Horror Queers, Podcasts

The latest edition of Fantast Fest is set to commence at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, TX, from September 21st – 28th, unleashing a slew of face-melting premieres, cinema celebrations, and live events. That includes a special event from Bloody FM’s Horror Queers Podcast, marking their return to the festival. “We are so thrilled to be […]

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‘Infested’ – Shudder Acquires Arachnophobic Thriller Ahead of Festival Premiere

August 25, 2023 Meagan Navarro Fantastic Fest, Fantastic Fest 2023, Infested, Movies, Shudder, Vermin

Arachnophobes beware, you’re in for a scare with new Shudder acquisition Infested, previously titled Vermin. Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, announced today it has acquired North American, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand rights to Charades and WTF Films’ thriller Infested ahead of its world premiere at […]

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‘Where the Devil Roams’ Exclusive Trailer – The Adams Family Brings Their Twisted Carnival to Fantastic Fest

August 17, 2023 John Squires Exclusives, Fantastic Fest 2023, Fantastic Fest 23, Movies, Tubi, Where the Devil Roams

The Adams Family debuted on the scene with The Deeper You Dig and returned last year for Shudder’s Hellbender. Up next from the family – and yes, they are indeed a real family – is Where the Devil Roams, and the film is headed to Fantastic Fest in September. After playing Fantastic Fest, Where the Devil Roams is coming exclusively […]

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