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Fantasia 2015: Watch the first trailer for Austrian horror ‘Goodnight Mommy’
While Hollywood has produced a number of horror classics over the course of its run, many acclaimed entries into the genre have come from places other than the US, with 2014’s Australian horror The Babadook standing as a recent notable example. Thus, fans of the genre often keep an eye out for foreign entries, and […] More
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Fantasia 2015: Watch the trailer for the first Ugandan action film ‘Who Killed Captain Alex?’
Over the course of film history, the action movie genre has proven itself to be something that appeals to cinema fans all over the world, with many film industries and countries outside of the USA and Hollywood contributing valuable and well-regarded films into the genre. The newest entry comes from Uganda, in the form of Who […] More
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Fantasia 2015: ‘Ludo’ is beyond saving
All the youthful energy in the world couldn’t save Ludo. The film opens with bombast, as an exploration of the night life of Kolkata, and two young couples who are hungry for sex. Cultural puritanicalism prevents them from finding a hotel room, but they end up finding refuge in a closed shopping mall where they are free to indulge in their baser instincts. Here they encounter an elderly couple, trapped and hungry, and are introduced to a mysterious game. From here on, the film abandons linearity and expectations, taking us on a whirlwind phantasmagorical journey into the past and the collective unconscious, where it similarly loses all sense of grounding. More
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Fantasia 2015: ‘The Hallow’ is hollow horror
Irish legends are rich with horrifying monsters, painful realities and a genuine sense of despair. Perhaps rooted in the Irish struggle, many of the lessons from their myths evoke inequality and injustice – it does not matter who you are, what you believe or what you do, you are not above nature’s law. What is nature’s law? It is a perverse combination of God’s will and an amoral natural world. Set in the mostly undisturbed forests of Ireland, The Hallow is about a conservationist (Joseph Mawle) and his young family. Despite many warnings from the locals, he persists in investigating the forests, eventually inspiring its wrath. More
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Fantasia 2015: ‘Nina Forever’ is a gruesome, sexy, dark comedy
The Marquis de Sade wrote, “There is no better way to know death than to link it with some licentious image”. Georges Bataille latched onto this idea, arguing that without death there is no desire. Factors of procreation and beauty play a role in sex, but true desire is rooted in our mortality: we want to fuck because we know we will die. The link between death and desire is at the heart of the Blaine brothers’ debut feature, Nina Forever. More
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Fantasia 2015: Watch the trailer for new horror feature ‘They Look Like People’
The Fantasia Film Festival has, over the years, gained a reputation among genre fans as one of the places on the festival circuit with a large selection of genre films, making it one that attracts fans of horror and fantasy features, among others. The 2015 incarnation of the festival is no different in this regard, with […] More
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Fantasia 2015: Watch the trailer for ‘Catch Me Daddy’
The Fantasia International Film Festival has, over the years, offered a showcase to promising filmmakers and intriguing features from a wide range of genres and countries, and the 2015 incarnation of the festival is no different in that regard. Among the features at the 2015 Fantasia Festival is the UK Drama Catch Me Daddy. Written […] More
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Fantasia ’15: Another World Premiere, check out ‘The Interior’ trailer
We’ve been sharing a number of trailers for films receiving their World Premiere prior to the Fantasia Film Festival starting next week, and this one is a far throw from the body horror Bite or the neo-noir The Demolisher. The Interior comes from Trevor Juras, a disciple of Werner Herzog’s film school and a Canadian […] More
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Watch the body horror trailer for Fantasia ’15 World Premiere ‘Bite’
We love Fantasia because Bite is the sort of body horror movie you can’t get in many other festival experiences. Directed by Chad Archibald (The Drownsman, Ejecta), Bite is the story of a young woman turned into a mutant freak by something as innocent as an animal bite. Here’s the official synopsis: While on her […] More
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Fantasia ’15: Canadian thriller ‘The Demolisher’ gets a trailer ahead of World Premiere
As part of the just announced Fantasia Film Fest Lineup beginning next week, the Canadian thriller The Demolisher is getting its World Premiere at the festival July 27. And before it does, a teaser trailer has been released along with a poster touting all its accolades. The film comes from the Canadian Gabriel Carrer (If […] More
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‘Attack on Titan’, Sion Sono, ‘Cop Car’ among full Fantasia ’15 lineup
The 19th Annual Fantasia Film Festival is only a week away, beginning July 14 and running through August 4. And as promised for today, they’ve revealed their full line-up of films screening at 2015’s festival in Montreal. This year’s line-up boasts 22 World Premieres, 13 International Premieres, and 21 North American Premieres. Both Marvel’s Ant-Man and […] More
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Enter Fantasia Film Festival’s ‘Bumper Challenge’
The Fantasia Film Festival just announced their second wave of films for this year’s festival starting July 14, but in anticipation of the festival they’ve launched a contest along with Tentsquare for any aspiring filmmakers. Simply make a 30 second “bumper” video with no dialogue and the image of a cat at some point in […] More
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