The always awesome
Fantasia starts this week in Montreal, and all is right in that little corner of the world.
Running from the 18th until August 4th it’s over two weeks of fantastic genre films (I'm starting to see them and they are fantastic) from around the world.
Fantasia is one of the must-see festivals for me every year. Its endless goodness is the place where I find the films that I’m going to be jonesing to see for the next few months. It’s a festival where all the really cool genre films go whether they have a big push or not. It’s also the place where you can feel confident trying any film, they are screening because the programmers are so on top of their game.
I love this festival to death and if it wasn’t counter programmed to both Japan Cuts and New York Asian I would make the trip to Canada and go. Honestly the fest has become such a hot ticket that a good number of long-time attendees of NYAFF have abandoned it for the long run and are instead shuttling up to Fantasia. I can’t do that because I don’t want to miss out on two festivals of goodness.
There are a ton of films I’m looking forward to everything from the short GODZILLA VS DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS to Miguel Llansó INFINITE SUMMER and HELL HOLE the new film from the Adams Family. I haven’t had a chance to wade in very deeply yet but over the next few days I’ll be watching and reviewing so keep reading.
While I haven’t seen most of the films at the festival, I and the other writers here at Unseen have seen a few and have reviewed them when they played elsewhere:
THE A FRAME
THE TENANTS
SELF DRIVER
BLEACHER
DREAM CREEP
DARKEST MIRIAM
MAKE ME A PIZZA
NOT FRIENDS
ROUND UP PUNISHMENT
RUTHLESS BLADE
A few remasters that I've seen and I'm not writing up:
COCKFIGHTER I've seen too many times. It's a great drama from Monte Hellman. It's a true cult film that people have discovered thanks to it appearing on bargain DVDs over the last few decades. If you've only seen it in those low quality DVDs then you have to see it in the new restoration.
DEVIL TIMES FIVE is a killer kids film that I've always enjoyed every time I've seen it. It's a great little thriller that is perfect if you're in the mood for throw back horror.
CUBE is a restored version of the cult classic horror scifi film about people trapped in a room by aliens. It spawned dozens of copycats and numerous sequels. This is the first and best version.
I should also mention that some films are crossing over with NYAFF. BRUSH OF THE GOD, BABY ASSASSINS NICE DAYS and TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS WALLED CITY are films for which I have tickets for screenings here in New York. I'm waiting to see how I will see FAQ, KILLERS and YIN YANG since the screenings here in NYC present possible problems for me.
If you can get to Montreal buy tickets and go. If not keep reading so you know what films, you should be putting on to your must-see lists.
For more information and tickets go here.
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