Fantastic Fest

Mad God

By Rob Rector | October 2023

AWARD THIS! 2023 NOMINEE! This year marks a milestone in dedication, creativity, and perhaps a slight dash of creative insanity with the release…

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AWARD THIS! 2023 NOMINEE! This year marks a milestone in dedication, creativity, and perhaps a slight dash of creative insanity with the release of visual...

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FANTASTIC FEST 2023 RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW! A young blonde teen's life is changed forever when her family moves from Mississippi to beautiful Orange County,...

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FANTASTIC FEST 2023 REVIEW! Jackdaw is a singularly entertaining action flick bolstered by inventive sequences, solid performances, and evocative...

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FANTASTIC FEST 2023 REVIEW! The one thing I love about foreign films is they can tell stories that could never be told under the progressive Hollywood...

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A horrible toxic accident transforms downtrodden janitor Winston Gooze into a new evolution of hero: The Toxic Avenger! The Toxic Avenger, the remake of...

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NOW IN THEATERS! Director Shinzô Katayama's Missing (Sagasu) is the writer-director's follow-up to his acclaimed debut, Siblings Of The Cape. Much like...

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NOW ON SHUDDER! "Here, they say that revenge is like a river," states a character in Jean Luc Herbulot's wildly original sociopolitical horror-thriller...

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NOW ON VOD! Sometimes a film is good solely based on the story idea. Yûgo Sakamoto's thriller, Baby Assassins, is one of those films. The writer/director...

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NEW TO THEATERS! Mother Schmuckers falls squarely in the WTF category and will find a home at midnight screenings across the world. It's one of those...

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NEW TO VOD! A while back, I reviewed the tepid short The Awful Kind, opining how its one-take shot was a mere gimmick, as the story is set in an empty...

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