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Fantastic Fest Review: The Strangers: Chapter 2 is a So-So Continuation of a Horror Saga Long in the Making

In something that is more of an interesting experiment than an actual event worth celebrating, director Renny Harlin and screenwriters Alan R. Cohen & Alan Freeland announced they were taking […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 25, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Dispatch: Two Thrillers from Fantastic Fest Put Groups of Men, Young and Older, to the Test

    Beast of War Shockingly enough, there are still a few fresh takes on the killer shark story, and the Australian film Beast of War gives us one of the stronger […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 24, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Fantastic Fest Review: A Struggling Family Faces Wild Animals and Their Own Demons in Coyotes

    The latest from director Colin Minihan (Grave Encounters, What Keeps You Alive) is the brisk, sometimes truly scary Coyotes, which finds ways to be funny and gross, as well as […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 21, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Fantastic Fest Review: Dakota Fanning Navigates a Torturous Gift in Thriller Vicious

    In one of the best opening sequences of the year, a clearly broken young woman named Polly (Dakota Fanning) listens to series of voice messages from people who are all […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 21, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Fantastic Fest Review: Halle Berry Stars in Never Let Go, a Folk Horror Film That Obscures the Truth

    One of the big opening night offerings at this year’s Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas (more coverage to come from easily one of the highest-profile genre festivals in the world) […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 20, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Dispatch: Fantastic Fest Selections Include a Top-Tier Thriller that Blends Live Action and Animation

    Our Fantastic Fest coverage continues with these highlights from the genre film festival in Austin, Texas. Suitable Flesh Director Joe Lynch has often managed to give known-quantity actors a platform […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 2, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Dispatch: Austin’s Fantastic Fest Features a Riff on Stephen King and a Witty, Demonic Coming-of-Age Thriller

    Our Fantastic Fest coverage continues with these highlights from the genre film festival in Austin, Texas. Pet Sematary: Bloodlines In the press notes for Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (the prequel to […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 27, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Dispatch: Fantastic Fest Continues with Four Films that Highlight the Program’s Daring Choices

    Our Fantastic Fest coverage continues with these highlights from the genre film festival in Austin, Texas. The Toxic Avenger Fantastic Fest opened with a bang and a banger: this remake […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 26, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Dispatch: Highlights from Fantastic Fest, a Genre Film Festival for the People

    Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, is something of a Mecca to genre film lovers, a supporter and champion of challenging and thought-provoking new cinema, as well as a platform for […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 25, 2023
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