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Nashville Film Festival Coverage via Jason T. Sparks, Our Man in Nashville There is a difference between the movies one usually sees at film festivals and the movies that usually occupy the multiplex. For...
With binge watching being a thing, finding a new binge watching series is the kind of thing that’s worth celebrating. Unfortunately they are still busy in Belgium making my new favorite binge -worthy television...
There are a lot of films that promise terror. Haunters: The Art of the Scare shows you real terror. As someone who has done haunted interactive theater for years, I know what it takes...
You’ve heard the one about people whistling past the graveyard, to hide their fear? What would you say if you’d seen film festival-goers up to their elbows in a prop body? During Fantastic Fest...
I’m all for bar games, but the new “Satanic Panic” room at the Highball in Austin, Texas may be a bit too far. Unveiled as part of Fantastic Fest, the room will be continue...
A lot of horror films are all about the struggles of those left behind, as the survivors of whatever “big bad” is picking them off one by one. The new Blair Witch film...
It’s October: which means not only our many Austin festivals, but my continuing over-involvement with the charity spook house Scare For a Cure. If you want to see me in person this month, buy...
In the week or so following Fantastic Fest, the film that’s been living in my head is “Felt.” Directed by Jason Banker (“Toad Road“) “Felt” is the movie I can’t stop turning over in...
Last year I was lucky to be a guide at Scare For A Cure’s haunted theatrical charity fundraising event, “Fairy Tale Nightmare.” Before I started guiding most nights of our sold-out run, I grabbed...
Ever since Fantastic Fest started in 2005, I’ve told everyone how amazing this sci-fi and horror film festival is. I’ve shared how much fun I’ve had, and how many friends I’ve made there. I’ve got a framed poster for the first year of the festival hanging in my hallway at home.
So it took me a long time to admit to myself how this had turned from a sweet little film festival with a bunch of film nerd folks, to what seemed like a gathering of the nerd juggalos at Fantastic Fest 2012.
