fantastic fest 2017
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78/52 Is The Nerdiest Movie About Movies We’ve Ever Seen, And We Love It
78/52 is a 90-minute film about one minute. Actually, it’s only about 52 specific seconds, along with the 78 different shots contained within, that make up the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic horror thriller Psycho. The film is solely about breaking down the scene’s genius and importance, and it takes the term “deep dive”…
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The Russian Salyut-7 Is A Harrowing True Space Adventure Too Clichéd To Be Interesting
A team of astronauts is specially trained to solve an unprecedented disaster in space. It sounds like the plot of Armageddon or any number of other generic Hollywood blockbusters but, in the Russian space adventure Salyut-7, it actually happened. Unfortunately, somehow that doesn’t make the movie any more exciting.
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Bullies Torment Humans And Ghouls Alike In The Nasty Mon Mon Mon Monsters
By this point, we’re all very familiar with the notion that “humans are the real monsters” in speculative genre work. Mon Mon Mon Monsters takes that idea, kicks it in the balls, and then squeezes a lemon and onion juice cocktail into its eyes. This is a must-see vision of end-stage nihilism.
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Takashi Miike’s Blade Of The Immortal Is Your Fantasy Samurai Movie Come To Bloody, Violent Life
At its core, Takashi Miike’s Blade of the Immortal is a straightforward samurai revenge flick. However, built around that is the platonic, primal ideal of what a samurai movie can be. It’s non-stop symphony of murder and steel filled with unbelievable weapons, gruesome amputations, rivers of blood, and charismatic warriors. Its two-hour, 20-minute runtime feels…