Fantastic Fest 2007 : Films

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Brace yourselves, folks, I'm about to reveal to you my favorite film of Fantastic Fest 2007 thus far... Here is the official synopsis of AACHI AND SSIPAK, a ruthlessly unhinged animated feature from Korea that was my absolute... more>

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AICN Secret Screening #1

Ain't It Cool News presents a Fantastic Fest secret screening. Everyone loves a surprise, so this year we are unveiling four titles during the festival that will not be announced until immediately before the lights dim. Past... more>

Sat, Sep 22, 6:00 PM

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AICN Secret Screening #2

Ain't It Cool News presents a Fantastic Fest secret screening. Everyone loves a surprise, so this year we are unveiling four titles during the festival that will not be announced until immediately before the lights dim. Past... more>

Sun, Sep 23, 3:00 PM

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AICN Secret Screening #3

Ain't It Cool News presents a Fantastic Fest secret screening. Everyone loves a surprise, so this year we are unveiling four titles during the festival that will not be announced until immediately before the lights dim. Past performanc... more>

Wed, Sep 26, 6:15 PM

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Alone

"Expectations have been running high for new Thai horror film ALONE. Not only is it the latest from the directing duo behind SHUTTER – a film that I consider a minor classic of the Asian horror boom and the film that sparked the... more>

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Anesthesia

A patient's failed anesthetic agent leaves her fully conscious during open-heart surgery, but paralyzed and unable to communicate with her doctors. Based on the real-life phenomenon of "anesthesia awareness", in which a patient becomes... more>

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Angel

One evening, Octave, a doll repairman of about 30, is at a country fair and discovers ANGE (Angel), a girl born without a spine and thus condemned to spend her life in a steel scaffolding. This chance meeting is destined to upset the... more>

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Apnee

A photographer tries to catch an embarrassing moment in the life of a person in the public eye. He doesn't realize that time is working against him... more>

Sun, Sep 23, 11:30 PM

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Backwoods, The

Director Koldo Serra live in person! Powerful survival thriller THE BACKWOODS is a definite last-but-not-least addition to Fantastic Fest 2007. Gary Oldman takes a break from Hollywood to delve deep into the European underbrush,... more>

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Battle for the Serpent Stone

Director Sean Olson in person! The race is on as Duke, Lady Jaye and Snake Eyes take on Cobra in a perilous quest for the Apophis Stone, an Ancient Egyptian artifact with the power to summon a unstoppable demon army. Can they get to... more>

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Beautiful Beast, The

Director Karim Hussain in person! A love triangle between a mother, son and daughter, LA BELLE BETE (THE BEAUTIFUL BEAST) is a dark drama on the themes of jealousy, vanity, emotional incest and, finally, murder. The film explores... more>

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Best of Bloodshots, The

For one weekend in September, dozens of filmmaking teams from all over the world will be working against the clock to produce, write, edit, and export a short film. This year marks BLOODSHOTS' first entry as an official FILMMAKING... more>

Fri, Sep 21, 3:45 PM

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Bird, the Mouse and the Sausage, The

Director Naoko Masuda in person! A stop-motion animation based on a Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tale, 'The Sausage, the Bird, and the Mouse,' tells the story of three creatures whose harmonious lives are interrupted by a series of... more>

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Blood, Boobs and Beast

Director John Paul Kinhart in person! I mean this: no low-budget genre filmmaker deserves your respect more than Don Dohler. A criminally unsung hero of the video generation, the Baltimore gore auteur created the most ambitious and... more>

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Closing Night Film

The 2007 Fantastic Fest closing night film is also a surprise. You'll find out what we'll be closing out this chocker-block week of fan excitement just before the lights dim on closing day. more>

Thu, Sep 27, 6:30 PM

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Cold Hour, The

Seven adults and two children live together in a few rooms of a huge building. They cannot or don’t want to leave the building. But there is not much food and supplies are running short. According to an old man who lives apart from the... more>

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Colt Is My Passport, A

Part of the NO BORDERS, NO LIMITS: 1960s NIKKATSU ACTION CINEMA RetrospectiveIn Takashi Nomura's chilly noirish thriller, Jo Shishido plays a hitman hired by a gang to whack a rival boss. He does the deed with a sniper rifle and,... more>

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Crazy Thunder Road

An incredibly rare screening of this legendary sought-after violent punk biker masterpiece from revered filmmaker/brainmelter Sogo Ishii! Special thanks to SOGO ISHII and THE JAPAN FOUNDATION for making this screening possible! "Vi... more>

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Criticized

Director Richard Gale, composer Christopher Brady and actor Brian Rohan in person! Winner – Audience Award – Fantasia Film Festival - Montreal Winner – Audience Award – Best Short Film - Dead Channels – San Francisco Festival of... more>

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Death Note

Winner: Audience Award, Best Film: 2007 Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film Based on the wildly popular Manga, DEATH NOTE's plot is formulated on the somewhat dubious premise of a magical book that has the power to kill... more>

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