Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Fantasy Filmfest Nights 2013

So as not to wait a full year for another edition of the Fantasy Filmfest in Germany, the organizers have planned those so-called Fantasy Filmfest Nights which take place half a year after the main festival, actually last for two days and introduce 10 movies.
This year's edition in Munich will take place on March 9-10, and here are my recommendations on what to watch.
The main webpage of the festival is this one:
http://www.fantasyfilmfest.com
Find this year's schedule here:
http://www.fantasyfilmfest.com/pages-eng/FFN_Munich.html
You can read more about the movies or watch trailers by clicking on their titles.

I will buy in advance my tickets for the movies labelled GO, will not go to the ones labelled NO, and for the ones labelled MAYBE I will decide at the last minutes depending on the weather and other factors.

Saturday 09. March
14.00 Painless

The Spanich title is Insensibles and the trailer promises an interesting story. I also read some good about it. GO
16.00 John Dies at the End
I remember reading a very good preview about this movie by director Don Coscarelli (Phantasm, Bubba Ho-Tep). GO
18.00 The Seasoning House
A rape and revenge story. Probably hard to watch but could be good. MAYBE
20.00 Stoker
An American thriller by the director of Old Boy and with Nicole Kidman. Why not. MAYBE
22.00 The ABCs of Death
This is an anthology, i.e. a movie composed of several segments loosely related. I liked the latest such movie I have seen (V/H/S) and I read that some segments are good in this one. GO

Sunday 10. March
13.30 American Mary

This story of an Escort girl can remind of Hostel from its trailer, but it looks well filmed enough that I want to see it, if I can hold my lunch down. MAYBE 
15.30 Citadel
I don't know what it is about but I heard it is a must see. GO
17.30 No one Lives
A hitchhiking and kidnapping story by the Japanese director of the action-packed but too long movie Versus, and of the dissapointing (to me) Midnight Meat Train. I read that this one is too chaotic. NO
19.30 The Collection
A kidnapping and torture move by people who worked on the Saw franchise. It doesn't look very original. NO
21.30 The Bay
An ecological found footage horror movie. Probably to avoid. NO

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