I had a great time at Fantastic Fest, and plan to attend again next year. For what it’s worth, here’s my stack ranked films from most to least favorite along with ratings. Compare to my similar list from last year! Basically above 5 means I enjoyed it, 5 or below means I somewhat regret having seen it. There’s only three films that fell into that category, and there were a lot of really good ones. None was perfect – last year I gave only Fish Story a 10/10. I saw 30 movies, man! (I’m not counting the shorts collection in that.)
Must See
These are all instant classics I’d like to own the DVD of. You should see them – alternately, some don’t have distribution, so if you’re in “the biz” you should get a piece of them and distribute them!
- Sound of Noise 9/10
- 13 Assassins 9/10
- Drones 9/10
- Rammbock 9/10
- Golden Slumber 9/10
- Rare Exports 8/10
- Transfer 8/10
- Stake Land 8/10
- 14 Blades 8/10
- Red 8/10
- Red Hill 8/10
- Bedevilled 8/10
- The Violent Kind 8/10
- Snake in Eagle’s Shadow 8/10
Should See
When you go to see one of these in the theater, you come out feeling your money was well spent.
- We Are What We Are 7/10
- Mother’s Day 7/10
- Primal 7/10
- True Legend 7/10
- Let Me In 7/10
- Fire of Conscience 7/10
- The Man From Nowhere 7/10
- Legend of the Fist 7/10
- The Dead 7/10
Could See
About what you’d expect from a good day on SyFy/Chiller. I snoozed from time to time during them.
- Zombie Roadkill 7/10
- 30 Days of Night: Dark Days 6/10
- Bunraku 6/10
- Mutant Girls Squad 6/10
Bah
These movies made me sad. I would rather have slept than watch them.
- Gallants 5/10
- Bibliotheque Pascal 4/10
- The Last Circus: Balada Triste 3/10
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