Lund Fantastic 2022: Full Lineup of 28th Edition Revealed

In exactly ten days the 28th edition of Lund Fantastic kicks off in the picturesque town in the south of Sweden (October 27 - November 5). As previously announced, the festival opens on October 27 with Carlota Pereda’s sensational Sundance...

Lund Fantastic 2022: First Titles and Festival Poster Revealed

The Lund Fantastic Film Festival is back and about to celebrate the broad spectrum of genre cinema once more. From October 27 until November 5, the 28th edition of Lund Fantastic is set to return to Kino and TriArtPlay for...

SLASH Filmfestival 2022: Short Films in Focus

SLASH Filmfestival is Austria's largest event dedicated to Fantastic Cinema. Founded in 2010, it quickly grew in size and scope, attracting close to 15.000 visitors over its 11-day run. Each year's program is comprised of 50+ Austrian, European or international...

Short Cuts: Ethan Soo's SWEPT UNDER

Short Cuts is a new feature in which we chart a direct route to exciting genre shorts that deserve to cut through the clutter. Armed coups, military conflicts and the wars they can trigger are unquestionably rife with horror, a...

Short Cuts: Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair's DON'T GO WHERE I CAN'T FIND YOU

Short Cuts is a new feature in which we chart a direct route to exciting genre shorts that deserve to cut through the clutter. Ghosts have always been a staple of horror fiction and tend to be reliable for a...

SLASH Filmfestival Announces Full Lineup of 12th Edition

The SLASH Filmfestival, Austria's biggest and most popular destination for fantastic cinema, has announced the full lineup of its 12th edition, which is bookended by Julia Ducournau’s Titane on opening night and Valdimar Jóhannsson’s Lamb on closing night. For eleven days...

Watch Now: WHEN DEMONS DIE Plays Hide-and-Seek With the Monsters

It’s traveled a long road towards its online premiere, but Daniel Rübesam’s When Demons Die is finally available to audiences across the world. An atmospheric production that benefits from great lighting and sound design, Rübesam’s graduation film from the Filmakademie...

Now on Blu-ray: THE BABADOOK Begs to Be Let Into Your Home As a Limited Edition From Second Sight Films

“If it's in a word, or it’s in a look you can't get rid of the Babadook … BabadoooOOOOk!” That’s right, gather your kids for a cosy bedtime story because Mr. Babadook is back in town! On second thought, don’t...

Cannes 2021: INHERENT Trailer Hints at Sinister Secrets

The Danes are on fire, and we’re not just talking about the national soccer team’s success! While not vying for the Short Film Palme d’Or like Casper Rudolf’s In the Soil, Nicolai G.H. Johansen’s Inherent is the second Danish genre...

Watch 400 MPH: See a Chimpanzee Race Towards the Sun

A monkey, obsessed with speeding, sets out to achieve what no human has accomplished: breaking the 400 Mph speed limit of a land vehicle. Co-directed by a team of Masters in Digital Directing (Paul-Eugène Dannaud, Julia Chaix, Lorraine Desserre, Alice...

Cannes 2021 Exclusive: IN THE SOIL Trailer Premiere

ScreenAnarchy is proud to premiere the exquisitely foreboding trailer of In the Soil, one of two Danish genre shorts set to make a chilling debut in Cannes. Casper Rudolf’s Short Film Palme d'Or contender depicts a horrifying tragedy taking shape...

Short Cuts: Rémy Barbe's TREAT

Short Cuts is a new bimonthly feature in which we chart a direct route to exciting genre shorts that deserve to cut through the clutter. The name Rémy Barbe should ring a bell, and not just because he’s been mentioned...

Watch Now: SOUND FROM THE DEEP Unearths the Old Ones

Eldritch horror remains difficult to pull off. One reason for the patchy output is the fact that H. P. Lovecraft’s writings are in the public domain, allowing anyone to take a stab at his weird fiction. Some, like Benson and...

Review: SEANCE, Simon Barrett Conjures the Memory of Better Films

Suki Waterhouse stars in a murder-mystery gone wrong.

Now on Blu-ray: RAW, More Full-Blooded Than Ever on Limited Release from Second Sight Films

Fans ravenous for Julia Ducournau’s next film have something to tide them over thanks to a new limited edition of her jaw-dropping debut, Raw. The story of a veterinary school freshman, Justine, who gets forced into eating meat for the...

THE NIGHTINGALE Soars on Beautiful Limited Edition from Second Sight Films

Since its much-publicized Venice 2018 premiere, The Nightingale has had a certain degree of controversy hovering around it. From a journalist shouting expletives at Jennifer Kent during the Viennale to criticisms leveled at the inclusion of multiple rape scenes and...

Joséphine Darcy Hopkins' NUAGE Captures the Pain of Parting

Anyone who’s been following these pages has come across the works of Les Films de la Mouche, a French collective of talented filmmakers sure to make a splash with a notable debut feature in the not too distant future. Until...

Review: THE RENTAL, You May Want to Choose the Early Check-out

Anyone who’s ever rented a house or signed up for Airbnb lodgings in a remote corner of the world may have felt uncertainty sneak up. Naggingly, your mind begins to wonder: What if it’s all too good to be true?...

My Darling Quarantine Short Film Festival Brings Dystopian Fiction to Your Browser

To all you social-distancing short film lovers out there: the warm embrace of good shorts beckons. Hosted on the Talking Shorts website and curated by any number of fine programmers from all over the world, the My Darling Quarantine Short...

VISE Trailer Lets a Mad Beautician on the Loose

Following a world-premiere at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival last summer, Shimizu Yasuhiko’s Vise is ready for festival expansion in 2020. Shimizu’s debut feature centers on Manriki (Saitoh Takumi), a beautician with a dubious moral compass who deploys unconventional...