Festivals: Fantaspoa
Fantaspoa 2024 Review: THE COMPLEX FORMS, How Classic Auteur Cinema Would Be If It Had More Monsters
Strange things are happening at an ancient villa in the literal middle of nowhere. A bunch of men are gathered here, all of them with a peculiar contract. A middle-aged man named Christian (David White) is in the process of...
Fantaspoa 2024 Review: MASTERGAME (Mesterjátszma), Visually Compelling Thriller with Chess, Trains and Bathroom Fights
It’s November 1956, and Russian tanks have just invaded Budapest, crushing the revolution. A young couple, István (Gergely Váradi) and Márta (Varga-Járó Sára), rushes for the last train that can get them out of the country. When aboard, they are...
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MAD CATS Review: Japanese Action Comedy Lands Jokes And Punches
Taka receives a cryptic message about his missing brother, Mune. The message plays out, ‘Infiltrate the captor’s lair, find his brother, steal a mysterious object, and don’t let anyone see you’. In capable hands, this might be a piece of...
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MOTHER SUPERIOR Review: One Searches For Their Past, The Other Wants to Relive it
Austria, 1975, and Sigrun has taken a job caring for Baroness Heidenreich at Rosenkreuz Manor. Warned beforehand that her patient is tough to work with and has already gone through a handful of other nurses Sigrun is determined to stick...
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Fantaspoa 2023 Review: MINORE, a Horror-Comedy in no Rush to Deliver on That Premise
A Greek seaside port is slowly being invaded by mysterious creatures from the ocean floor. It is up to a small gang made up of musicians, a sailor, a bodybuilder, and one grannie to save the city from this Lovecraftian...
Fantaspoa 2023: First Wave of This Year's Lineup, Festival Finally Returning to In-Person
Fantaspoa is gearing up for another year and have announced the first wave of titles and unveiled this year's poster. They have also announced that they are finally returning to in-person screenings this year, taking over four cinemas in...
THE SMOKE MASTER: Check Out This New Trailer and Poster For The Brazilian Stoner Action Comedy
Check out the brand new poster and trailer for the stoner comedy martial arts spectacular that is The Smoke Master. Two brothers and a fistful of friends have to face the Chinese mafia three generations revenge. Counting on The...
Fantaspoa 2022 Review: LEGIONS
The red moon, la luna roja, is coming, and with it the return of the demon Kuaraya and their quest to raise the Evil One. Antonio is all too familiar with Kuaraya. He is a legendary shaman, from a long...
HOLY SHIT! Trailer: German Black Comedy/Action Horror Heads to Sales at Cannes
Heads up. There is a lot of information in this article and in the first trailer for the black comedy Holy Shit! from scriptwriter and director Lukas Rinker. It may give away a few of the surprises. Proceed at your...
Fantaspoa 2022 Review: PUSSYCAKE
You know what? Sometimes movies don't have to make sense to be hella entertaining.
Fantaspoa 2022 Review: HOLY SHIT!
Has a worthy successor to Ping Lumpraploeng's The Pool arrived? It doesn't have a dog. But it's got an owl! That's something, right?
Fantaspoa 2022 Review: FOLLOW HER
Jess aspires to be a social media star. Her specialty is roleplaying and kink videos. She is at odds with her father about how she’s trying to make a living as an influencer. See, her dad and her brother are...
Fantaspoa 2022 Announces Full Lineup, Nishimura's HOLY MOTHER Will Premiere There!
In two weeks the 18th edition of the Fantaspoa Fantastic Film Festival begins! And for the first time in two years the festival is returning to in person screening across five screens in Port Alegre, Brazil. For those in the...
NOCTURNA Series Coming to DVD and Digital This January
One of my favorite films of the year, Gonzalo Calzada's Nocturna: Side A - The Great Old Man's Night, and it's accompanying film, Nocturna: Side B - Where the Elephants Go to Die, are coming to DVD and Digital on...
ROCK, PAPER AND SCISSORS Trailer: Argentine Horror Thriller, Black Comedy Coming July 6th
Martín Blousson and Macarena García Lenzi's horror thriller slash dark comedy, Rock, Paper and Scissors is coming to digital in the U.S. on July 6th. Dark Star Pictures is handling the release and a new trailer has been made for...
Review: SCAVENGER (CARRONA), An Imbalance of Post Apocalyptic Thrills And Relief From Savage Violence
Tisha is an assassin and organ dealer in a post-apocalyptic world. After doing a job Tisha is asked by her handler to visit an old woman outside of town. The old woman wants to hire her to kill someone at...
Review: MISTER LIMBO, A Charming, Long Walk Towards Redemption
Mister Limbo wakes up in the middle of the desert with no memory of how he got there, not even his name. There is a parachute strapped to his back, torn in places, which suggests he has had an accident....
Fantaspoa 2021: Festival Announces Awards And Record Audience Numbers
The Fantaspoa Film Festival in Brazil concluded its seventeenth edition near the end of April. Hosting its second digital edition due to the global health crisis the festival was able to reach more viewers than ever, topping last year's numbers...
Fantaspoa 2021 Review: PLAYDURIZM, Escaping Darkness Into The Neon
Demir wakes up and finds himself in a new reality with no memories of how he got there or anything before that. He discovers he is sharing a flat with his onscreen male idol, Andrew, star of the erotic melodramas...
Fantaspoa 2021 Review: NOCTURNA: SIDE A - THE GREAT OLD MAN'S NIGHT
Ulysses is a hundred-year-old man living with his wife, Dalia, in their Argentine colonial apartment. This is the last night of his life and Ulysses will start to experience frightening events in his apartment and throughout the building. They are...
