by Eric Ortiz | Dec 3, 2023 | Interviews
By Eric Ortiz (@EricOrtizG) Concrete Utopia (Konkeuriteu yutopia, 2023) is a South Korean post-disaster survival drama, in which a massive earthquake destroys pretty much everything in Seoul with the exception of an apartment complex. In an interview for the Fantastic...
by Eric Ortiz | Nov 24, 2023 | Interviews
By Eric Ortiz (@EricOrtizG) Fishmonger (2023) is a short film that has been shown this year at some of the coolest genre film festivals, specifically Fantastic Fest, Sitges and Mórbido Fest. It’s a peculiar black-and-white creature movie, set on an Irish island. The...
by Eric Ortiz | Oct 22, 2023 | Interviews
By Eric Ortiz (@EricOrtizG) In The Mean One (2022) the classic story of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, written by Dr. Seuss and published in 1957, is modified and taken to the realm of horror with a comedic touch. Something similar happened recently with other...
by Eric Ortiz | Sep 29, 2023 | Interviews
By Eric Ortiz (@EricOrtizG) The documentary Scala!!! (2023) – aka Scala!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World’s Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits – takes us through the history of a cinema that could...
by Eric Ortiz | Sep 27, 2023 | Interviews
By Eric Ortiz (@EricOrtizG) The Japanese movie Visitors (2023), directed by Kenichi Ugana, was part of Burnt Ends, the Fantastic Fest sidebar dedicated to “micro-budget outlier cinema.” The “complete edition” of Visitors that premiered at this festival is one hour...
by Eric Ortiz | Sep 26, 2023 | Interviews
By Eric Ortiz (@EricOrtizG) One of the most outstanding action films of the year, in addition to John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), was presented as a midnight screening at Fantastic Fest. Indian director Nikhil Nagesh Bhat’s Kill (2023) begins as an impossible love story...
