“You need to let your guard down and trust me. Will you let me in?” After a drunk-driving accident, Zoe (Sophie Lowe) ends up back at her childhood home with her emotionally distant father, Neil (David Roberts). Yearning for comfort, she unearths a box of videotaped messages from her long-departed mother celebrating every one of
There’s always an endless list of shorts playing at Fantastic Fest that I want to see – here are two from this year’s lineup that I was able to get screeners for – and they’re both fantastic (lol). TERMS & CONDITIONS (2026), Written and Directed by Kev DooleyA douchey techbro gets more than he bargained
“Sacrifice stirs her in her slumber.” It’s Halloween night and spellcaster Neve (Tess Williams) gathers her coven in the forest to plan the abduction of the perfect sacrifice: one whose death will raise their all powerful goddess to bring death and destruction forth from across the veil. THE HERETIKS follows that sacrifice, Mabel (Ava Mae
“You have no idea what I’d do to take that ride again.” Theo (Paige Evans) and Colby (Cameron Cuffe) are on the way to enjoy a couples weekend in the desert at a picturesque Air BnB … along with Theo’s free-spirited sister Katie (Riley Dandy), invited along at the last minute after a bad breakup.
“There is no land. There is no God. There is no house. There is nothing.” DEATH HAS NO MASTER (La muerte no tiene dueño) follows an heiress to a colonial cacao plantation in Venezuela. After the death of her father, Caro (Asia Argento) travels from Italy to Venezuela to sell her childhood home. Upon arriving,
“What do you want me to see, Danny?” An unnamed man (Ari Millen) grappling with cancer travels to his family’s old cabin to reconnect with the memories of his father and younger brother, who have both passed on. Alone and isolated in the dead of winter, the man starts to hear strange sounds from below
“I know I’m strict with you, but this era needs men like me.” Set in the French countryside at the end of the 19th century where a mysterious affliction called “The Black Veil” ravages the country, THE ONES WHO GRIEVE follows Jacob (Thierry Frémont), who believes himself to be a “soldier of god,” and his
The 2026 Fantastic Fest 21st edition will present 35 World Premieres, 21 International and North American Premieres, and 14 U.S. Premieres featuring the very best in genre from across the globe, alongside famous events and surprise guests. Celebrate all things spooky at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, TX, from September 17th-24th, 2026. The
“There’s something evil here isn’t there?” After a series of tragic events, Emily decides to take a summer job as a counselor at a Christian kids camp. Her initial worries about not fitting in because she has no faith melt away quickly, as she almost immediately bonds with the other women counselors. As they drink,
“Put your hands together for Lord Grayson!” Hammer Horror Classics meet IDLE HANDS in the campy queer melodrama THE RESTORATION AT GRAYSON MANOR – a film that’s outrageous, hilarious, and even strangely affecting. The film kicks off in a club, where the flamboyant Boyd Grayson (Chris Colfer) performs as a one-man band on keyboards before
