FANTASTIC FEST 2024
The Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas is proud to kick off Fantastic Fest 2024. The 19th annual Fantastic Fest is back and its full of oddities, freak shows, and more. Fantastic Fest is a film festival geared toward the horror and fantasy genre. This year’s lineup features terrific new films from Lionsgate, Prime Video, Netflix, Blumhouse, Paramount+, A24, NEON, and other hot distributors and studios.
The festival kicks off September 19 with The Rule of Jenny Pen featuring Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow, directed by James Ascroft. It will run until September 26th closing out with Hulu’s Mr. Crockett. There are some notable films being shown this year with the premier of Terrifier 3, House of Spoils, and Apartment 7A. Films like Anora, A Different Man, and Will & Harper have already wowed audiences at other festivals and will continue to be the talk of the town at Fantastic Fest.
The festival will also feature some special events including:
Fantastic Fest has a variety of spectacular special events this year, including:
- The world’s only McDonald’s themed Black Sabbath cover band, Mac Sabbath, will play an epic opening night performance.
- Day of The Devs will bring a selection of genre video games to play with our inaugural Fantastic Games event, including Fear the Spotlight from Cozy Game Pals and Blumhouse Games, Five Nights at Freddy’s: Secret of the Mimic from Steel Wool, and several other titles.
- SpectreVision Radio will host live podcast recordings, including Mike Flanagan’s Director’s Commentary with special guest Jennifer Kent, and Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah’s Visitations.
- Ghoulish Book Fair
- Circus-themed drag show hosted by the legendary Louisiana Purchase,
- Fright or Wrong Trivia, a brand new show of video oddities from The Found Footage Festival and more!
- Fantastic Feud, the Fantastic Debates
- Epic Closing Night Party featuring the 999 Eyes Freakshow
I have remote access to some of the films featured at this year’s Fantastic Fest. Keep an eye on my social media and website for more. Follow Me across social media @PAULSMOVIETRIP
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