Wulfster wrote:... and concentrating on originality ...
I'm sure we'll see our fare share of over-familiar tropes without having to look too far!
Oh absolutely. And I wouldn't have it any other way.
Sorry, I didn't mean that original quote to sound naïve or anything, just that it's nice to see less films with numbers in the title.(*cough*WrongTurn*cough)
Having said that, I wouldn't have minded to have seen "Tremors 5" in there somewhere, so I'm 2-faced anyway.
Wolfshade wrote:I don't know, maybe - the micro budget bit is a bit off-putting, but it seems to be getting good reviews so it might be the one to go for. Irritatingly though, I can't seem to find anything about Night Fare, so I don't know whether that's going to be one to miss or a highlight of the fest.
I really liked Nightfare, although its final fourth(?) act detracts fro what went before.
LeighM wrote:I've heard that Night Fare is a certain FF organisers pick of the festival.
Remember someone picked Shockwave Darkside 3D for last year's fest.
Yeah own up!!!
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Wulfster wrote:Was glancing through the schedule for the 456th time, and just realised that there's only one sequel ("Contracted - Phase 2") and two remakes/updates/reboots/whatever-the-hell-you-want-to-call-them ("Rabid Dogs" & "Frankenstein").
Total mirror image of mainstream cinema.
The genre leading the way once again and concentrating on originality ...
I'm not sure that Frankenstein is really a remake/update/reboot as it has only a very loose connection to the novel.
Rabid Dogs is that very rare beast, a remake that actually exceeds the original (although I will probably get roasted for writing that round these parts). One of my top 5 genre picks for the year so far - and if I see five better films at this years Frightfest it will have been a spectacular year.
I'm not feeling FRANKENSTEIN for some reason. One of the few things on the line up I saw and thought no way.
I can't get my head round how fast the festival has come round again
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