Fantastic Fest 2017 had one of the strongest showings in its 13-year history. So what did we see? Take a listen and find out - our final "top tens" are coming soon, but these are our recaps from days 1-4 and days 5-8.
We hope you enjoy!
Ed and Lorraine Warren - Lots of movies, lots of... creative reality.
Recorded Live at ArmadilloCon in Austin, TX!
The Women in Caskets try to make sense of all those horror movies featuring, "Based on a True Story," in their title cards. From films that bear only a passing semblance to their source to somewhat faithful adaptations, serial killers to killer animals, and the truly gutsy ones that just made it all up and pretended it was real, it's a master list of the real-life macabre.
The full list of films mentioned and their trailers can be found in our episode playlist on YouTube HERE.
Stuff You Missed In History Class did an episode on two of the killers mentioned (and probably more): Mary Ann Cotton and Sawney Beane. Check them out!
And one correction: Dawn mis-identified the plaintiff in the Warren litigation. The Warrens didn't bring the lawsuit, Gerald Brittle, author of a book on the Warrens, did, claiming that the Warrens gave him exclusive rights to their stories and all derivative works coming out of them. Warner Bros. et al claim the movies are based on historical records and therefore available for free use. Brittle countered that the Warrens made it all up, making the works fiction and therefore - you know what, it's kinda hysterical to read it all, look it up sometime.
Thanks always to The Shape for the intro and outro music. Now also featuring, "Fritz Was Here" by YoshiBlade (via OCRemix).
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For once, Dawn and Jen forgo their love of spoilers to give you a quick review of Trey Edward Shults' It Comes at Night. As they do, they treat you with selections of Shults' Q&A from the Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow, selections from the haunting score by Brian McOmber and an interview with the director himself.
This thriller isn't what you expect, but it's damn good cinema.
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With Fantastic Fest over for another year, Dawn and Jen finally sit down with 19 of their closest friends to discuss the best and worst of the festival. A top five, some honorable and dishonorable mentions and some great people share their cinematic feelings.
Dawn's top five:
Jen's top five:
Honorable Mentions (In no particular order): Aloys, A Dark Song, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, A Monster Calls, Colossal, Down Under, Dearest Sister, and Safe Neighborhood.
THANK YOU to the following Fantastic Fest film fanatics who took a moment to talk to us (any name misspellings are ours, we do apologize):
Kaila Heir, Terry Flemmings, Trevor Trujillo, Sarah Jones, Gloria Walker, Bruno Corbin, C. Robert Cargill, Robert Lambert, Joe Oliver, Raphael Antonio Ruiz, Jennifer Blair, Jow Nicolosi, William Yarbrough, Josh Emmanuel, Mark Fulton, Justin Linkin, Elijah Wood, and Scott Weinberg.
Thanks always to The Shape for the intro/outro music.
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It's about damn time.
With the second season of Ash vs Evil Dead airing, the Women In Caskets are happier than Ash in Jacksonville to bring you the interviews we conducted at Fantastic Fest this year.
To say we had a blast would be an understatement.
Listen to Dawn and Jen's take on the new season, or skip right to the interviews after the 22-minute mark.
Thanks to all the wonderful people at Starz, Fantastic Fest and Fons PR for making this happen for us, and of course, a humongous debt is owed to Bruce Campbell, Dana DeLorenzo, Ray Santiago and Lee Majors for their time.
NOTE: The rooms we were recording in were not ideal, so the sound quality on the interviews is not up to our usual standards. The fault is all ours.
Ash's Theme by Joseph LoDuca
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