Fantastic Fest 2007: The Prelims

Last year's festival opened on a double buzz-kill note for me, when I took in the dual vortices of suck that were Tideland and TCM: The Beginning. Ugh. They were more opposite of "good" than the word "bad" can ever hope to convey. Double-plus anti-good, maybe. However, I remain undaunted by this personal tragedy, and I look forward to the cinematic delights that now await me in the upcoming 2007 incarnation of Austin's most completely awesome movie extravaganza, even though Harry Knowles, my recurring villain, is certain to be lurking about as he is wont to do.

These are the flicks that I am most eagerly anticipating, arrayed in convenient alphabetical order: The Backwoods, Devil's Chair, End of the Line, The Ferryman, Five Across the Eyes, Flight of the Living Dead, The Last Winter, and Retribution. I'd really like to see Wrong Turn 2, but I'm pretty certain that it'll be one of the most bum-rushed shows of the entire festival, and I have to give it up if I want to see Flight. Besides, WT2 will certainly have a major national release. I'll catch it later. At the mall theatre with the mundanes. Sigh.