Episode 418: Fantastic Fest 2023

Steve Prokopy returned to Austin for its annual Fantastic Fest and then came back to the podcast to talk about the barrage of films he saw along with Erik Childress who got to see a few titles as well. They include a Troma reboot with Peter Dinklage, retro screenings of French giallo and Roman softcore. Pet Sematary got a prequel, stopmotion creations come to life and Joe Lynch tries on some Lovecraft with Heather Graham. Steve takes you to a river with a time loop and Erik goes down to South America for an unique chef gig with Nick Stahl. There are documentaries about cinematic A.I. and a famous Halloween theme park. There are spiders, dogs and earthquakes. Michel Gondry revisits one of his own works and the guys split on a film “based” on true events. Finally there is a real gem featuring one of our favorites, Jim Cummings, and the gathering at a remote coffee shop. 19 films in all for you to consider a look at in the future, which may be doomed.

0:00 - Intro

4:32 - The Toxic Avenger

10:07 - Infested

14:42 - Sleep 

20:17 - Strange Darling

26:48 - The Book of Solutions

30:38 - River

35:38 - Spooktacular!

41:45 - The Strangler

45:55 - Caligula

50:09 - So Unreal 

58:02 - Stopmotion

1:01:06 - Suitable Flesh

1:07:39 - What You Wish For

1:11:37 - Concrete Utopia

1:16:59 - Your Lucky Day

1:20:22 - Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

1:27:01 - The Sacrifice Game

1:29:56 - Dogman

1:33:13 - The Last Stop in Yuma County

1:40:15 - Outro