The Fantastic Fest 2014 announced yesterday two of this year's film choices set to make their premiere on the event's first wave of programming: "Tusk" and "ABCs of Death 2." The horror movies were classified as fantastic due to their twists.
As reported by Entertainment Weekly, for "Tusk," which was directed by Kevin Smith and stars Justin Long, it will serve as the movie's US premiere. It is not exactly the same for "ABC's of Death 2," however, because will be the film's global premiere.
According to NME, "Tusk" is Smith's first movie after a long hiatus from filmmaking. A genre film with multiple twists, it is a comedy horror that revolves around the ordeal of a man (Justin Long) held captive by a lunatic who tormented him in all aspects into becoming a walrus.
"ABCs of Death 2," on the other hand, presents a genre-twisting film rendered uniquely in 26 shorts. Although all of them are united in the theme of death, each one uniquely executes a concept of dying different from the others. According to Horror-Movies, the film features mini-masterpieces of various directors from around the world like Goya Award Winner Alex de la Iglesia; Filipino representative and inductee of the Director's Fortnight Erik Matti; and many more.
Fantastic Fest 2014 offers selected featured films for this year's line-up of thrills and shockers. The movies were carefully selected on the basis of pleasing genre film fanatics. Based on the festival's web site, Fantastic Fest is the biggest genre film festival in America that focuses on all films, whether American made or foreign, that can be considered fantastic - horror, sci-fi, action and many more.
The Fantastic Fest 2014 runs from September 18-25 in Austin Texas. Aside from the two films previously mentioned, other films are scheduled to be screened at this year's ceremony. Among them are "The Babadook," the much anticipated horror anthology sequel V/H/S Viral by Australian director Jennifer Kent, and "Kung Fu Eliot," a troubling but hilarious documentary about a man's pursuit of his dream of becoming an international Kung Fu celebrity, reported Entertainment Weekly.
