Fantastic Fest
September 17-24, 2026
Alamo Drafthouse
fantasticfest.com
One of the largest genre festivals in the country, this eight-day long film festival features screenings of the newest horror, fantasy, sci-fi, and action media, as well as conversations with creators and themed parties. Among the fest’s 35 world premieres are serpentine opening night film Beware Boíuna and survival horror The Swallow.
Fantastic Fest Review: Sick
Agata Trzebuchowska’s understated tale of a twisted family is designed to get under your skin and churn your stomach
Fantastic Fest Review: Alpha Gang
Zellner Bros. beam down a suitably idiosyncratic version of the alien invasion flick
Fantastic Fest Review: Wild Horse Nine’s Hitmen on Holiday
John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell play buddies during the CIA’s heyday
Fantastic Fest Interview: Connecting With Nature in The Squirrel
Finnish Oscar entry imagines our world without animals to show why we need them
Primetime Review: The Evil That Men Do
Robert Pattinson is brilliant in this layered examination of 2000s-era hidden-camera show To Catch a Predator
Fantastic Fest Interview: Falling Down the Conspiracy Rabbit Hole With Gimme Truth
New documentary explores the extremity of belief and how conspiracy theories have become darker and more dangerous
Fantastic Fest Interview: In Award Winner Girl in the Night, Not all Heroes Wear Capes
Slovenian dry comedy throws the rules of the superhero flick out of the window
Fantastic Fest Review: Victorian Psycho
Maika Monroe jumps from modern final girl to deliriously unhinged Gothic killer
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