Only part of the schedule for this year's Fantastic Fest has been announced to date, but we're bringing you details as they emerge, so check back soon for the latest on what looks set to be a thrilling line-up.

The festival runs from 19 to 26 September.

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Never Let Go
Never Let Go
A family that has been haunted by an evil spirit for years. Their safety and their surroundings come into question when one of the children questions if the evil is real.
Cloud
Cloud
An online scammer, reselling faulty products at preposterously high rates, is on the run after some of his customers decide to hit back.
Maldoror
Maldoror
Two girls vanish. Police recruit Paul Chartier joins a covert unit tracking a sex offender. After the operation falters, Chartier pursues the perpetrators independently, disillusioned with legal constraints.
The Life And Deaths Of Christopher Lee
The Life And Deaths Of Christopher Lee
Genre icon Christopher Lee is brought back to life in a documentary using fresh interviews, archive material and multiple forms of traditional and cutting-edge animation.
Children Of The Wicker Man
Children Of The Wicker Man
A documentary about The Wicker Man and its legacy.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf
Tamara searches for her missing son in a violent town. She hires a morally questionable ex-detective to find him. His methods are cruel but she is determined to find her son whatever the cost.
Baby Assassins: Nice Days
Baby Assassins: Nice Days
On a working holiday in Miyazaki, the teenage killers find themselves up against a deadly freelancer.
Parvulos
Parvulos
Three young brothers living in a cabin in the middle of the woods hide a dark, disturbing secret in their basement.
Frankie Freako!
Frankie Freako!
In an attempt to impress his wife and boss, a nerdy man is lured by a 1-900 TV ad to party with a strange little creature called Frankie Freako. All hell breaks loose when Frankie and his two friends wreak interdimensional havoc in his life.
Chainsaws Were Singing
Chainsaws Were Singing
Adventures await when new lovers are separated by a chainsaw killer in this absurdist musical.
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Fantastic Fest Features

Wisdom known only to the worm
Stuart Ortiz, Peter Zizzo and Terri Apple on Strange Harvest: Occult Murder In The Inland Empire
See what's underneath
Jennifer Kent on creating a legend in The Babadook
Family forever
Isaac Ezban on exploring a troubled world through children's eyes in Parvulos
Making the call
Steven Kostanski on making monsters in Frankie Freako
All the buzz
Sander Maran and Peeter Maran on Chainsaws Were Singing
Breaking the mould
Memoir Of A Snail director Adam Elliot on creating textured underdogs and emotional conflict
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