Fantastic Fest 09: The One-Two Punch of CROPSEY and THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL
fangoria.com 9/29/2009 — Seeing the devil-centric documentary CROPSEY and the cult-friendly THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL in the same day, I’m surprised a full eclipse didn’t occur over Austin, TX’s Alamo Drafthouse, where the fifth annual Fantastic Fest is being housed. Normally, it would seem an unlikely choice to review two movies in the same breath, but it’s more than appropriate in this case. Ever since FANGORIA RADIO had CROPSEY filmmakers Barbara Brancaccio and Joshua Zeman as guests way back in May, I was interested ...

Cropsey: A Real Life Boogeyman.
horrordigest.blogspot.com 12/8/2009 — As someone who despises summer camp -the Cropsey urban legend was not something I had heard of. Not to be confused with Cropsey from the Burning , although I'm sure he was named that for this very reason- Cropsey is an urban legend developed after several children had gone missing in Staten ...

Exclusive CROPSEY clip
fangoria.com 4/10/2009 — Fango got ahold of an exclusive clip from the chilling new documentary CROPSEY, which has its world premiere this month at New York City’s Tribeca Film Festival . CROPSEY follows filmmakers Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio as they track the titular Staten Island urban legend, akin to the “Cropsy Maniac” who supposedly terrorized upstate New York and inspired movies like THE BURNING and MADMAN. Staten Island’s “Cropsey” was said to dwell in and around the abandoned Willowbrook ...

Fantastic Fest 2009 Award Winners Announced
brutalashell.com 10/1/2009 — Fantastic Fest 2009 is just about wrapped up for another year. For those of you who have been following our daily coverage from Austin, TX it won’t be hard to understand why Fantastic Fest is THE genre film event of the year. READ MORE

The Awful Truths of CROPSEY
fangoria.com 4/22/2009 — “Everybody has their guy,” says Barbara Brancaccio, one half of the team behind CROPSEY, a standout film at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival . And she’s absolutely right. Horror, no matter what artistic form it takes, didn’t create the boogeyman; he created horror, and we’ve been telling stories about him since the beginning. In every neighborhood across the country, he comes in a different form, with a different past, but he exists in the darkest reaches of our minds and ...

Fantastic Fest bound!
ilovehorror.net 9/23/2009 — Updates might be sporadic over the next nine days or so as my eyeballs undergo the ultimate test of endurance at Fantastic Fest in Austin. If you’d like to contribute a guest post about, well, anything, send it to bmchargue@gmail.com. Beyond that, keep your eyes here for reviews and the ...

Romero’s new DEAD and more at Fantastic Fest
fangoria.com 8/10/2009 — The folks behind Austin, TX’s Fantastic Fest just announced another batch of movies for their 2009 edition, running September 24-October 1. The highlight is undeniably SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD (pictured below), the latest zombie epic from George A. Romero, who will be on hand for a Q&A after the screening. A bunch of vintage Romero trailers will be screened with the feature as well. Another anticipated undead opus, ZOMBIELAND, will be shown Sept. 25 as part of a special event, with details ...

Fantastic Fest ’09: ZOMBIELAND (Film Review)
fangoria.com 9/25/2009 — Even if you prefer slow zombies to the fast kind and the serious undead to funny ghouls, you’re likely to get a kick out of ZOMBIELAND (screening at Austin, TX’s currently running Fantastic Fest and opening nationwide next Friday). Like many of the better horror/comedies, it doesn’t so much poke fun at the genre as plunk a group of humorous characters down into a dire situation and let ’er rip. Our guide through an America overtaken by the walking dead is a young man who will come to be called ...

Horror by Women at Fantastic Fest '09: 'Rite', 'Kaifeck Murders', 'Inside', 'Cropsey', and 'Dos Manos'
pretty-scary.net 8/11/2009 — Fantastic Fest 2009 , which takes place in Austin, Texas, USA Sept 24-Oct 1, 2009 has a bunch of female-directed horror films, both shorts and features, that rock! Celia Rico's Dos Manos Zurdas y un Racimo de Ojos Manchados de Gris , Tracie Laymon's Inside , Alicia Conway's Rite , Barbara ...

Fantastic Fest ’09: Let’s start the Fantastic Feud!
fangoria.com 9/28/2009 — What was Dr. Frankenstein’s assistant’s name in the original 1931 film? Who directed the original and the remake of HOUSE OF WAX? What was Christine’s license plate? These were just a few of the questions presented to the esteemed contestants on stage at Fantastic Feud, hosted by Scott Weinberg, (of Cinematical.com and horrorsquad.com ) at the Highball Cocktail Lounge during night three of Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX. Just to be clear, those were among the easy ones. The Fantastic Feud ...