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Are 'Repo!' and 'The Room' Really 'Rocky Horror' 2.0?
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Since last September, at Fantastic Fest, it became immediately apparent that Repo! The Genetic Opera was due for a cult following, and a successful roadshow run last November and December seemed to confirm as much. I wasn't the biggest fan of Darren Lynn Bousman's goth-rock horror musical at the time, and don't exactly see myself giving it another look any time soon, but when its DVD release hasn't prevented fans from organizing summer screenings with shadow casts far and wide, it's futile to deny that it has at least an audience beyond home video and into the realm of true theatrical cultdom.Meanwhile, the sheer sloppiness of Tommy Wiseau's infamous The Room has it similarly garnering underground popularity. I settled for seeing it on Cartoon Network when Adult Swim aired it as their idea of an April Fool's joke, and it became much more of a chore to sit through than I could've possibly imagined (and it's not like the constant commercial breaks weren't helping).
Would it have been much better with a crowd? I couldn't say, as the appeal hasn't quite reached Central Florida yet, but I ask: just because a film has reached the ranks of something like The Rocky Horror Picture Show, does that mean it truly deserves to? What are your personal criteria for a proper cult classic? What's your fondest memory of audience partici... pation, and what other films do you feel stand to join the ranks of the modern midnight movie that maybe haven't quite crept up on the ol' cultural radar just yet?
Fantastic Fest Announces Early Titles
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The Austin horror/science-fiction/fantasy film festival Fantastic Fest is gearing up to be even bigger than last year, when the event made its debut. The festival is expanding from a long weekend to a full week in late September, and recently announced its first batch of confirmed titles. Fantastic Fest has scored some U.S. premieres, including the German horror film Blood Trails, UK horror films Broken and Lie Still, and the comedy Gamerz. I am particularly pleased to see that the festival will bring the Quay brothers' The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (pictured at right) to Austin. Other titles of interest include the horror film Inside, an Estonian animated feature called Frank & Wendy, and the Canadian documentary Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream. More titles will be announced on July 15; I can't wait to hear what other goodies the festival programmers have procured. Fantastic Fest is still accepting short and feature submissions through July 15, if you're a filmmaker in one of the festival's target genres.
[via AICN]
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