Berlin
Germany is gearing up to savor some fear as vampires, zombies, ghosts and all other kinds of nightmarish undesirables come to theaters over the course of the next month.
Germany’s eight-city ‘Fantasy Film Fest’ kicks of August 17 in Berlin, where it will spend a week before heading over to Hamburg. Eventually it will also hit Cologne, Frankfurt, Munich , Stuttgart and Nuremburg.
Each night new freaky films will be debuted, beginning in Berlin with Frank Richard’s french horror film,“The Pack,” in the Cinemaxx on Potsdamer Platz and will close with Quentin Dupieux’s ‘Rubber.’
“The Pack,” is the tale of a young woman who makes one of the classic fatal horror film errors and picks up a hitchhiker, who soon disappears using the bathroom in a restaurant. She is then kidnapped looking for him and in danger of being fed to a very hungry, ghoulish pack. Can she escape or is she their next course?
“Rubber” is directed by the famous electronic artist Mr. Oizo under his real name, Quentin Dupieux. It appeared at the Cannes Film Festical this year. Here he debuts a new concept of horror film killer – a tire killer. That’s right – Robert, the main character, discovers an abandoned tire and becomes psychically connected to it. Suddenly he can wreak all sorts of havoc with his new found passion for eradication and destruction. Rotund rubber wheels do more than just propel cars – they can also squash everything in their path.
The film considered the festival’s ‘centerpiece’ is, “Chatroom,” directed by Hideo Nakata. “Chatroom” tells the story of a teenager who goes from being on the brink of suicide to creating his own chat-room, in which societal outcasts like himself, feel gloriously at home. However, his ascendency over his minions grows to such an extent that it becomes dangerous. It also appeared at Cannes this year.
The horror festival which runs with the motto, ‘Fear Good Movies’ began in 1998 and has, in just over twelve years, transformed from a small recognition of scary movies into an internationally acknowledged fear-fete. The ‘Fresh Blood Award’ will go the film given the highest mark by festival attendees who will have the option to rate every film the watch from 1 (fantastic!) to 6 (terrible!).
Tickets are 9 Euros for regular films, and 12 Euros for 3D and can be purchased online or in person.
If you’re in Germany, take advantage of the chance to let your skin crawl in the theater.
LINKS
http://www.cinemaxx.de/Home/?SwitchCinemaId=12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Oizo
http://www.fantasyfilmfest.com/
http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/05/16/cannes-review-quentin-dupieuxs-wacky-tire-movie-rubber/
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