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Fantasia 2026: Most Anticipated

THE LAST TEMPTATION OF BECKY

Now working as a field agent for the CIA, Becky (Lulu Wilson) is sent undercover to Poland to infiltrate a family of innkeepers who are running a tourist venture at The Wolf’s Lair, Hitler’s WWII bunker. After learning that the father, Wilhelm Reuss (Neil Patrick Harris), is on a mission to bring about the Fourth Reich, Becky takes matters into her own hands.


Director: Jenn Wexler

Writers: Jenn Wexler and Matt Angel

Story By: Matt Angel & Suzanne Coote

Cast: Lulu Wilson, Kate Siegel, Brandon Flynn, Catherine Walker, with James Urbaniak and Neil Patrick Harris

Run Time: 89 minutes

Rating: Not Yet Rated

Genre: Thriller, Horror

Distributor: Quiver Distribution

RUBBERHEAD: THE LIFE AND MONSTERS OF STEVE JOHNSON

Known for his intense work ethic, perfectionism, and obsession with breaking new ground, Steve Johnson created iconic creatures and effects for some of the most beloved horror and sci-fi movies in cinema history. RUBBERHEAD is a humorous and heartfelt portrait of the life and times of one of Hollywood’s most prolific monster makers, as well as a historical journey through the golden age of special effects makeup. 


Steve shares endless, outrageous anecdotes about his freewheeling adventures in Hollywood, while also telling the inspirational but tragic story of his meteoric rise and subsequent fall. His drive and ambition led to some of cinema’s most groundbreaking effects and techniques, but also to heartbreaking acts of self-sabotage, divorce, and serious struggles with addiction.


RUBBERHEAD is a captivating reflection on the game-changing practical FX glory days and a fascinating, entertaining, and moving story of an FX master whose greatest monster may have been himself.


Director: Nick Taylor

Writers: Joseph Krings, Nick Taylor

Cast: Steve Johnson, John Landis, Linnea Quigley, Tom Holland, Bill Corso

Run Time: 105 minutes

Rating: Not Yet Rated

Genre: Documentary

Production Company: American Nightmare Studios

HER PRIVATE HELL

Nicolas Winding Refn’s audacious return to feature filmmaking is a gorgeous, mysterious act of cinema, sensorial and transgressive, that demands to be experienced on its own terms. It emerges through spectral mist like dream transcriptions from the beyond, pulsating with psychic threads to Bava, Suzuki, Argento, and Vadim by way of Hans Christian Andersen, steeped in saturated primary colors and dripping with potent surrealism and mordant wit. Set in a fog-basked futuristic city that curves, arches, juts, and glows like pathways into the subconscious, HER PRIVATE HELL stars Sophie Thatcher (Showtime’s Yellowjackets, COMPANION), Charles Melton (MAY DECEMBER, The CW’s Riverdale), Havana Rose Liu (LURKER, BOTTOMS), Kristine Froseth (SHARP STICK, AppleTV’s The Buccaneers), and Dougray Scott (MY OXFORD YEAR, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2). A hallucinatory fairy tale death trip inspired in part by its gifted maker’s own harrowing experience with death and resurrection, HER PRIVATE HELL is a deeply personal and obsessive film that explores memory and mortality, often through breathtakingly stylized Neo-Noir and Giallo film coding.


Director: Nicolas Winding Refn

Writers: Joseph Krings, Nick Taylor

Cast: Sophie Thatcher. Havana Rose Liu. Charles Melton.

Run Time: 109 minutes

Rating: Rated R

Genre: Crime. Drama. Horror. SciFi. Thriller.

Production Company: Neon

BUDDY

A brave girl (Delaney Quinn, IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU) and her friends must escape a kids television show, stalked by a homicidal mascot (Keegan-Michael Key, KEANU) in the wickedly deranged Sundance sensation BUDDY, the long-coming feature theatrical debut from Casper Kelly (TOO MANY COOKS, ADULT SWIM YULE LOG). Inspired in part by the filmmaker’s own childhood envy of the kids who got to live in the worlds of his favorite children’s shows, before he began to question their presented realities. A remarkable achievement in gonzo world-building, inventively shot, meticulously designed, and bubbling with imaginative scenarios that frequently re-invent themselves, BUDDY lands with singular impact, its conceptual outrageousness grounded by a terrific lead performance from the always-strong Cristin Milioti (HBO’s The Penguin) and a sharp supporting cast that includes Topher Grace (BLACKKKLANSMAN), Michael Shannon (THE SHAPE OF WATER), and Patton Oswalt (RATATOUILLE). From the producers of WEAPONS and COMPANION.


Director: Casper Kelly.

Writers: Casper Kelly. Jamie King.

Cast: Cristin Milioti. Delaney Quinn. Keegan-Michael Key. Patton Oswalt.

Run Time: 95 minutes

Rating: Not Rated

Genre: Horror. SciFi.

Production Company: Roadside Attractions. Saban Films.

TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA

Visionary writer-director Jane Schoenbrun (I SAW THE TV GLOW, WE’RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD’S FAIR - Fantasia 2021) will arrive in Montreal fresh off their Cannes premiere and Palm Queer win with the Canadian premiere of TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson. After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original movie's star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.


Director: Jane Schoenbrun

Writers: Jane Schoenbrun

Cast: Gillian Anderson. Hannah Einbinder. Patrick Fischler. Jack Haven.

Run Time: 106 minutes

Rating: Rated R

Genre: Drama. Horror. Romance. Thriller.

Production Company: Mubi

UNHOLY NIGHT

Gino’s traditional family Christmas Eve turns into a bloody battle for survival when his long-dead grandma drops by and goes on a murderous rampage. Amid the chaos, Gino reunites with his ex and the dysfunctional duo must avoid his dead Italian relatives popping up all around the neighbourhood as they search for a way to get rid of these Yuletide revenants and survive his family Christmas.


Director: Michael Gabriele

Writers: Michael Gabriele

Cast: Marc Bendavid, Shailene Garnett, Jacqueline Robbins.

Run Time: TBC

Rating: Not Rated

Genre: Comedy. Horror.


 
 
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