How to attend Fantastic Fest without getting stuck in a coffinS
Fantastic Fest in Austin has become the premiere US film
festival for genre films. For opening night, they buried people
alive. Now they're unleashing dozens of new films, from
thrillers to scifi. What are you missing at Fantastic Fest?
From September 23rd through September 30th, genre movie fans
gather at the Alamo Drafthouse and the Paramount Theater in
Austin, Texas to watch some truly messed up movies. And this
year, some watched one movie in a messed up way. Four people
were randomly picked to watch Buried, a film about a man (Ryan
Reynolds) who wakes up in a coffin with a lighter and cell
phone, on the screens on the top of their own buried coffins.
Presumably, afterwards, they were dug up again, but it's tough
to organize festivals like these.  Now Fantastic Fest is going
from coffin size to nation size. That's right - you don't even
have to go to Austin to enjoy some of the best on offer. Through
the week, some films will be broadcast s