poster reveal for South Korea's Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN)
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2035 (2023)
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The New Tale of Rat Wife (2023)
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Home (2023)
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Among South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival’s premiere and classic offerings from around the globe are new voices in Korean cinema. Following are reviews of three works from up-and-coming Korean directors.
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Argentina's genre darling Tamae Garateguy returns with her latest period piece/nunsploitation/occult/LGBTQ/feminist manifesto! With its World Premiere at this year's Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), Garateguy's given us a lot to unpack.
Here is The Scariest Things' preview of South Korea's Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival’s (BIFAN) 2023 edition.
With concern for the current COVID-19 climate and an eye on the future, South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival...
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With a complex multi-story plot featuring an alien in a basket, a serial killer, sister assassins, a failed Yakuza strongman, and a discount ninja instructor, the BiFan showcased feature Life of Mariko in Kabukicho is a delightful slice of life in sleazy Tokyo that Quentin Tarantino could admire. The story complexity is grounded by the clever and stalwart young detective Mariko (Sairi Itô) who investigates all sorts of strange goings on in her neighborhood. This is only horror adjacent, and is more of a storytelling collage featuring several genre types. It is intoxicating, Go see it when you get a chance.
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In keeping with the latest trend in J-Horror, Bldg. N (a.k.a., N-Goto) is based on true events that happened at an apartment complex in Gifu Prefecture back in 2000. Ghosts! Cultists! Corpses! Hooray!
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From producer and Japanese horror stalwart, Takashi Shimizu, comes a meandering social-horror tale of a young woman returning to visit her small hometown only to discover that life there was never as rosy as it seemed.
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The Devil's Deception
Southeast Asian creepfests The Womb and The Devils’ Deception are two of the finest pregnancy horror films in recent memory, with unforgettable images and unsettling goings-on.