By MICHAEL GINGOLD
The Japanese wildman’s latest is part of a huge slate of features playing Brazil’s genre fest.
The 18th edition of the Fantaspoa Fantastic Film Festival takes place April 15-May 1 in Porto Alegre, showcasing 90 features and 97 shorts. After two digital editions, this marks Fantaspoa’s return to live screenings as well as other events, though some of the program will also be available on-line (geo-blocked for Brazilian viewers). HOLY MOTHER (pictured above and below) will world-premiere as part of a celebration of cult horror/splatter director Yoshihiro Nishimura, who will be in attendance; his previous TOKYO GORE POLICE and VAMPIRE GIRL VS. FRANKENSTEIN GIRL will also screen.
Fantaspoa features revealed today are:
A PURE PLACE (d. Nikias Chryssos, 2021, Germany and Greece, Latin American Premiere)
ALL THE MOONS (d. Igor Legarreta, 2020, Spain, Latin American Premiere)
APPS (d. Sandra Arriagada, Camilo León, Lucio A. Rojas, José Miguel Zúñiga, and Samot Marquez, 2021, Chile, Argentina, Brazilian Premiere)
ARCHIPEL (d. Félix Dufour-Laperrière, 2021, Canada, Local Premiere)
THE ATTACHEMENT DIARIES (d. Valentín Javier Diment, 2021, Argentina, Brazilian Premiere)
BOB SPIT: WE DO NOT LIKE PEOPLE (d. Cesar Cabral, 2021, Brazil, Local Premiere)
THE DAY TODAY (d. Maxence Stamatiadis, 2021, France, Latin American Premiere)
DESERT SHADOWS (d. Tyler Bourns, 2022, United States, World Premiere)
DOZENS OF NORTHS (d. Koji Yamamura, 2021, Japan, Latin American Premiere)
DR. LUCCHETTI’S MACABRE ATHENEUM (d. Paulo Biscaia Filho, 2022, Brazil, Local Premiere)
THE DRAGONS (d. Gustavo Spolidoro, 2021, Brazil, Local Premiere)
EVERYONE WILL BURN (d.David Hebrero, 2021, Spain, International Premiere)
THE FAMILY (d. Dan Slater, 2021, Canada, Latin American Premiere)
THE GREENHOUSE (d. Thomas Wilson-White, 2021, United States, Latin American Premiere)
GHOSTING GLORIA (d. Marcela Matta, Mauro Sarser, 2021, Uruguay, Brazilian Premiere)
HOLY MOTHER (d. Yoshihiro Nishimura, 2022, Japan, World Premiere)
HOLY SHIT! (d. Lukas Rinker, 2021, Germany, Local Premiere)
HOMEBOUND (d. Sebastian Godwin, 2021, United States, Latin American Premiere)
LAGUNAS, LA GUARIDA DEL DIABLO (d. Marc Carreté, 2022, Spain, World Premiere)
MANDRAKE (d. Lynne Davison, 2022, United States, International Premiere)
MASKING THRESHOLD (d. Johannes Grenzfurthner, 2021, Austria, Brazilian Premiere)
MISGUIDED (d. Armando Fonseca, 2022, Brazil, World Premiere)
THE MONSTERS WITHOUT (d. Randal Kamradt, 2021, Philippines, Latin American Premiere)
MONSTROUS (d. Chris Sivertson, 2021, United States, Latin American Premiere)
THE NANNY’S NIGHT (d. Igna L Vacas, 2021, Spain, World Premiere)
ONE MILLION ZOMBIES (d. Nicanor Loreti and Camilo de Cabo, 2022, Argentina, World Premiere)
OPAL (d. Alain Bidard, 2021, France, Brazilian Premiere)
PHANTOM SUMMER (d. Matheus Marchetti, 2022, Brazil, World Premiere)
THE PLAGUE (d. José Mojica Marins, 1980, Brazil, Latin American Premiere)
PREMAN (d. Randolph Zaini, 2021, Indonesia, Latin American Premiere)
PUSSYCAKE (d. Pablo Parés, 2021, Argentina, Brazilian Premiere)
RED POINT (d. Nicanor Loreti, 2021, Argentina, Brazilian Premiere)
RED SKY (Metal Giants) (d. Marcelo Leguiza, 2022, Argentina, World Premiere)
REVEALER (d. Luke Boyce, 2022, United States, International Premiere)
THE SACRED SPIRIT (d. Chema García Ibarra, 2021, Spain, Local Premiere)
THE SADNESS (d. Robert Jabbaz, 2021, Taiwan, Brazilian Premiere)
SECOND SUN (d. Rinat Tashimov, 2021, Russia, International Premiere)
SEIRE (d. Kang Park, 2021, South Korea, Latin American Premiere)
SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (d. Danishka Esterhazy, 2021, South Africa, Brazilian Premiere)
SOUL OF A BEAST (d. Lorenz Merz, 2021, Switzerland, Brazilian Premiere)
SOULS DANCING IN THE DARK (d. Marcos DeBrito, 2021, Brazil, Local Premiere)
TIONG BAHRU SOCIAL CLUB (d. Bee Thiam Tan, 2020, Singapore, Brazilian Premiere)
TOKYO GORE POLICE (d. Yoshihiro Nishimura, 2008, Japan)
TWO WITCHES (d. Pierre Tsigaridis, 2021, United States, Brazilian Premiere)
VAMPIRE GIRL VS. FRANKENSTEIN GIRL (d. Yoshihiro Nishimura, 2009, Japan)
WELCOME TO HELL (d. Jimena Monteoliva, 2021, Argentina, Brazilian Premiere)
YOU ANIMAL! (d. Avid Liongoren, 2020, The Philippines, Latin American Premiere)
These join the previously announced slate:
ALPHA MALE (d. Igor Priwieziencew and Katarzyna Priwieziencew, 2022, Poland, Latin American Premiere)
ARC (d. Kei Ishikawa, 2021, Japan, Latin American Premiere)
BABY ASSASSINS (d. Yugo Sakamoto, 2021, Japan, Latin American Premiere)
BASHIRA (d. Fong Nickson, 2021, United States, Brazilian Premiere)
BLUE HEART (d. Miguel Coyula, 2021, Cuba, Brazilian Premiere)
BROTHER, KEPT (d. Jorge Sanders, 2022, Mexico, World Premiere)
CAPTAIN WITTS (d. Filipe Gontijo, 2022, Brazil, World Premiere)
CHICKEN OF THE MOUND (d. Xi Chen, 2021, Germany/China, Latin American Premiere)
CINEMA OF SLEEP (d. Jeffrey St. Jules, 2021, Canada, Latin American Premiere)
CLIMBING (d. Kim Hye-mi, 2020, South Korea, Latin American Premiere)
CRABS! (d. Pierce Berolzheimer, 2021, United States, Brazilian Premiere)
DOWNTOWN (d. Flip Van der Kuil, 2021, Netherlands, International Premiere)
FANGA (d. Max Gold, 2022, Iceland, International Premiere)
FOLLOW HER (d. Sylvia Caminer, 2022, United States, Latin American Premiere)
FOLLOW THE DEAD (d. Adam William Cahill, 2020, Ireland, Latin American Premiere)
GOD’S PETTING YOU (d. Jamie Patterson, 2022, United Kingdom, International Premiere)
HOTEL POSEIDON (d. Stefan Lernous, 2021, Netherlands, Brazilian Premiere)
JACINTO (d. Javi Camino, 2021, Spain, Brazilian Premiere)
JESUS KID (d. Aly Muritiba, 2021, Brazil, Regional Premiere)
KILLING THE EUNUCH KHAN (d. Abed Abest, 2021, Iran, Latin American Premiere)
LEGIONS (d. Fabián Forte, 2022, Argentina, World Premiere)
LEMONADE (d.Ethan Maniquis, 2022, Dominican Republic, International Premiere)
MOON HEART (d. Aldo Salvini, 2021, Peru, Brazilian Premiere)
NEPTUNE FROST (d. Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman, 2021, United States/Rwanda, Latin American Premiere)
NO LOOKING BACK (d. Kirill Sokolov, 2021, Russia, Latin American Premiere)
OX-HEAD VILLAGE (d. Takashi Shimizu, 2022, Japan, Latin American Premiere)
POMPO: THE CINEPHILE (d. Takayuki Hirao, 2021, Japan, Latin American Premiere)
PRIVATE PROPERTY (d. Chadd Harbold, 2022, United States, World Premiere)
SOME LIKE IT RARE (d. Fabrice Eboué, 2021, France, Latin American Premiere)
SOULPARK (d. Illés Horváth and Róbert Odegnál, 2022, Hungary, Latin American Premiere)
SUBJECT (d. Leo Falcão, 2022, Brazil, World Premiere)
THE BEACH AT THE END OF THE WORLD (d. Petrus Cariry, 2021, Brazil, Regional Premiere)
THE BETA TEST (d. Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe, 2021, United States, Latin American Premiere)
THE CITY OF ABYSSES (d. Priscyla Bettim and Renato Coelho, 2021, Brazil, Regional Premiere)
THE EYES BELOW (d. Alexis Bruchon, 2022, France, World Premiere)
THE SMOKE MASTER (d. Andre Sigwalt and Augusto Soares, 2022, Brazil, World Premiere)
THE TIMEKEEPERS OF ETERNITY (d. Aristotelis Maragkos, 2021, Greece, Latin American Premiere)
UPURGA (d. Uģis Olte, 2021, Latvia, International Premiere)
WHAT JOSIAH SAW (d. Vincent Grashaw, 2021, United States/United Kingdom, Latin American Premiere)
YELLOW DRAGON’S VILLAGE (d. Yugo Sakamoto, 2021, Japan, Latin American Premiere)
