Interview:
Joseph A. Ziemba,
director,
Alicia Coombs,
head of business affairs,
Sebastian del Castillo,
head of film preservation,
Bret Berg,
theatrical sales director,
American Genre Film Archive
The American Genre Film Archive returns to Fantastic Fest with the world premieres of the restored Bloody Birthday, The Peanut Butter Solution, and Tammy and The T-Rex and the preserved Limbo, The McPherson Tape, the preserved Reflections of Evil, and the preserved She Mob. Ed Hunt’s 1981 slasher depicts a killing spree undertaken by three 10-year-old kids. In Michael Rubbo’s 1985 children fantasy film The Peanut Butter Solution, an 11-year-old boy seeks a cure for baldness after he loses his hair during an encounter with a ghost. Paul Walker’s brain is transplanted into the body of a dinosaur in Stewart Raffill’s 1994 comedy Tammy and the T-Rex, which also stars Denise Richards as Walker’s girlfriend Tammy. Directed by actress Tina Krause, 1999’s mid-length experimental chiller Limbofollows a woman trying to survive a three-day physical and psychological breakdown. Dean Alioto’s 1989 found footage sci-fi thriller The McPherson Tape pits a family against three extraterrestrial invaders. Damon Packard’s 2002 surreal Reflections of Evil stars Packard as street salesman who experiences a violent transformation. Harry Wuest’s 1968 erotic thriller She Mobchronicles a kidnapping gone wrong. Tammy and The T-Rex, co-presented by Vinegar Syndrome, will screen 8 p.m. Sept. 19 and 11:30 p.m. Sept. 25. Reflections of Evil will screen at 11 a.m.Sept. 20. The McPherson Tape, co-presented by Bleeding Skull!, will screen at 8 p.m. Sept. 21. She Mob, co-presented by Something Weird, will screen at 5 p.m. Sept. 22. Bloody Birthday, co-presented by Arrow Films, will screen at 11:30 p.m. Sept. 23. The Peanut Butter Solution, co-presented by Severin Films, will screen at 11 a.m. Sept. 24. Limbo, co-presented by Bleeding Skull!, will screen at 2 p.m. Sept. 25. All AGFA Fantastic Fest screenings will be held at the Alamo South Lamar.
Aired: Sept. 19, 2019 Web sites: http://americangenrefilm.com http://fantasticfest.com/ https://drafthouse.com/austin |
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