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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