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This popular Brazilian festival boasts an extensive line-up of genre cinema, mixing home-grown triumphs with films for around the world.
The festival runs from 14 April to 1 May.
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Fantaspoa Latest Reviews
A new father strives to protect his baby for the 21 days during which it is vulnerable to spiritual attack.
A matriarchal witch passes on her sinister inheritance to her grand-daughter, triggering horrific curses.
Tensions rise when a stripper and religious protester are trapped together in a peep show booth and must come together to survive the apocalypse in 1980's Chicago.
Antonio is a sorcerer from a powerful bloodline, trapped in an asylum against his will. After an omen informs him that his daughter will be sacrificed by an evil entity, he must use his magical skills to escape and save her.
Somewhere on the Brazilian coast, teenagers Lucas and Martin fall in love while investigating the disappearance of a local kid, but their blossoming romance is threatened by sinister forces lurking beneath that idyllic summery landscape.
To escape writer's block, a famous novelist moves into a house near an isolated and strange village, where pages apparently written by the former resident of the house begin to appear on his desk, prompting him to question his sanity.
A tale of dirt, soap, and magic set in a cult on a remote Greek island.
A dark and twisted comedy which explores the depths and depravity of the Brighton underworld.
A young man enters into a mysterious masculinity therapy, whose objective is to re-balance their relationship. He soon discovers that the leader of this therapy has radical, terrifying views on women and his dangerous methods are highly controversial.
Eugene's home is quiet and peaceful as he goes to sleep, but when he feels something travelling up his body, he realises that it's not going to stay that way.
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