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Fantasia Film Festial 2008 Horror Movie Lineup

By Mark H. Harris, About.com

Anthony Head (foreground)  and Ogre (center background) in Repo! The Genetic Opera.

Anthony Head (foreground) and Ogre (center background) in Repo! The Genetic Opera.

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The Substitute (AKA Vikaren) (2007)
Director: Ole Bornedal
Starring: Paprika Steen, Ulrich Thomsen, Jonas Wandschneider
Plot: In this Danish film, students begin to suspect that their new teacher is a mind-reading alien.
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Timecrimes (AKA Los Cronocrimenes) (2007)
Director: Nacho Vigalondo
Starring: Karra Elejalde, Candela Fernandez, Barbara Goenaga, Juan Inciarte, Nacho Vigalondo
Plot: A Spanish time traveling film about a man who meets himself in the past, with disastrous consequences.
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To Let (AKA Para Entrar a Vivir) (2007)
Director: Jaume Balagueró
Starring: Macarena Gómez, Nuria González, Adrià Collado, Ruth Díaz, Roberto Romero
Plot: From the director of [REC comes this Spanish tale of a couple who discovers that the landlady in their new apartment building has dark intentions.
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Tokyo Gore Police (AKA Tôkyô zankoku keisatsu) (2008)
Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura
Starring: Eihi Shiina, Itsuji Itao, Shôko Nakahara, Sayako Nakoshi
Plot: Set in a Japan of the future, a mutant-battling cop seeks to avenge her father's death.
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Trailer Park of Terror (2008)
Director: Steven Goldmann
Starring: Nichole Hiltz, Ryan Carnes, Priscilla Barnes, J.P. Manoux, Lew Temple, Tracey Walter, Duane Whitaker, Cody McMains, Dale Dickey, Trace Adkins
Plot:Based on a comic book series of the same name, this entry finds a group of high school students stranded in a zombie-infested trailer park.
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Who's That Knocking at My Door? (AKA Jusujieseon Geonjin Chita) (2007)
Director: Yang Hea-hoon
Starring: Im Ji-gyu, Yun So-si, Jo Seong-ha, Pyo Sang-u, Im Ji-yeon
Plot: In this dark Korean film, a bullied loner tries to break out of his shell, but a chance meeting with an old school acquaintance spirals into violence.
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Wicked Lake (2008)
Director: Zach Passero
Starring: Carlee Baker, Michael Esparza, Eryn Joslyn, Will Keenan, Eve Mauro
Plot: Rapists attack a group of girlfriends at a secluded cabin but are in for a shock when the girls turn out to be witches.
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Wide Awake (AKA Ri-teon) (2007)
Director: Lee Kyoo-man
Starring: Kim Myeong-min, Yoo Joon-sang, Kim Tae-woo, Jeong Yoo-seok, Kim Yoo-mi
Plot: A Korean boy who suffered through surgery that he could feel, despite the anesthesia, ends up being so emotionally scarred that he ends up displaying psychopathic behavior.
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X-Cross (AKA XX (Ekusu Kurosu): Makyö Densetsu) (2007)
Director: Kenta Fukasaku
Starring: Nao Matsushita, Ami Suzuki, Shoko Nakagawa, Maju Ozawa
Plot: Two women visiting a remote Japanese town discover that the townspeople have a nasty habit of chopping off people's legs.
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