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Fantasia Film Festial 2008 Horror Movie Lineup

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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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