5 Must-See Movies at Fantastic Fest, Including Resident Evil

Fantastic Fest is an eight-day celebration of the best genre movies on the planet, including the new Resident Evil adaptation, while this year's event also features a terrifying TV series that's coming very soon.All that fun is housed at the Alamo Drafthouse cinema in Austin, Texas, where the spotlight is on horror, sci-fi, comedy, action, and fantasy, with a focus on the wonderful and weird.Award contenders are present, including Martin McDonaugh's Wild Horse Nine, (receiving early buzz for John Malkovich's performance), and controversial thriller Primetime (where Robert Pattinson plays To Catch a Predator host Chris Hanson). While the festival opens and closes with a pair of scary movies in the shape of creature feature Beware Boiúna, and survival horror The Swallow.Fantastic Fest is also screening the first two episodes of an eagerly anticipated Prime Video series from the twisted minds of Stephen King and Mike Flanagan, which we preview at the bottom of this page.But before that, you can scroll down for our most eagerly anticipated movies playing at the event, including some witch action, a festive vampire flick, and that eagerly anticipated video game movie...