Overview

• The festival runs September 18–25 at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, Texas.
• The program features more than 45 world premieres and U.S. debuts such as Neon’s Shelby Oaks and Paramount’s Dakota Fanning-led Vicious.
• Major studio offerings like Blumhouse’s Black Phone 2 and Lionsgate’s The Strangers: Chapter 2 sit alongside indie selections including the Thai romance A Useful Ghost and Season 2 of Mark Duplass’s The Creep Tapes.
• Fantastic Fest’s Secret Screenings remain unannounced until showtime, preserving its tradition of surprise premieres.
• Community side events range from a medieval drag show to a Transgender Film Center fundraiser, and the festival has brought back the once-controversial Fantastic Debates series.