Frankie Freako
27.9.: Part of Night of the 1000 pumpkins
Conor is a dull boy. His presentations at work are bland, and in bed his wife has to make do with holding his hand. But then he comes across a bizarre ad for Frankie Freako’s Fun-Time Phone on late-night TV: “Just call, and fasten your freak-belts for a wild night with the ultimate party animal!“ He calls and—bang!—three goblin-like freakos are soon trashing his place, all the while downing a drink called “Fart”. Steven Kostanski (Psycho Goreman, SLASH 2020) stages his bonkers escalation via puppet and practical effects and ends up with a highly entertaining mix of Meet the Feebles, Gremlins and 90s breakfast TV. (me)
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MEAT PUPPET
Eros V., UK 2024, 12′, eOV
Austrian premiere
On the day he promised his girlfriend he’d grow up, a man-child inadvertently traps himself inside a puppet.
is a writer/director/producer/makeup artist/creative special-FX wizard who makes movies and monsters and generally gets into all sorts of shenanigans. His directing credits include segments of The ABCs of Death 2 (SLASH 2014) and V/H/S/94, the mystery sci-fi thriller The Void, and Psycho Goreman (SLASH 2020). The world premiere of his latest film, Frankie Freako, was held at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, in Montréal.
