Fantastic Fest Shares a First Look at Peter Dinklage’sToxic AvengerRemake

Toxie ’s back — though Troma fans all know he never really went anywhere . Fantastic Fest , the annual solemnization of genre film in Austin , Texas , has foretell Macon Blair ’s The Toxic Avenger will afford this year ’s event , with ocular proof in the build of our ( murky ) first look atPeter Dinklageas the mutant grinder .

The Toxic Avenger — a remaking of the 1984 splatter comedy that became the signature film of the proudly schlocky Troma Entertainment — also stars Jacob Tremblay , Taylour Page , Kevin Bacon , and Elijah Wood . It give up off Fantastic Fest on September 21 , and the line - up does n’t have down from there , with 29 world premieres , 24 North American premieres , and 18 U.S. premieres among the computer programming .

Other highlights include Totally Killer , a horror comedy about a teen ( Kiernan Shipka ) who metre - travels back to the ‘ 80s to fight a slasher ( a Prime Video - Blumhouse Television production , it ’ll come to streaming October 6 ) ; Gareth Edwards’very intriguing - looking The Creator ; Stephen King - inspire prequel Pet Sematary : Bloodlines ; and V / H / S/85 , Shudder ’s previous unveiling in the popular come up - footage revulsion series . Fantastic Fest will also be screening the first two episodes of Mike Flanagan ’s forthcoming Netflix series , The spill of the House of Usher .

Image: Legendary Pictures courtesy of Fantastic Fest

Check outthe full Fantastic Fest schedule at its website ; the consequence lead September 21 - 28 in Austin , Texas .

Correction : An earlier reading of this post collapse the wrong title for Pet Sematary : Bloodlines . io9 regrets the error .

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