FEATURE FILMS

trick 'r treat
superman returns
x-men 2
 

ANIMATION

season's greetings
refrigerator art
crayons
deadtime stories

What's better than an awesome new horror movie? An awesome new horror movie with a director who'll stick out 24 hours of film in a theater of 250 die-hard movie fans.

"Trick 'r Treat," a comic book-derived horror thriller, was by far my favorite film shown at this weekend's ninth annual Butt-Numb-A-Thon festival - a 24-hour movie marathon that doubles as Austin film guru Harry Knowles' birthday party. On top of getting to see the movie six months before its release, this year's audience (which was hand-picked by Knowles out of more than 7,000 applicants from around the globe) got to have questions answered afterward by the film's writer and director: Michael Doughtery (who also wrote "X2" and "Superman Returns").

Despite being the last film of the festival, which started at noon Saturday and ended at noon Sunday, "Trick 'r Treat" managed to maintain a wide-eyed audience, and lack of sleep may have actually made the film's four interwoven plotlines (all taking place on Halloween) that much more disturbingly surreal. The movie is set to come out just before Halloween. Go see it; you'll be glad you did.

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