Well folks, it's April again, and around these parts that can only mean one thing. No, it's not the start of the new baseball season, it's film festival time! The Head Vampire and the Mad Scientist will once again be providing you with daily film reviews from the 12th Annual Philadelphia Film Festival. We had a great time covering last year's festival, and we've vowed to take it to the next level this year with more review articles, more insightful analysis and more scathing diatribes for the films that rob us of our will to live. Our goal is to see twenty films in ten days and provide the best coverage you'll find anywhere on the interweb. Can we do it? Only one way to find out!

The Philadelphia Film Festival has quickly become the largest of its kind on the east coast, with well over 300 films and a host of World and American premieres. In addition to its excellent selection of international films, eye-opening documentaries and works from independent filmmakers, this year's Danger After Dark program is absolutely stacked with the best in genre cinema. We're going to be treated to a screening of Beyond Re-Animator which will be attended by both Brian Yuzna and Jeffrey Combs. Monsters At Play favorite Takashi Miike returns to the festival with the crime drama Graveyard of Honor, as well as Ryuhei Kitamura's gory followup to Versus, Aragami. To top it all off we'll be seeing a host of films from the legendary Shaw Brothers, including the 36th Chamber of Shaolin. I think I just wet my pants.

Our film schedule below lists the films we will definitely be seeing, but we may add even more. So stay tuned, it's going to be a fun ride.

Editorial Index

Photo Journal: Day 11	Michael Johnson	4.17.03
Turf Warriors V: Raise The Roof!	Michael Johnson	4.12.03
Photo Journal: Day 8	Michael Johnson	4.12.03
Turf Warriors IV: The Wrath of Khan	Michael Johnson	4.9.03
Horror Nerds 3: Nerds in 3-D!	Lawrence P. Raffel	4.9.03
Photo Journal: Day 5	Michael Johnson	4.9.03
Horror Nerds 2: Electric Boogaloo	Lawrence P. Raffel	4.8.03
Photo Journal: Day 4	Michael Johnson	4.8.03
Turf Warriors III: Citizens on Patrol	Michael Johnson	4.7.03
Photo Journal: Day 3	Michael Johnson	4.7.03
Turf Warriors II: Back in the Habit	Michael Johnson	4.6.03
Horror Nerds: Michael is Missing!	Lawrence P. Raffel	4.6.03
Photo Journal: Day 2	Michael Johnson	4.6.03
Photo Journal: Day 1	Michael Johnson	4.5.03
Philly Live, Talkin' Jive	Michael Johnson	4.5.03
Turf Warriors: Adventures in West Philadelphia	Michael Johnson	4.4.03
What a Difference a Couple of Years Make	Michael Johnson	4.4.03

Review Index

36th Chamber of Shaolin	Michael Johnson	4.16.03
Mimic: Sentinel	Lawrence P. Raffel	4.16.03
Aragami	Michael Johnson	4.13.03
Vengeance!	Lawrence P. Raffel	4.14.03
Aragami	Michael Johnson	4.13.03
2LDK	Michael Johnson	4.13.03
Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan	Lawrence P. Raffel	4.13.03
Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan	Michael Johnson	4.12.03
2LDK	Lawrence P. Raffel	4.12.03
Graveyard of Honor	Michael Johnson	4.11.03
One-Armed Swordsman	Lawrence P. Raffel	4.10.03
Graveyard of Honor	Lawrence P. Raffel	4.9.03
Come Drink With Me	Michael Johnson	4.9.03
Eternal Blood	Lawrence P. Raffel	4.9.03
Mutant Action	Michael Johnson	4.8.03
Aro Tolbukhin: In The Mind of a Killer	Lawrence P. Raffel	4.8.03
Dark Water	Michael Johnson	4.8.03
800 Bullets	Lawrence P. Raffel	4.7.03
Love Object	Michael Johnson	4.6.03
Love Object	Lawrence P. Raffel	4.6.03
Beyond Re-Animator	Lawrence P. Raffel	4.5.03
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance	Michael Johnson	4.5.03