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Esther Gronenborn

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	Women-Directed Horror at Fantastic Fest Austion: 'Cropsey', 'Inside', 'Kaifeck Murders,'Dos Manos', and 'Rite' Fantastic Fest 2009, which takes place in Austin, Texas, USA Sept 24-Oct 1, 2009 has a bunch of female-directed horror films, both shorts and features, that rock!	08/11/09
	Horror by Women at Fantastic Fest '09: 'Rite', 'Kaifeck Murders', 'Inside', 'Cropsey', and 'Dos Manos' Fantastic Fest 2009, which takes place in Austin, Texas, USA Sept 24-Oct 1, 2009 has a bunch of female-directed horror films, both shorts and features, that rock! Celia Rico's Dos Manos Zurdas y un Racimo de Ojos Manchados de Gris, Tracie Laymon's Inside, Alicia Conway's Rite, Barbara Brancaccio's documentary Cropsey, and Esther Gronenborn's Kaifeck Murders are all screening this year. Find out synopses and more below...	08/11/09
	Kaifeck Murders (AKA Hinter Kaifeck) (2009) Directed by Esther Gronenborn Written by Christian Limmer & Sönke Lars Neuwöhner Featuring Benno Fürmann, Alexandra Maria Lara Review by Hal MacDermot A lonely forest at twilight, the haunting sound of a piano, a young girl walks alone, she looks back perhaps to see if she’s being followed. Will she find a wolf? No, but she will find a farmhouse full of dead bodies with their heads smashed in. Kaifeck Murder is a beautifully shot horror/thriller/fairy tale with fine performances from Benno Fürmann (Jerichow, Mutant Chronicles) and Alexandra Maria Lara, (Control & Youth Without Youth). The film draws inspiration from the true life unsolved murder of 6 people in small German village back in 1922. This is a story of superstition and community in the vein of the original Wicker Man, or even Neil Jordan’s gothic horror fairy tale “The Company of Wolves.” Don’t expect a slash fest, but do expect an excellent and thoughtful movie... In the prese	08/05/09