This year's Fantastic Fest has come to a close, but not without introducing us to some of the craziest, most entertaining genre films of the year. We love Fantastic Fest because it incorporates really cool experiences into the act of watching a movie. Sure, some of the Fantastic Fest experiences may be a little dirty and make you feel uncomfortable (here's a NSFW example of what they did for the movie Cheap Thrills), but they're unique, fun, and memorable -- and, heck, they may even hold the key to preserving the future of the moviegoing experience in general.

On this week's special episode of the Fancast podcast (recorded earlier this week), Erik Davis is joined by Alicia Malone (Malone's Movie Minute) to discuss the five Fantastic Fest movies you have to see when they hit theaters. You can check out more Fantastic Fest coverage over on our sister site Movies.com, and make sure to watch some of Alicia's great video interviews from this year's fest right here.

As always, thanks for listening and let us know which movies you're most looking forward to in the comments.

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