Murder, detectives, politics, gadgetry, circus workers, and at least one spectacular foot chase in a period piece!

Luckily we had a list of the winners sent to us because we didn’t remember all the names. Or where our pants went.

We’ve been training all our lives for this, and it’s finally here. Fantastic Fest 2009 promises to remove our eyeballs, pour blood, sex and ninja moves all over them and then shove them right back in our face. These are the 20 films that have us most excited about that upcoming amateur surgical procedure.