Don’t Hesitate: The Adams Family Walks The Glorious Dead Into Fantastic Fest

Fantastic Fest would not be Fantastic Fest without the Adams Family. This year the surprise was The Glorious Dead, the snowbound apocalyptic dark comedy that world-premiered at Fantasia, took its U.S. bow at Alamo South Lamar, and left Austin with a 2027 Shudder pickup — the clan’s fourth with the streamer after Hellbender, Hell Hole, and Mother of Flies. Paul Salfen sat down with director-writer-star Toby Poser and stars Lulu Adams and Zelda Adams while the Q&A glow was still on. They talked division in a town where everyone knows each other, duct tape in a cold kitchen, Lulu moving inside a monster suit, and why the next picture — urban, gritty, “our J.Lo” — is already shooting on the festival trail.