Multiple zombie apocalypses, mutilation with farm animals, a killer tire, musical terrorists, live pornographic theater: and that’s just the movies! There’s only one place where crazy, mind-bending contemporary genre films from all over the world come to play, and that’s Fantastic Fest. The sixth annual film festival takes places September 23-30 in Austin, Texas, and the first wave of films was announced Tuesday.  Among the highlights are the new Takeshi Kitano flick Outrage, the Cannes film Rubber, and Ip Man 2, which topped Iron Man 2 at the Hong Kong box office.

Hit the jump for descriptions of the first batch of films as well as brand new images.

These are the descriptions of the first batch of films written by the Fantastic Fest programs themselves.  Check out the full gallery of stills here.

Bedevilled (2010)

Director: Cheol-soo Jang, South Korea, 115 minutes

If you beat, brutalize, dehumanize and torment a country girl for her entire life, take note: when she reaches the breaking point, you'd best hide the farm implements.

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Corridor (2009)

Directors: Johan Lundborg & Johan Storm, Sweden, 80 min

Lonely medical student Frank is pleased with his flat, a quiet place to focus on his coming exams. But when he meets the girl upstairs, his peace and quiet, his sanity and his possibly even his life become jeopardized.

The Dead (2010)

Directors: Howard J. Ford and Jonathan Ford South Africa, 100 min

After his plane crashes in the South African bush, Rob Freeman (SAVING PRIVATE RYAN) joins forces with Prince David Osei (a superstar actor in his native Ghana) to cross the vast desert by any means necessary. A daunting task under normal circumstances becomes particularly challenging after the zombie apocalypse.

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Gallants (2010)

Directors: Derek Kwok & Clement Cheng, Hong Kong, 98 minutes

The funniest, most ass-kicking, hard-rocking, pedal-to-the-metal movie of the year. It’s COCOON with kung fu! (New York Asian Film Festival)

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Golden Slumber (2010)

Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura, South Korea, 139 minutes

Last year, Yoshihiro Nakamura's FISH STORY saved the world from certain annihilation and became the word-of-mouth hit of the festival. This year, Nakamura's back with another ode to the human connection, GOLDEN SLUMBER, a brain-melting thriller send-up that's two parts THE BIG CHILL, three parts BOURNE IDENTITY and a million parts awesome. (New York Asian Film Festival)

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Ip Man 2 (2010)

Director: Wilson Yip, Hong Kong, 108 minutes

It's a rousing Canto-fable, a Hong Kong empowerment movie , a return to old school martial arts filmmaking with AVATAR-era production values, and on its opening weekend in Hong Kong it beat IRON MAN 2 at the box office like a redheaded stepchild. (New York Asian Film Festival)

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Life and Death of Porno Gang (2009)

Director: Mladen Djordjevic, Serbia, 90 minutes

Adult movie director Marko steals money from his mobster producer Cane to create his masterpiece: an experimental black and white erotic horror film. When the film bombs and he can't repay his boss, he slips away with the cast and crew to produce live porno-theater in the Serbian countryside. Then it gets weird.

Outrage (2010)

Director: Takeshi Kitano, Japan, 109 minutes

Takeshi Kitano is back in classic form, directing and starring in the genre God intended for him: a ruthless, bloody and very violent yakuza crime thriller.

Rammbock (2010)

Director: Marvin Kren, Germany, 59 minutes

Hoping to rekindle the sparks with his ex-girlfriend, Michael makes a surprise visit to her apartment in the city. Bad timing. As luck would have it, this is also the same day the zombie outbreak hits Berlin.

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Red Hill (2010)

Director: Patrick Hughes, Australia, 95 minutes

On his first day on the job as a rural Australian constable, Shane Cooper (TRUE BLOOD star Ryan Kwanten) has a daunting assignment: face off against an escaped-convict Aboriginal tracker whose current prey is the entire Red Hill police department.

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Rubber (2010)

Director: Quentin Dupieux, France/USA, 85 minutes

Quentin Dupieux (the real name of legendary DJ Mr. Ozio) has directed my hands-down favorite film of Cannes 2010. Robert, a very disgruntled psychokinetic automobile tire explodes the heads of birds, beasts and humans alike on a high-desert killing spree like no other.

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Sound of Noise (2010)

Directors: Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stärne Nilsson, Sweden, 102 minutes

Musical terrorists have launched a full-scale musical attack using the city - its buildings, its machinery and its ceaseless noise - as their instrument. The group's leaders are the "Bonnie and Clyde of underground rock," hell-bent to dismantle the harmony of the world with their anarchic performances.

The Violent Kind (2010)

Directors: The Butcher Brothers, USA, 95 minutes

What starts as a biker bash gone awry first gets unfathomably bloody before finally transcending into truly bizarre territory.

Keep checking Collider for more on Fantastic Fest 2010.