Toronto After Dark – 9 More Movies!
Celebrating the month of horror, Toronto After Dark Film Festival has announced the rest of its line-up for the October 16th-24th festival. Individual ticket sales start tomorrow!
You can catch all the trailers for the films above, but before you watch them, here’s a brief rundown of the 9 films that were just added to the festival!
To kick things off (and as a bit of a switch up), there’s a Canadian documentary, WHY HORROR? that looks into the psychology of horror fans around the world.
The additional films hail from New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, Canada, and the USA, along with 28 shorts. Of the shorts 19 are Canadian and will precede the features, plus nine international shorts that form the “Shorts After Dark” screening. Toronto After Dark has often seen directors of its shorts become part of its feature line up a few years later.
But that’s not what you’re here for – you want to know the new features (in alphabetical order)
Housebound, New Zealand (Opening Gala)
Being under house arrest is never fun, especially if you’re trapped with your eccentric old mother, and ghosts. A dysfunctional family comedy, with suspense and frights.
The Drownsman (Canada)
A new take on the urban legend horror films, a drowning survivor discovers that maybe the lake isn’t done with her.
Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter (USA)
Based on a true story about a Japanese woman who obsessively watched the Cohen Brothers’s Fargo to figure out the location of the buried satchel of money and then travelling from Tokyo to Minnesota. This film won the Special Jury Award at Sundance.
Late Phases (USA)
Mysterious vicious dog attacks in a retirement community has new arrival, and “grizzled war veteran,” Ambrose, seeing a pattern to the attacks.
Let Us Prey (Ireland/UK)
After a stranger is locked in a cell in a police station in a small Scottish town, a number of the inmates and officers start acting violent. One of the few unaffected is new hire female officer who is trapped.
Refuge (USA)
A post-plague survival thriller, with a family of survivors facing off against “vicious marauders”.
The Town That Dreaded Sundown (USA)
American Horror Story’s Alfonso Gomez-Rejon has revisited the 1976 cult classic of the same name. It’s 65 years after the “moonlight murders” and the killings have resumed.
Wyrmwood(Australia)
Zombies and government conspiracies, car chases set in post-apocalyptic world, what’s not to love? Watch as mechanic Barry searches for his sister and improvises weapons to destroy hordes of zombies.
So get your popcorn ready as it looks like it’s going to be a fun festival! Also don’t forget to check out our look at the first wave of festival films here.
