Toronto After Dark Film Festival: First 10 Films Announced
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
The Toronto After Dark Film Festival has released the first wave of films for the upcoming shows in October. Check out the trailers, synopses, and cast lists!
As usual, some of these may be NSFW, so hide this window from your boss. 😉
1. DEATHGASM (New Zealand)
(Milo Cawthorne, James Blake, Kimberley Crossman, Stephen Ure)
Start a metal band. Play a mysterious piece of sheet music that promises ultimate power to whoever plays it. Summon an evil spirit intent on destroying the world. What could possibly go wrong?
2. TALES OF HALLOWEEN (USA)
(Clare Kramer, Booboo Stewart, Grace Phipps, Sam Witwer, James Duval)
This town goes hard on Halloween. Like actual axe murderers, monsters, and ghouls hard. Here are ten short stories paying homage to everyone’s favourite holiday in awesome gory detail.
3. LAZER TEAM (USA)
(Burnie Burns, Gavin Free, Michael Jones, Colton Dunn, Allie DeBerry, Alan Ritchson)
Web series legends Rooster Teeth come to the big screen to bring us a new breed of superheroes – the ones who are really bad at it. A group of friends stumble upon a mysterious wreck, and end up being “unable to part” with the various space age weaponry they find, must save the world from an alien invasion!
4. NINA FOREVER (UK)
(Fiona O’Shaughnessy, Abigail Hardingham, Cian Barry, Elizabeth Elvin, David Troughton)
Know what would be the most awkward thing EVER? If your super jealous, possessive ex showed up every time you had sex with your new girlfriend. Yikes. Oh…and your ex is also dead. Super yikes.
5. A CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY (Canada)
(William Shatner, George Buza, Rob Archer, Jeff Clarke)
A small town radio host warms our hearts with delightful Christmas tales; Zombie elves, malevolent spirits, and a Santa vs Krampus battle to the death. Cozy.
6. TAG (Japan)
(Reina Triendl, Mariko Shinoda, Erina Mano)
Hey, Japanese high school girls: YOU ARE THE ABSOLUTE WORST. And so, you must die. At least, according to whoever is trying to kill every last one of you.
7. LOVE & PEACE (Japan)
(Hiroki Hasegawa, Kumiko Aso, Kiyohiko Shibukawa)
You know how it is. Your every day office worker, dreaming to one day be a rock star. His pet turtle, dreaming to one day grow huge and destroy cities. A family tale through the ages.
8. THE DEMOLISHER (Canada)
(Bruce Turner, Ryan Barrett, Gerrit Sepers, Tianna Nori)
Because it’s always a great idea for a mentally ill man to throw on some armor and deliver some vigilante street justice, rather than, you know…talking about your feelings.
9. SYNCHRONICITY (USA)
(Chad McKnight, A.J. Bowen, Brianne Davis, Scott Poythress, Michael Ironside)
Remember Blade Runner? Of course you do. Think of that, combined with time travel, sassy romance, and sinister plans afoot!
10. PATCHWORK (USA)
(James Phelps, Eric Edelstein, Jon Rudnitsky)
Imagine if Frankenstein’s monster was made up of 3 murdered women, who when re-animated, want to avenge their death (deaths?) by any means possible. Oh boy!
Stay tuned for the remainder of the films. All-Access passes are on sale NOW, so grab ’em before they’re gone as they will absolutely sell out!
