Thursday, October 20, 2011

2011 Toronto After Dark Film Festival, Oct 20-27


Tonight is the opening night for the 6th Annual Toronto After Dark Film Festival. The comedy Monster Brawl by Jesse T. Cook will play twice, with the sold-out 7pm screening being followed by a 9:45pm show. The closing night gala for the festival will be Ti West's The Innkeepers.

Other feature film titles include Exit Humanity, Redline, DeadHeads, Some Guy Who Kills People, Love, The Theatre Bizarre, Midnight Son, Absentia, A Lonely Place to Die, The Divide, Manborg, The Corridor, VS, The Woman, The Innkeepers, and the world premieres of Father’s Day, and The War of the Dead.

Each feature film screened at the festival will be preceded by a Canadian short film including films such as The Legend Of Beaver Dam, The Lady ParaNorma, Blind Spot, My Main Squeeze, and How to Rid Your Lover of a Negative Emotion Caused By You!

The festival previously took place at the Bloor Cinema but due to renovations, Toronto After Dark will primarily take place at the The Toronto Underground Cinema, 186 Spadina Ave, just North of Queen Street West. The opening and closing parties take place at Nocturne Nightclub, 550 Queen Street West.

http://torontoafterdark.com/

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Toronto After Dark 2011


Get into the Halloween Spirit this Oct 20-27 with the 6th Annual Toronto After Dark Film Festival, featuring the best in new horror, sci-fi, action and cult movies from around the world!

THURSDAY, OCT 20
7.00 PM MONSTER BRAWL (Opening Gala)
Frankenstein, Werewolf and Lady Vampire fight it out to see who’s the greatest monster of them all, in this wickedly fun new horror action comedy. Co-stars Dave Foley and Art Hindle. $15 includes Opening Party

FRIDAY, OCT 21
7.00 PM EXIT HUMANITY
A young man finds himself battling a deadly zombie outbreak following the American civil war. Costars cult icons Dee Wallace, Bill Mosely, Stephen McHattie and Brian Cox $13
9.45 PM FATHER’S DAY (World Premiere)
In the vein of HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN and MACHETE, a ruthless vigilante stops at nothing to track down a depraved serial killer in this awesomely ultraviolent and sleazy cult horror action film from Astron-6 and Troma $13

SATURDAY, OCT 22
1.30 PM SHORTS AFTER DARK
Nine of the best new horror, sci-fi, action and cult short films from around the world, including the eye-popping ROSA. $13
4.15 PM REDLINE
Award-winning and electrifying new Japanese animation, hand-illustrated and 7 years in the making, about a thrilling, deadly, race that takes place on a futuristic alien planet. $13
7.00 PM DEADHEADS
After they get turned into the undead, two forced-together friends embark on a mad cap road trip adventure in this crowd-pleasing festival circuit hit zombie comedy. $13, $11 Zombies
9.45 PM WAR OF THE DEAD (World Premiere)
A thrilling World War II set zombie action film about a group of Allied soldiers sent to investigate a secret Nazi bunker, only to find themselves under attack from an unstoppable undead army! $13, $11 Zombies

SUNDAY, OCT 23
1.30 PM SOME GUY WHO KILLS PEOPLE
From producer John Landis comes a hysterical cult horror black comedy about a serial killer and the inept police officers trying to track him down. Stars Kevin Corrigan, Karen Black and Barry Bostwick. $13
4.15 PM LOVE
Following an apocalyptic event on Earth, an astronaut finds himself trapped in space, in this stunning sci-fi in the mould of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, with a fantastic score by Angels & Airwaves. $13
7.00 PM THE THEATRE BIZARRE
Cult favourite Udo Kier stars in this outstanding new anthology film featuring six terrifying tales from six iconic filmmakers including Tom Savini and Richard Stanley. $13
9.45 PM MIDNIGHT SON
A terrific, dark and gritty new urban horror thriller, about a young man who finds himself slowly turning into a vampire and dealing with an insatiable need for fresh blood. $13

MONDAY, OCT 24
7.00 PM ABSENTIA
In this original and utterly scary festival circuit hit, two sisters uncover a dark, supernatural force connecting the many people who have gone missing in their neighbourhood. Co-stars Doug Jones. $13
9.45 PM A LONELY PLACE TO DIE
A terrifying new British action thriller in the mould of THE DESCENT, about a group of young mountaineers who suddenly find themselves the prey of a team of deadly hunters. Stars Melissa George $13

TUESDAY, OCT 25
7.00 PM THE DIVIDE
A power struggle amongst a group of apocalypse survivors threatens to tear them apart in this riveting dark sci-fi horror from Xavier Gens. Stars Michael Biehn and Milo Ventimiglia $13
9.45 PM MANBORG
A dead soldier finds himself reanimated as a cyborg killing machine in this cult-tastic throwback to 80s sci-fi action films like ROBOCOP and THE TERMINATOR from Astron-6. $13

WEDNESDAY, OCT 26
7.00 PM THE CORRIDOR
In this award-winning new sci-fi horror film, five long-time friends uncover a mysterious energy force in the woods that makes them feel euphoria at first but then transforms them one-by-one, into something much darker. $13
9.45 PM VS (World Premiere)
KICK-ASS meets SAW in this terrifically dark and twisted tale about four young super heroes forced by their arch-nemesis to complete a series of deadly challenges in order to save innocent lives. Costars James Remar and Lucas Till.
$13

THURSDAY, OCT 27
7.00 PM THE WOMAN
The outrageous new horror film from Lucky McKee that caused a storm at Sundance, about a suburban family that decides to ‘domesticate’ a woman found living in the wild with dark consequences. Scripted by Jack Ketchum, Costars Angela Bettis. $13
9.45 PM THE INNKEEPERS (CLOSING GALA)
Two young employees at an old hotel encounter a series of spooky events during its last weekend of operation, in this acclaimed new supernatural thriller from Ti West. Stars Sara Paxton and Kelly McGillis. $15 includes Closing Party

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