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TADFF 2019: Toronto After Dark Film Fest Announces its First 10 Titles
The Toronto After Dark Film Festival is a scintillating showcase of horror, action, sci-fi, and cult cinema. Since its inception in 2006, the festival has grown to be one of the nation’s best with an impressive track record of genre films that have gone on to become fan favorites.
TAD (as it’s affectionately known) has just announced the first ten films in its lineup. This year offers some high-concept sci-fi, a quirky zombie comedy, a sun-scorched manhunt, Elijah Wood’s on-screen return to genre cinema, and more.
The festival runs from October 17-25, 2019, in Toronto, Ontario. For more information and to stay updated on the event, check out their website.
The Assent (USA – World Premiere)
Directed by Pearry Reginald Teo, Starring Robert Kazinsky, Peter Jason, Hannah Ward.
Synopsis:
Every possession has three acts: 1) the Possession 2) the Affliction and 3) the Assent — the moment when the person finally surrenders and consents to the demon as being part of their soul…
After spending three years in prison for the death of an 8-year-old during a failed exorcism, Father Lambert seeks redemption on a young single father, Joel Clarke, whom he believes has been marked by the Devil himself. Conjuring ‘deliverance’ (unsanctioned exorcisms), Father Lambert convinces Joel that without his help, he will lose his son forever. But there is an even darker force at work.
Blood Machines (France/USA – Canadian Premiere)
Directed by Raphaël Hernandez & Savitri Joly-Gonfard, Starring Anders Heinrichsen, Noémie Stevens, Christian Erickson.
Synopsis:
Sci-fi fans are in for a glorious treat with this stunning new space epic about a bounty hunter in pursuit of a mysterious spaceship run by an Artificial Intelligence that has the ability to take on human form. The sound design — inspired by John Carpenter amongst others — comes from acclaimed synth wave maestro Carpenter Brut.
Come to Daddy (New Zealand/Canada/Ireland – Toronto Premiere)
Directed by Ant Timpson, Starring Elijah Wood, Steven McHattie, Martin Donovan, Michael Smiley.
Synopsis:
Norval Greenwood, a privileged man-child arrives at the beautiful and remote coastal cabin of his estranged father, who he hasn’t seen in 30 years. He quickly discovers that not only is dad a disapproving jerk, he also has a shady past that is rushing to catch up with him. Now, hundreds of miles from his cushy comfort zone, Norval must battle with demons both real and perceived in order to reconnect with a father he barely knows.
Extra Ordinary (Ireland – Toronto Premiere)
Directed by Mike Ahern & Eda Loughman, Starring Will Forte, Maeve Higgins, Barry Ward.
Synopsis:
A woman who has supernatural abilities must save a possessed girl. Though driving instructor Rose has a love-hate relationship with her abilities, she decides to help Martin and his daughter Sarah.
The Furies (Australia)
Directed by Tony D’Aquino, Starring Airlie Dodds, Linda Ngo, Taylor Ferguson.
Synopsis:
Kidnapped and afraid, a woman finds herself fighting to stay alive as an unwilling participant in a deadly game where women are hunted by masked men.
Mutant Blast (Portugal – Canadian Premiere)
Directed by Fernando Alle, Starring Pedro Barão Dias, Maria Leite, Joaquim Guerreiro.
Synopsis:
Maria, a fearless soldier, and TS-347, a man with superhuman strength, are being pursued by a military cell responsible for scientific experiments that have resulted in a zombie apocalypse. On the way, they will meet Pedro, a man with few ambitions and a great hangover. Together, they will try to escape to a safe place, but complications will cross their paths in the form of a nuclear bomb.
The Odd Family: Zombie on Sale (South Korea – Toronto Premiere)
Directed by Lee Min-jae, Starring Jae-yeong Jeong, Ga-ram Jung, Nam-gil Kim.
Synopsis:
When a pharmaceutical company’s illegal experiments inadvertently create a zombie, the strange Park family finds it and tries to profit from it.
Paradise Hills (Spain/USA – Toronto Premiere)
Directed by Alice Waddington, Starring Milla Jovovich, Awkwafina, Emma Roberts.
Synopsis:
A mysterious boarding school perfectly reforms wayward girls to fit their surroundings’ exact desires.
Witches in the Woods (Canada – North American Premiere)
Directed by Jordan Barker, Starring Hannah Kasulka, Alexander De Jordy, Corbin Bleu.
Synopsis:
Jill, a tenacious UMass freshman, abandons her studies for an off-the-grid snowboarding trip. When their SUV mysteriously becomes lost, temperatures fall and the group dynamic unravels as a virtual and then literal witch hunt begins.
The Wretched (USA – Toronto Premiere)
Directed by Brett Pierce & Drew T. Pierce, Starring John-Paul Howard, Piper Curda, Zarah Mahler.
Synopsis:
A defiant teenage boy, struggling with his parent’s imminent divorce, faces off with a thousand year-old witch, who is living beneath the skin of and posing as the woman next door.
For previous Toronto After Dark reviews and interviews, click here! And if you’re a bit too far south of the border for Toronto After Dark, be sure to check out iHorror’s very own film festival! Click here for info and tickets.
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Trailer for ‘The Exorcism’ Has Russell Crowe Possessed
The latest exorcism movie is about to drop this summer. It’s aptly titled The Exorcism and it stars Academy Award winner turned B-movie savant Russell Crowe. The trailer dropped today and by the looks of it, we are getting a possession movie that takes place on a movie set.
Just like this year’s recent demon-in-media-space film Late Night With the Devil, The Exorcism happens during a production. Although the former takes place on a live network talk show, the latter is on an active sound stage. Hopefully, it won’t be entirely serious and we’ll get some meta chuckles out of it.
The film will open in theaters on June 7, but since Shudder also acquired it, it probably won’t be long after that until it finds a home on the streaming service.
Crowe plays, “Anthony Miller, a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter, Lee (Ryan Simpkins), wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play. The film also stars Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg and David Hyde Pierce.”
Crowe did see some success in last year’s The Pope’s Exorcist mostly because his character was so over-the-top and infused with such comical hubris it bordered on parody. We will see if that is the route actor-turned-director Joshua John Miller takes with The Exorcism.
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Win a Stay at The Lizzie Borden House From Spirit Halloween
Spirit Halloween has declared that this week marks the start of spooky season and to celebrate they are offering fans a chance to stay at the Lizzie Borden House with so many perks Lizzie herself would approve.
The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, MA is claimed to be one of the most haunted houses in America. Of course one lucky winner and up to 12 of their friends will find out if the rumors are true if they win the grand prize: A private stay in the notorious house.
“We are delighted to work with Spirit Halloween to roll out the red carpet and offer the public a chance to win a one-of-a-kind experience at the infamous Lizzie Borden House, which also includes additional haunted experiences and merchandise,” said Lance Zaal, President & Founder of US Ghost Adventures.
Fans can enter to win by following Spirit Halloween‘s Instagram and leaving a comment on the contest post from now through April 28.
The prize also includes:
An exclusive guided house tour, including insider insight around the murder, the trial, and commonly reported hauntings
A late-night ghost tour, complete with professional ghost-hunting gear
A private breakfast in the Borden family dining room
A ghost hunting starter kit with two pieces of Ghost Daddy Ghost Hunting Gear and a lesson for two at US Ghost Adventures Ghost Hunting Course
The ultimate Lizzie Borden gift package, featuring an official hatchet, the Lizzie Borden board game, Lily the Haunted Doll, and America’s Most Haunted Volume II
Winner’s choice of a Ghost Tour experience in Salem or a True Crime experience in Boston for two
“Our Halfway to Halloween celebration provides fans an exhilarating taste of what’s to come this fall and empowers them to start planning for their favorite season as early as they please,” said Steven Silverstein, CEO of Spirit Halloween. “We have cultivated an incredible following of enthusiasts who embody the Halloween lifestyle, and we’re thrilled to bring the fun back to life.”
Spirit Halloween is also preparing for their retail haunted houses. On Thursday, August 1 their flagship store in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. will officially open to start off the season. That event usually draws in hordes of people eager to see what new merch, animatronics, and exclusive IP goods will be trending this year.
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’28 Years Later’ Trilogy Taking Shape With Serious Star Power
Danny Boyle is revisiting his 28 Days Later universe with three new films. He will direct the first, 28 Years Later, with two more to follow. Deadline is reporting that sources say Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes have been cast for the first entry, a sequel to the original. Details are being kept under wraps so we don’t know how or if the first original sequel 28 Weeks Later fits into the project.
Boyle will direct the first movie but it’s unclear which role he will take on in the subsequent films. What is known is Candyman (2021) director Nia DaCosta is scheduled to direct the second film in this trilogy and that the third will be filmed immediately afterward. Whether DaCosta will direct both is still unclear.
Alex Garland is writing the scripts. Garland is having a successful time at the box office right now. He wrote and directed the current action/thriller Civil War which was just knocked out of the theatrical top spot by Radio Silence’s Abigail.
There is no word yet on when, or where, 28 Years Later will start production.
The original film followed Jim (Cillian Murphy) who wakes from a coma to find that London is currently dealing with a zombie outbreak.
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