Summary: Founded in 1976, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world. It annually showcases not only Canadian movies, but also hundreds of films from around the world. The Midnight Madness program features "genre" fare like horror, but that doesn't preclude scary films from leaking into other festival programs.
Acolytes (2008)
Director: Jon Hewitt
Starring: Joel Edgerton, Michael Dorman, Sebastian Gregory, Hanna Mangan-Lawrence, Joshua Payne
Plot: In this Australian thriller, three teenagers discover a body and the identity of the killer, but instead of turning him over to the police, they decide to use the information to blackmail the killer into murdering a school bully.
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The Burrowers (2008)
Director: J.T. Petty
Starring: William Mapother, Karl Geary, Doug Hutchison, Sean Patrick Thomas, Laura Leighton, Clancy Brown
Plot: Set in the 19th century American West, this western-meets-creature feature finds a group of settlers battling an unknown foe that stalks them from beneath the ground.
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Deadgirl (2008)
Directors: Marcel Sarmiento, Gadi Harel
Starring: Shiloh Fernandez, Noah Segan, Michael Bowen, Candice Accola
Plot: Two teenaged boys exploring an abandoned insane asylum find a naked woman tied to a bed. When it turns out that she's not dead, the boys must decide whether to release her or give way to the dark thoughts in their minds.
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Eden Log (2007)
Director: Franck Vestiel
Starring: Clovis Cornillac, Vimala Pons, Zohar Wexler, Sifan Shao, Arben Bajraktaraj, Abdelkader Dahou, Tony Amoni
Plot: In this French production, a man wakes up in an underground world tied to a mysterious organization known as Eden Log and discovers that a malevolent creature is pursuing him.
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Martyrs (2008)
Director: Pascal Laugier
Starring: Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Begin, Robert Toupin
Plot: Continuing France's new wave of extreme horror (High Tension, Inside, Frontier(s)), Martyrs tells the tale of a victim of childhood abuse who seeks vengeance years later with the help another victim. However, they get more than they bargained for.
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Pontypool (2008)
Director: Bruce McDonald
Starring: Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle, Georgina Reilly, Hrant Alianak
Plot: A virus that turns people into zombie-like maniacs erupts in a small Canadian town and is spread by the spoken word.
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Sauna (2008)
Director: Antti-Jussi Annila
Starring: Ville Virtanen, Tommi Eronen, Viktor Klimenko, Sonja Petäjäjärvi
Plot: In the war-torn 16th century, two Finnish brothers seeking forgiveness for a crime they have committed encounter a demonic force in the wilderness.
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Sexykiller (2008)
Director: Miguel Martí
Starring: Macarena Gómez, César Camino, Alejo Sauras, Ángel de Andrés, Fernando Ramallo
Plot: From Spain comes this horror-comedy about a glamorous female serial killer stalking a medical school and the student whose ability to see the last image that the victims saw might be able bring her to justice.
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Vinyan (2008)
Director: Fabrice du Welz
Starring: Emmanuelle Béart, Rufus Sewell
Plot: From the director of the French backwoods horror film Calvaire comes this English-language production about a couple mourning the disappearance of their son in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. They travel through the Thai-Burmese jungles in hopes of finding him, but instead end up in a strange jungle inhabited by wild children.
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