TIFF 2018: Midnight Madness Brings World Premieres of HALLOWEEN and THE PREDATOR + More

Jonathan Barkan   |  

Aug 9, 2018

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Toronto, get ready to have your socks blown off because this year’s Midnight Madness program at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) is bringing the goddamn goods in the biggest, most exciting ways possible! Bringing 10 genre films to TIFF’s already stellar program, this year’s Midnight Madness features seven world premieres (!!!), including David Gordon Green’s Halloween and Shane Black’s The Predator, the latter of which will be the opening film!

“This year’s Midnight Madness slate promises another idiosyncratic confluence of established and emerging genre filmmakers,” said Peter Kuplowsky, Midnight Madness Programmer. “To complement some of the buzziest provocations on the festival circuit, I have sought to curate an eccentric array of World Premieres that demonstrate the dexterity of genre cinema as a canvas for both sublime satisfaction and stunning subversion. That includes the section’s two much-anticipated sequels, The Predator and Halloween, each of which boldly and brilliantly builds upon its mythic iconography to thrilling and surprising effect.”

On top of those two films, which should honestly be enough to send any horror fan scrambling for plane and fest tickets, there will also be the North American premiere of Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt’s Diamantino, which acts as the closing film, and Gaspar Noe’s Climax.

Genre fans can also look forward to seeing Monica Belluci in Kiah Roache-Turner’s Nekrotronic, In Fabric from Peter Strickland, and Sam Levinson’s Assassination Nation, which will celebrate its Canadian premiere.

The Midnight Madness section will also see Emma Tammi’s The Wind; The Standoff at Sparrow Creek, directed by Henry Dunham; and Vasan Bala’s The Man Who Feels No Pain, the first Indian film ever selected for the Midnight Madness programme.

Festival ticket packages start at $105. Purchase packages online or in person at TIFF Bell Lightbox until August 13, while quantities last.