World Premiere of “V/H/S/99” on the TIFF program “Midnight Madness” alongside Ti West’s “Pearl”!

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is one of the most prestigious in the world and we are thrilled to announce today that Shudder and Studio71 have produced Bloody Disgusting V/H/S/99 will have its world premiere as part of the Midnight Madness program! Damn disgusting South also had its world premiere at TIFF in 2015. You can read all about it V/H/S/99 and the filmmakers in our announcement.

We’re honored to be making world premieres along with several other genre films at the festival, which runs from September 8th to 18th.

Strange: The Al Yankovic Storythe upcoming Roku original film, starring Daniel Radcliffe as the beloved parody musician, will also have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, first reported diversity.

Other films slated for Midnight Madness screenings include Ti Wests X precursor pearlanthology horror film V/H/S/99, The Blackening by director Tim Story, The folk joker by Vera Drew, Project wolf hunt by Kim Hongsun, Sick by John Hyams, Sisu by Jalmari Helander and Venus by Jaume Balagueró, all of which will have their world premieres. The series concludes with the Canadian premiere of Lenore will never dieby Filipino filmmaker Martika Ramierez Escobar.

The Blackening D. Tim History | United States of America
world premiere

“Based on 3Peat Comedy’s acclaimed sketch of the same name, director Tim Story’s adept and vicious skewering of genre film tropes begs the smug question: if the entire cast of a horror film is black, who dies first?”

Leonor will never die D. Martika Ramirez Escobar | Philippines
Canadian Premiere | Midnight Madness graduation film

“Martika Ramirez Escobar’s surreal, award-winning feature film plunges a retired Filipino action film writer into the story of one of her own unfinished screenplays.”

Project wolf hunt D.Kim Hongsun | South Korea
world premiere

“A bloody mess erupts on the high seas in writer-director Kim Hongsun’s murderous action-thriller, which sees a bloody mess between cops and con artists aboard a cargo ship with a dark secret in the hold.”

Sick D.John Hyams | United States of America
world premiere

“A sleek, mean, and wickedly contemporary slasher from American action writer John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning) and Scream Write Kevin Williamson.”

Sisu D.Jalmari Helander | Finland
world premiere

“Jalmari Helander (Rare exports, big game) returns to TIFF in a gory WWII action epic pitting a hard-to-kill Finn against Nazi soldiers in Finnish Lapland.”

Venus D. Jaume Balaguero | Spain
world premiere

“Midnight Madness graduate Jaume Balagueró (RECORDING 2) and Alex de la Iglesia (Perdita Durango) team up to conjure cosmic horror into the concrete corridors of a haunted apartment complex on the outskirts of Madrid.”

V/H/S/99 D. Maggie Levin, Johannes Roberts, Tyler MacIntyre, Flying Lotus, Joseph Winter, Vanessa Winter | United States of America
world premiere

“Set on the cusp of a new millennium, the multi-year horror anthology series returns with its most innovative mixtape yet, packed with found-footage thrills.”

Strange: The Al Yankovic Story D.Eric Appel | United States of America
world premiere | Midnight Madness Premiere Movie

“Daniel Radcliffe wears the Hawaiian shirt and accordion of “Weird Al” Yankovic in Eric Appel’s infectiously entertaining and hyperbolic biopic about the legendary parody songsmith.”