The afternoon sun will slowly fall down, reflecting off the rolling back bleary eyes in the freshly severed head. At three post meridian a middle-aged woman will break this dreaded “nature morte,” tossing the head to the furiously happy drop-dead mob.
Toronto After Dark Film Festival presents its eighth annual event from Oct. 17-25 for those who are ready for the dreadful ride. It is one of the best showcases of horror, sci-fi and cult cinema held this year in Scotiabank Theatre.
“They’re coming to get you, Barbra,” the iconic phrase anyone with a horror movie bone in their body will recognize is from George A. Romero’s groundbreaking cult film The Night of the Living Dead.
Toronto has quite a history. Deriving from the Mohawk word for “where there are trees standing in water”, Ktaronto, to Muddy York and finally to Toronto. It has rich stories of human tragedy.
Did you know that George Brown, who George Brown College is named after, was murdered?
