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TIFF Midnight Madness Kicks Off 2026 with Slasher “River”

8/6/2026

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TIFF’s Midnight Madness opens on Sept. 10, 2026 with Joshua Giuliano’s slasher “River.”
It also screens Kozakis’ “Kick On,” Biller’s “The Face of Horror,” and Kotlyarenko’s “Vintage Violence.”
Programmer Peter Kuplowsky called “River” a suspenseful slasher that could be this year’s “Obsession” and noted Shudder will stream it.
Midnight Madness will close with Duncan Jones’s animated war film “Rogue Trooper.”
The teen committee chose “Vintage Violence” for Midnight Madness after “Obsession.”

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TIFF’s Midnight Madness opens on Sept. 10, 2026 with Joshua Giuliano’s slasher “River.”
It also screens Kozakis’ “Kick On,” Biller’s “The Face of Horror,” and Kotlyarenko’s “Vintage Violence.”
Programmer Peter Kuplowsky called “River” a suspenseful slasher that could be this year’s “Obsession” and noted Shudder will stream it.
Midnight Madness will close with Duncan Jones’s animated war film “Rogue Trooper.”
The teen committee chose “Vintage Violence” for Midnight Madness after “Obsession.”