Demi Moore’s ‘The Substance’ to Open Midnight Madness at Toronto Film Fest

Demi Moore’s ‘The Substance’ to Open Midnight Madness at Toronto Film Fest

As a hardcore gamer and horror movie enthusiast with a soft spot for unique and groundbreaking films, I can hardly contain my excitement over this year’s Toronto Film Festival Midnight Madness lineup! The opportunity to witness the North American premiere of “The Substance,” starring Demi Moore as an aging Hollywood actress embracing a secret cloning procedure to save her career, is already making my heart race.


As a huge fan, I can’t contain my excitement as I share this news with you all! Demi Moore, an iconic Hollywood star, takes on an intriguing role in “The Substance,” a feminist horror masterpiece. In this thought-provoking film, she portrays an aging actress who resorts to a secret cloning procedure in a desperate attempt to save her fading career. The suspenseful journey of self-preservation and identity will make its North American debut at the Toronto Film Festival’s Midnight Madness sidebar, marking a highly anticipated start to this prestigious event.

Director Coralie Fargeat’s film, which took home an award at Cannes, features stars Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid. This movie is set to be released in theaters on September 20th.

In the Midnight Madness segment of the 2024 film festival, Eli Roth’s career took off with “Cabin Fever,” while Sacha Baron Cohen made a memorable entrance on a donkey-drawn cart for the screening of “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. A total of ten genre films filled with chills and thrills were added to this year’s lineup.

The program that has film buyers and Hollywood execs staying up after midnight plans world premieres for Thibault Emin’s fantasy pic Else, which stars Matthieu Sampeur and Edith Proust and imagines a disease that has those afflicted melting into their surroundings; and Andrew DeYoung’s feature directorial debut Friendship, an indie comedy starring Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd and Kate Mara.

In Toronto, Joseph Kahn’s horror-comedy “Ick” with Brandon Routh and Mena Suvari was also screened at the world film festival. The movie showcases a dreadful alien creature, or Ick, wreaking havoc in a small town (Kahn’s “Bodied” received the Midnight Madness audience award at TIFF in 2017). Additionally for Netflix, there is Kenichi Ugana’s punk film “The Gesuidouz,” and Timo Tjahjanto’s gory martial arts action movie “The Shadow Strays” from Japan and Indonesia respectively.

During Midnight Madness, Canadian debuts were arranged for “Dead Mail” by Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy, following its presentation at SXSW. Similarly, “It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This” by Rachel Kempf and Nick Toti, a horror film in the found footage style, had its Canadian premiere during this time.

John Hsu’s comedic paranormal film, “Dead Talents Society,” will make its North American debut in Toronto, while Yang Li’s sci-fi action movie, “Escape from the 21st Century,” will have its international premiere. In this production, three teenagers travel through time by sneezing, and it was previously released commercially in China before coming to Toronto.

I’m thrilled to share that this year, Toronto’s film festival will begin with Ben Stiller’s comedic take on “Nutcrackers,” directed by the talented David Gordon Green. To wrap things up, we have Rebel Wilson’s musical comedy “The Deb” set in rural Australia, which will bring the festival to a joyful close.

The 2024 Toronto Film Festival is set to run from Sept. 5-15.

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2024-07-25 17:25