Toronto International Film Festival A scene from “The Green Inferno,†directed by Eli Roth.In September, the Toronto International Film Festival will be celebrating a quarter century of gore, ghouls and goo, also known as the Midnight Madness section, and the programmers have come up with a lineup of suitable fare for the anniversary.
Eli Roth is back in to the director’s chair with “The Green Inferno,†about a group of humanitarian college students kidnapped by cannibals in the Amazon jungle. Mr. Roth’s directorial feature, “Cabin Fever,†was featured in Midnight Madness in 2002.
Another program alumnus, the Japanese director Hitoshi Matsumoto, returns with “R100,†about a man who joins a mysterious club with a yearlong membership that has only one rule: no cancellation under any circumstance. Other titles pay tribute to Chinese vampire movies (Juno Mak’s “Rigor Mortisâ€), involve paranormal activities (Mike Flanagan’s “Oculusâ€), or traffic in dead cheerleaders (“All Cheerleaders Die†from Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson).
The section runs each night of the festival, which begins Sept. 5.
