October 04, 2024

WIFF 2024 Midnight Madness

Don’t miss out on fan-favourite programming with Midnight Madness!

Don’t miss out on fan-favourite programming with Midnight Madness!

WIFF 2024 Midnight Madness programming includes a 35th-anniversary screening of Michael Keaton’s Batman, a 40th-anniversary screening of the horror classic A Nightmare on Elm Street, a 15th-anniversary screening of The Twilight Saga: New Moon and the spoon-filled yearly screening of Tommy Wisseau’s masterpiece The Room.

Batman (1989)

Having witnessed his parents’ brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) fights crime in Gotham City disguised as Batman, a costumed hero who strikes fear into the hearts of villains. But when a deformed madman who calls himself “”The Joker”” (Jack Nicholson) seizes control of Gotham’s criminal underworld, Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis ever while protecting both his identity and his love interest, reporter Vicki Vale (Kim Basinger).

See it on Friday, October 25 at 11:59 PM.

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a nightmare on elm street

In Wes Craven’s classic slasher film, several Midwestern teenagers fall prey to Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), a disfigured midnight mangler who preys on the teenagers in their dreams — which, in turn, kills them in reality. After investigating the phenomenon, Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) begins to suspect that a dark secret kept by her and her friends’ parents may be the key to unraveling the mystery, but can Nancy and her boyfriend Glen (Johnny Depp) solve the puzzle before it’s too late?

See it on Saturday, October 25 at 11:59 PM.

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the twilight saga: new moon

Bella Swan is on the cusp of her 18th birthday and blissfully happy with her undead beau Edward Cullen. While celebrating her birthday with Edward’s family of `vegetarian’ vampires, a frightening incident convinces Edward that he’s simply too dangerous to be around his sweetheart. He decides to leave the town of Forks in order to ensure her safety – leaving her behind, angry and depressed.

See it on Friday, November 1 at 11:59 PM

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the room

The bona fide classic of midnight madness is back at WIFF!

When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.

The film centers on Johnny (Wiseau), a man who has it all: great friends, a good job and a gorgeous fiancee named Lisa (Juliette Danielle). But Lisa’s innocent act masks the fact that she’s looking to bring Johnny down, and her manipulations are tearing Johnny apart. As Lisa informs her cancer-ridden mother, Claudette, that Johnny hit her (which he certainly did not), Jonny’s best friend Mark (Sestero) finds his resistance to Lisa’s seductive charms weakening. Meanwhile, local orphan Denny loops up to Johnny and needs the older man’s help after the teen rips off a drug dealer. What kind of drugs? It doesn’t matter. Then guys play football in tuxedos, because you can play football anywhere.

See it on Saturday, November 2 at 11:59 PM.

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