The Thursday Weekender for August 21st, 2008 - Big Horror Happenings in Toronto

It’s the big Toronto Festival of Fear sponsored by Rue Morgue Magazine this weekend. Check it out.

THE RUE MORGUE FESTIVAL OF FEAR takes place this weekend (August 22-24th) at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (222 Bremner Blvd.), with guest of honour WES CRAVEN and special guests TOBE HOOPER, SID HAIG, BRAD DOURIF, RUGGERO DEODATO, LINNEA QUIGLEY, TURA SATANA, SHAWNEE SMITH, KRISTY SWANSON, JOHN SAXON, LLOYD KAUFMAN, SEAN ASTIN, and many more! Get your tickets at Ticketmaster (416-870-8000) or at fanexpocanada.com.

Also, don’t forget to join us at these special off-site events:

SINS OF A SUPERVIXEN featuring TURA SATANA
Friday, August 22, 9:00PM
Bloor Cinema (506 Bloor Street W.)
$15 at the door, $13 in advance
On Friday August 22 Rue Morgue presents SINS OF A SUPERVIXEN An Intimate Evening With TURA SATANA feat. a screening of Russ Meyer’s Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Satana will introduce the movie and answer questions about her legendary role in Meyer’s landmark film.

RUE MORGUE and BLOCKBUSTER present
THE NIGHT THAT DRIPPED BLOOD
Saturday, August 23, 10:30PM
Revival Nightclub (783 College Street W.)
$15 at the door, $13 in advance
On Saturday August 23 Rue Morgue presents THE NIGHT THAT DRIPPED BLOOD Official Party of the 2008 Festival of Fear featuring a Midnite Costume Contest hosted by cult-film icon LINNEA QUIGLEY and a special performance by Canada’s own horrorbilly musical sensation THE CREEPSHOW.

AMERICAN MONSTERS featuring TOBE HOOPER
Sunday, August 24, 9:00PM
Bloor Cinema (506 Bloor Street W.)
$20 at the door $15 in advance
On Sunday August 24 Rue Morgue and Daniloff Productions present AMERICAN MONSTERS An Intimate Evening with TOBE HOOPER feat. a screening of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and a Q&A with the legendary director speaking about his milestone film.

Tickets for all off-site events can be purchased at the Rue Morgue Shoppe of Horror

Rue Morgue Magazine presents The Toronto Premiere of Ryuhei Kitamura’s THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN. The event takes place Thursday August 21 @ 9:30pm, exclusively at The Bloor Cinema (506 Bloor Street West – Toronto, Canada).

Get warmed up for this year’s Festival of Fear with the Toronto premiere of Clive Barker’s THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN directed by Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus, Godzilla: Final Wars). The film stars Bradley Cooper as a photographer on the trail of a mysterious monster of a man (Vinnie Jones) who’s butchering people in the subway. The horrifying truth behind the killer’s brutal actions make THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN one of Barker’s best-loved stories… and the bloody appetizer to the 2008 Festival of Fear!

Plus! Ghastly Prizes! And Evangelical Satanic Faith Healing with Pastor Morgan Wilkes and Victor Marshall of Cloven Path Ministries!

Sponsored by: Maple Pictures, Vagrancy Films, Eye Weekly and Rue Morgue Radio.

August 21st, 2008