New Romero zombie movie to screen at Toronto fest

TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - The latest zombie movie from George A. Romero and an urban chiller starring "American Beauty" vixen Mena Suvari are set to screen during the Toronto International Film Festival's Midnight Madness sidebar in September, organizers said.

"George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead," written and directed by the man behind "Day of the Dead," finds film students shooting a zombie movie in the woods confronting a real-life zombie invasion. The indie production stars Michelle Morgan and Joshua Close.

"Stuck" opens with a car driver (Suvari) hitting a man (Stephen Rea) with her car while returning from a night of partying. It was directed by fantasy specialist Stuart Gordon ("Dagon," "Edmond").

Also screening in the horror and gore program is British director Adam Mason's "The Devil's Chair," a thriller starring Elize du Toit, Matt Berry, David Gant and Louise Griffiths.

Other Midnight Madness titles include Japanese director Hitoshi Matsumoto's "Dai-Nipponjin"; Hong Kong director Wilson Yip's "Flash Point," starring actor/fight choreographer Donnie Yen ("Iron Monkey"); and "Frontier(s)," a thriller from French director Xavier Gens.

Rounding out the program are French directors Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo's "A l'Interieur," and Japanese director Fumihiko Sori's "Vexille," an animated feature set in the future.

The festival runs from September 6 to September 15.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

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