When we emerged from Funky Forest: The First Contact, our friend asked us what we thought of it. We found ourselves unable to form a sentence in reply and just spontaneously burst out in giggles. "I told you, man," said our friend, "that movie makes you high." This was at the inaugural Toronto After Dark festival in October 2006. Everybody who came out of the screening of the epic Japanese sketch comedy knew that......

Goodness! This is a week stuffed with festivals (and, surprisingly, interesting general releases), and frankly, it’s time to pick sides. And when the option is facing off against zombies, psychopaths and ninjas or siding with them, why on earth would you choose anything else? Yes, tonight is the opening night gala of the inaugural Toronto After Dark Film Festival, the first real genre film fest that Toronto has had in a while (well, outside of......