Midnight Madness at the Toronto International Film Festival is typically one of the strongest programs of the festival and as such, serves as 10 holy days, or rather nights, for genre fans.
Programmed by Colin Geddes, whose taste has engendered such loyalty among genre press that he could start a Colin Geddes Presents label, the lineup launched with “Green Room” from “Blue Ruin” director Jeremy Saulnier, whose next “color” movie should have no problem finding financing now.
A siege thriller starring Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots and Patrick Stewart, “Green Room” kicked off Midnight Madness with a snarling shotgun blast of energy while wearing its punk rock attitude firmly on its sleeves — what’s left of them, anyway.